US 12,420,391 B2
Hose clamp pliers
David T. Doyle, Pleasant Prairie, WI (US); George R. R. Call, Kenosha, WI (US); and Nicholas A. Gabbey, Mount Pleasant, WI (US)
Assigned to Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US)
Filed by Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/217,519.
Prior Publication US 2025/0001565 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. B25B 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 25/005 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Hose clamp pliers comprising:
a first plier half including a first jaw portion and a first handle;
a second plier half including a second jaw portion and a second handle; and
a pivot member pivotally coupling the first plier half and the second plier half such that when the hose clamp pliers are in a closed position the first jaw portion is adjacent to the second jaw portion and the hose clamp pliers define a longitudinal axis that extends from the first and second jaw portions to the first and second handles,
wherein the first jaw portion includes a first inner face, a first longitudinal groove in the first inner face, and a second longitudinal groove in the first inner face, each of the first and second longitudinal grooves of the first jaw portion including a first front section extending from a front end of the first jaw portion and a first angled section extending at an angle from the first front section in a direction away from the second jaw portion, wherein the first and second longitudinal grooves of the first jaw portion are spaced apart and separated by a section of the first inner face of the first jaw portion; and
wherein the second jaw portion includes a second inner face, a third longitudinal groove in the second inner face, and a fourth longitudinal groove in the second inner face, each of the third and fourth longitudinal grooves including a second front section extending from a front end of the second jaw portion and a second angled section extending at an angle from the second front section in a direction away from the first jaw portion,
wherein when the hose clamp pliers are in the closed position the inner faces of the first and second jaw portions abut.