ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,772, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Apex Brands Inc. (Apex, N.C.).
"Pliers with locking jaw" was invented by Zhihong Fu (Cary, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand tool includes a handle assembly, a jaw assembly, a locking assembly, and an adjustment assembly. The handle assembly may include a first handle and a second handle, each of the first and second handles having a proximal end and a distal end. The jaw assembly may include a first jaw and a second jaw. The first jaw may be attached to the proximal end the second handle via a transition region comprising an adjustment channel. The locking assembly may be configured t...