US 11,938,600 B2
Axial pliers
Ottoleo Kuter-Arnebeck, Kenosha, WI (US); and Rupak K. Paul, Williams Bay, WI (US)
Assigned to Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US)
Filed by Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/601,927.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/754,772, filed on Nov. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0139515 A1, May 7, 2020
Int. Cl. B25B 7/02 (2006.01); B25B 7/10 (2006.01); B25B 27/18 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 7/02 (2013.01) [B25B 7/10 (2013.01); B25B 27/18 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tool having a longitudinal axis, the tool comprising:
first and second halves pivotally coupled together and pivotable about a pivot axis that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;
a grip portion adapted to engage a work piece and including a surface with a depression that follows a first curve, the surface having a first set of elongated teeth disposed on the depression, wherein each tooth of the first set of elongated teeth abuts a front face of the grip portion and extends substantially across an entirety of the depression in a direction away from the front face and at a non-zero angle relative to a first plane, wherein the first plane is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, is substantially perpendicular to the pivot axis, and extends through the front face.