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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7415913 | Fish tape pliers A fish tape pliers is formed with opposed planar and curvilinear edges that form or channel disposed distally from the pliers' pivot connection axis. In one operable embodiment, the edges frictionally engage the fish tape within the channel. The fish tape in pulling... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7395740 | Fish tape and pliers construction A fish tape pliers is formed with opposed planar and curvilinear edges that form or channel disposed distally from the pliers' pivot connection axis. In one operable embodiment, the edges frictionally engage the fish tape within the channel. The fish tape in pulling... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7347125 | Automatic adjustable head wrench An adjustable wrench including a head having parallel jaws. The parallel jaws include a first fixed jaw and a movable second jaw. The second jaw is mounted to the head for parallel, sliding movement relative to the first jaw. The wrench also includes a first handle ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7311024 | Cutting blade removal tool A tool for assisting a user in removing machinery cutting blades includes an upper and a lower handle that operate and lock an upper movable jaw. A fixed jaw is secured to the lower handle. The upper movable jaw includes a prong for tightly engaging the top surface ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7272997 | Floatable hand tool A floatable hand tool includes a shank having an inner wall formed with an axially extending through hole, and a tool tip mounted on an end of the shank and having an end portion provided with a protruding connecting rod inserted into the through hole of the shank s... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7263917 | Open-ended spin tool An open-ended spin tool comprising a first z-shaped structure, a second z-shaped structure, the second z-shaped structure being pivotably associated with the first z-shaped structure, a first gripping portion cavity, a first actuatable roller and a second actuatable... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7237425 | Hinge repair tool The present invention is a hinge repair tool constructed from two, spaced apart pairs of modified vise grip or wrench pliers. A single, elongated, upper bar is connected to the respective top jaws of each of the pairs of pliers. Two lower bars are also connected to ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228770 | Pliers Pliers for installing a bushing within a drive selector linkage assembly of an automobile. The pliers include a first arm having a first handle portion and a holder portion. The holder portion is configured to independently hold a bushing to be installed within a dr... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7197967 | Locknut pliers The present invention is a hand tool comprising a pair of handles that rotate about a pivot point. The proximal end of the handles may be covered in an electrically insulating material in order to aid in insulating the hands of the user from electrical shock and cus... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194937 | Knockout removing pliers and method of using same Disclosed is an electrical tool for removing knockouts from electrical boxes. The tool includes a first arm and a second arm each comprising a handle, a jaw, and a recess joining the handle and the jaw. A pivot pin rotatably joins the first and second arms while an ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7171877 | Compression tool A compression tool enables efficient handling, compression, and installation of a compressible component. The compression tool includes a first handle having a proximal end and a working end, wherein the working end has a first engaging member. The tool further incl... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7162758 | Multipurpose gripping tool A multipurpose tool for gripping an object and determining an orientation of a surface comprises a first arm with a jaw at one end and a grip at an opposite end and a second arm pivotally connected to the first arm about a pivot point. The second arm also has a jaw ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156004 | Adjustable wrench for removal of vehicle oil filters An adjustable wrench for gripping and rotation of a generally cylindrical canister, such as an oil filter canister, includes handles which are pivotally connected to each other for rotation about a first axis. Each handle is also connected by an articulatable joint ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7143671 | Lever-wrench pliers Disclosed is a lever-wrench pliers, which includes a fixed jaw tip that define a mouth and has three clamping faces around the mouth, and a movable jaw that has a jaw tip with a toothed clamping face facing the middle one of the three clamping faces of the fixed jaw... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128575 | Tooth elevator A tooth elevator designed to minimize risk of injury to a patient's mouth or adjacent teeth during tooth extraction is described. The elevator has mating side members, a handle portion and a mating jaw portion. As force is applied to the handle portions, the jaw por... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7114279 | Fishhook barb crimping tool A tool for crimping the barb defined by a conventional fishhook is disclosed. The tool includes a pair of forceps on which is carried a barb crimping element. The tool is provided for modifying a conventional fishhook to allow a fisherman to catch fish in a catch-an... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114414 | Tool for adjusting rimless eyewear A tool (10) for facilitating the adjustment of rimless eyewear (100) includes two pivotaby connected arms (12, 14) having distal and proximal ends (16, 18). The distal ends (16, 18) of the arms (12, 14) each has a gripping p... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7103934 | Multipurpose combination pliers A multipurpose combination pliers includes a first and second insulated handles alternately and movably joined together by a rivet, a toothed jaw at the fore end of each of the handles, a rectangular connector at the rear end of the first insulated handle for engagi... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100474 | Tool for adjusting rimless eyewear A tool (10) for facilitating the adjustment of rimless eyewear (100) includes two pivotaby connected arms (12, 14) having distal and proximal ends (16, 18). The distal ends (16, 18) of the arms (12, 14) each has a gripping p... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7066057 | Wrench with jaws having different tilt angles A wrench includes two jaws extending from a head on an end of a handle. Each jaw has an inclined surface defined in a first side thereof and the two inclined surfaces define tilt angles relative to a horizontal plane, which are different. ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059166 | Method and apparatus for assuring or determining appropriate closure of a crimp assembly Methods and apparatus are disclosed for assuring or determining appropriate closure of a crimp ring assembly. In some embodiments, positive stopping apparatus on the crimp ring are used to assure appropriate closure of a crimp ring assembly. The positive stopping ap... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7044033 | Clamping wrench The invention relates to a spanner for hexagonal shaped objects (5), comprising an upper and lower jaw (1 or 2), which are respectively connected in a single-piece to the limb of a handle (4 or 3). Both jaws (1, 2) are conne... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6983559 | Fish jaw gripper to facilitate hook removal A gripper to hold a fish upright during hook removal has a pliers-like body. This body includes a first member having an outer handle portion joined to an upper jaw portion and a second member having an inner handle portion joined to a lower jaw portion. The lower j... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6984126 | Orthodontic crimping pliers Pliers adapted to lock wires within thermoformed dental appliances following the partial enclosure of wires during the thermoforming process. ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6966244 | Non-metallic hand pliers with wire cutter A pair of preferably substantially buoyant-in-water hand pliers comprising a pair of non-metallic lever members each having a handle portion and a jaw portion and formed of material preferably having a density greater than water. The lever members are pivotally conn... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6966104 | Reinforcing bar tool and method A tool for forming a high strength reinforcing bar coupling driving self-locking wedge sleeves over each end of a contractible jaw assembly bridging the abutting ends of the bar to be joined. The sleeves are seated in collars engaged by the distal ends of arms drive... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6966123 | Measuring aid for mitered pieces and kit for same A securing device and method for assisting in the measurement of workpieces having mitered ends, including a clamp with two opposable arms for temporarily retaining the workpiece therebetween, including at least one arm extension providing a retaining edge to engage... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6935618 | Valve component with multiple surface layers A sliding component, particularly a disk valve plate. The sliding component includes a multi-layer surface structure comprising a strengthening layer harder than the substrate material, and an amorphous diamond top layer. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6923097 | Pliers for removing small screws and the like Pliers for advantageously removing small screws are provided. The pliers have a pair of upper and lower arms which are pivotally supported by a shaft. Front end tips of the upper and lower arms are respectively provided with upper and lower recessed engagement parts... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6839949 | Zipper repair tool and method of use therefore A hand tool that has a pliers-like body and a special head. The head has a pair of parallel teeth that fit onto the grooves of a zipper guide. As the tool is squeezed, the teeth force the grooves closed uniformly and symmetrically. In this way, the tool can adjust t... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6772658 | Combination pliers An apparatus for temporarily securing an object includes a first jaw that includes a needle-nose shape that is less than three-eight's of an inch thick and an opposite second jaw that includes a shape that resembles a letter “C” and has a throat depth that excee... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6725748 | Collapsible pliers A collapsible pliers where a jaw assembly is mounted between a pair of handles. The jaw assembly is movable relative to the handles from a retracted position to an extended position which will permit the jaw assembly to move to an open position and the jaw assembly ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6718585 | Folding multi-tool with adjustable pliers A folding multi-tool comprising first and second generally channel-shaped handles each having first and second ends, each generally channel-shaped handle having an open side and an at least partly closed side opposite the open side, the at least partly closed sides ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6503137 | Shellfish cutting and eating utensils A shellfish cutting utensil which has first and second elongated members pivotally connected together, each of the members having a jaw and a handle, one of the jaws having a recess or notch formed on an edge thereof and having a cutting edge. The cutting... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6473956 | Extractor tool An extractor tool, for removing plastic rivets, anchors, and the like, which have a broad head and a stem, having a proximal end, a distal end, a first part and a second part. Each of the first part and second part have a handle at the distal end, a jaw a... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6412375 | Plastic rivet puller A plastic rivet puller includes two handles pivoted together, a first jaw plate fixedly fastened to one handle, a second jaw plate adjustably fastened to the other handle in one of a series of angular positions and adapted to work with the first jaw plate... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6401578 | Hand tool having pivoted handles A toggle-link type hand tool is provided that includes pivotally interconnected elements having workpiece engaging members and a pair of handles each operatively connected to a respective one of the pivotally interconnected elements, and a toggle-link ope... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6394805 | Dental crown remover with basket A dental device for removing a temporary or non-cemented crown. The device includes pliers-type handles for operating a corresponding pair of tips. The tips are equipped with grips for holding therebetween a temporary or non-cemented permanent crown. Fast... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6389936 | Hand tool having pivoted handles A toggle-link type hand tool is provided that includes pivotally interconnected elements having workpiece engaging members and a pair of handles each operatively connected to a respective one of the pivotally interconnected elements, and a toggle-link ope... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6386103 | Blanket tube removal device A printing sleeve removal device includes a first jaw arm and a second jaw arm movable with respect to the second jaw arm, the first and second jaw arms having ends forming a jaw to engage a printing sleeve. Also disclosed is a method for removing a print... | 05/14/2002 |
