Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Hose Clamp Pliers |
| Document Number: |
20120297603 |
| Publication Date: |
November 29, 2012 |
| Appl. No: |
13/479892 |
| Application Filed: |
May 24, 2012 |
| Abstract: |
A pliers for manipulating hose clamps or spring clamps can include channels for engaging the ears of a clamp. In summary, a pliers can include a first lever including a first jaw and a first handle, a second lever including a second jaw and a second handle, where the first jaw includes a first clamping surface including a plurality of channels and at least two channels in the first clamping surface are not parallel to one another, and where the second jaw includes a second clamping surface including a mirror-image plurality of channels that complement the channels on the first clamping surface. |
| Inventors: |
Harrison, Barry J. (Davisburg, MI, US) |
| Claim: |
1. A pliers comprising: a first lever including a first jaw and a first handle; and a second lever including a second jaw and a second handle; wherein the first jaw includes a first clamping surface including a plurality of channels, and at least two channels in the first clamping surface are not parallel to one another; and wherein the second jaw includes a second clamping surface including a mirror-image plurality of channels that complement corresponding channels on the first clamping surface. |
| Claim: |
2. The pliers of claim 1, wherein the first clamping surface includes a channel that is parallel to the first lever. |
| Claim: |
3. The pliers of claim 1, wherein the first clamping surface includes a channel that is perpendicular to the first lever. |
| Claim: |
4. The pliers of claim 1, wherein the first clamping surface includes a channel that is at a preselected angle relative to the first handle. |
| Claim: |
5. The pliers of claim 4, wherein the first clamping surface includes an angled edge that is parallel to the channel in the first clamping surface at a preselected angle relative to the handle of the pliers, and the second clamping surface includes an angled edge which is a mirror-image of the angled edge of the first clamping surface. |
| Claim: |
6. The pliers of claim 1, wherein the first jaw is wider than the first handle and the second jaw is wider than the second handle. |
| Claim: |
7. The pliers of claim 1, wherein the width of the first jaw and the width of the second jaw, independently, are at least 0.5 inch wide. |
| Claim: |
8. The pliers of claim 1, wherein the width of the first jaw and the width of the second jaw, independently, are at most 1.25 inch wide. |
| Claim: |
9. The pliers of claim 1, wherein the first jaw is off-set from a lengthwise axis of the first handle, and the second jaw is off-set from a lengthwise axis of the second handle. |
| Claim: |
10. The pliers of claim 1, wherein at least two channels in the first clamping surface intersect at a point that is off-set from a lengthwise axis of the first clamping surface. |
| Claim: |
11. A method of using the pliers of claim 1 comprising: engaging a first lug of a hose clamp in a first channel of the plurality of channels in the first clamping surface, engaging a second lug of a hose clamp in a second channel of the plurality of channels in the second clamping surface, wherein the second channel is the complementary channel of the first channel; and applying a force to the first handle and the second handle to release the hose clamp. |
| Claim: |
12. A method of making the pliers of claim 1 comprising: forming the plurality of channels in the first clamping surface, wherein at least two of the channels are not parallel to one another; and forming the mirror-image plurality of channels in the second clamping surface that complement corresponding channels on the first clamping surface. |
| Current U.S. Class: |
294/266 |
| Current International Class: |
25; 23; 23 |
| Accession Number: |
edspap.20120297603 |
| Database: |
USPTO Patent Applications |
