Robert A Pierson

US Patent:

62340506, May 22, 2001

Filed:

Apr 5, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/285972

Inventors:

Bruce P. Konen - Aurora IL
Robert F. Pierson - Rockford IL

Assignee:

Ideal Industries, Inc. - Sycamore IL

International Classification:

B25B 700

US Classification:

814275

Abstract:

A hand tool such as a wire stipper or pliers has two elongated members pivotably connected at a joint with a pair of facing jaws on one side of the joint and a pair of handles on the other side of the joint. The handles are ergonomically designed for user comfort. One of the handles is curved about a variable radius on one side only of the handle. The other handle has a complex curvature about centers on both sides of that handle. The handles are covered with sleeves that extend on the outside of the handle from the end to the pivot joint.