Locking tongs
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United States of America Patent
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Mar 4, 2014
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app pub date -
Feb 8, 2011
filing date -
Feb 9, 2010
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Abstract
Tongs including a pair of elongated arms coupled together to move between a generally compressed configuration and a generally expanded configuration. The tongs further include a locking mechanism having a frame, a lock member and a spring to bias the lock member away from the frame. The lock member being movably coupled to the frame to move between a first position in which the lock member allows movement of the arms to the expanded configuration and a second position in which the lock member prevents movement of the arms beyond an intermediate configuration between the expanded and compressed configurations.
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- 2011 Application Filing Year
- B65G Class
- 1066 Applications Filed
- 714 Patents Issued To-Date
- 66.98 % Issued To-Date
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