ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,843, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The Stanley Works Israel Ltd. (Rosh Ha'Ayin, Israel).
"Vise" was invented by Adar Omry (Hertzeliya, Israel) and Miki Birnbaum (Rishon le Zion, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel vise that operates in both a threaded and unthreaded mode. The vise includes a fixed block, a movable head, a rod, a ratchet mechanism, a threaded mechanism and a toggle mechanism. In the threaded mode, the movable head may only be moved by rotating the rod. In the unthreaded mode, the movable head may only be moved by applying force to the movable head in the desired directio...