Appeal No. 2003-1284 Page 7
Application No. 09/887,179
The handle positions at 10A and 11A in Figure 1 correspond with the handle
positions shown in Figure 2. Each handle 10 and 11 is of channel shape having a pair
of side flanges 14 bent up on opposite edges of web portions 15. When the handles
are folded together as shown in solid lines in Figure 1 the two channels face each
other and enclose all of the tools contained in the instrument, for storage. When the
handles are opened to their Figure 2 positions, the two channels face outward away
from each other, making all the tools accessible, as shown. In this position the web
portions 15 of the two channels are facing each other.
Transverse pivot pins 20 and 21 are mounted in the side flanges 14 at the
connected ends 12 of the two channels. Cross-jaw pliers 22 are connected to the pivot
pins 20 and 21. Each of these plier jaws has a nose end 23 with a flat gripping surface
24 intended primarily for gripping thin flat objects, and a shank end 25. Each shank
end 25 is apertured for pivotal mounting on its associated pivot pin 20 or 21. The plier
jaws are also equipped with wire cutter blades 26 and serrated concave gripping
portions 27 shaped to grip securely round, square and hex-shaped objects. The two
jaws are pivotally connected together by pivot 28 solely for rotation about the
longitudinal axis of this pivot.
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