Patent Application
20220105607
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The disclosure relates to pliers actuating device and more particularly pertains to a new pliers actuating device for attachment to pliers' grips to facilitate the opening of the jaws of fine-movement pliers.
The prior art relates to pliers in general and more specifically wire cutter and manipulation pliers. Some of these pliers, such as dual pivot pliers are elongated and are sometimes difficult to open the jaw without moving one's fingers, such as the index finger, between the grips to try to push them apart. Thus the need exists for a structure to facilitate the opening of pliers and specifically a structure that may be retrofitted to existing pliers.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a coupler removably coupled to a grip of a pair of pliers. The coupler is positionable between a free end of the grip and a pivot of the pliers. The coupler includes a receiver positioned laterally away from an exterior lateral surface of the grip. An auxiliary handle is positioned in the receiver such that the auxiliary handle is positioned adjacent to the exterior lateral surface and extends away from the pivot. A finger space is defined between the auxiliary handle and the grip. The auxiliary handle comprises a plate that elongated and has a first end, a second end, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, an upper edge and a lower edge. The coupler engages the plate adjacent to the first end such that the first lateral side faces the exterior lateral surface.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The assembly 10 generally comprises a coupler 22 configured to be removably coupled to the grip 20 of the pair of pliers 12. The coupler 22 is positionable between a free end 24 of the grip and a pivot, or the first pivot 14, of the pliers 12. The coupler 22 includes a receiver 26 positioned laterally away from an exterior lateral surface 28 of the grip 20. That is the receiver 26 is extends outwardly lateral away from the grip 20 such that the receiver 26 is not positioned between the two grips 20 of the pliers 12.
An auxiliary handle 30 is positioned in the receiver 26 such that the auxiliary handle 30 is positioned adjacent to the exterior lateral surface 28 and extends away from the pivot 14. The auxiliary handle 30 is fixed in relation to the grip 20 by the coupler 22 such that auxiliary handle 30 moves with the grip 20. A finger space 32 is defined between the auxiliary handle 30 and the grip 20. As best shown in
The coupler 22 further comprises a saddle 52 shown in
A stop 64 has a top side 66 and a bottom side 68. Each of the top 66 and bottom 68 sides has slots 70 therein. The stop 64 is positioned in the receiving space 26 and is abutted against the auxiliary handle 30. Each of the slots 70 receives one of the panels 56 to prevent the stop 64 from rotating relative to the saddle 52. A fastener 72 extends through the panels 56 and the stop 64 to retain the stop 64 in the receiving space 26. The fastener 72 may include a threaded screw and nut combination. Rectangular washers 74 may be positioned on the panels 56 and within the slots 70.
In use, the assembly 10, or a pair of the assemblies 10, is attached to pliers 12 as stated above and as shown in the Figures. Once attached to the pliers 12, the auxiliary handle 30 can be used to assist a person in actuating the pliers 30, and, in particular, with opening the pliers 30. The assembly 10 is retrofittable to any pair of pliers 12 and can be removed should the assembly 10 interfere with pliers 12 actuation within a tight-fitting space.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
