Clamp for battery booster cable

• US 4,826,457 A
• Filed: 05/26/1988
• Issued: 05/02/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: General Cable Technologies Corporation (General Cable Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Carol Cable Co., Inc. (General Cable Corporation)
• Inventors: Varatta, Thomas R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bradley, P. Austin
• Application Number:
  US07/199,856
• Time in Patent Office: 341 Days
• Field of Search: 439/755, 439/759, 439/504
• US Class Current: 439/755
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 11/24 with gripping jaws, e.g. crocodile clip

Abstract

A clamp for a battery booster cable that includes pivotally connected clamp members, each of which includes a handle portion to which a jaw portion is joined, the jaw portions of the clamp members being normally biased to a closed position and being movable to an open position for being mounted in clamping engagement on a terminal of a battery, the jaw portions of the clamp members being angularly disposed relative to the handle portions thereof, wherein the jaw portions are more easily clamped to a terminal of the battery.

Claims

1. A clamp for a battery booster cable for removable securement to a terminal of a battery, comprising a pair of clamp members each of which includes a handle portion to which a jaw portion is joined, the jaw portions of said clamps being normally biased to a closed position and being movable to an open position for being mounted in clamping engagement on a terminal of a battery, the jaw portions of said clamp members being angularly disposed relative to the handle portions thereof wherein the jaw portions are more readily attachable to a terminal of said battery, each of said clamp members being formed in a one-piece construction of a metallic material and being bendable to an angular disposition to define the handle and clamp portions thereof.

2. A clamp as claimed in claim 1, each of the handle portions of said clamp members including a spaced-apart, enlarged portions, the corresponding enlarged portions of each handle portion overlapping and being pivotally secured together at pivot connections, said pivot connections being located adjacent to the jaw portions of said clamp members.

3. A clamp for a battery booster cable for removable securement to a terminal of a battery, comprising a pair of clamp members each of which includes a handle portion to which a jaw portion is joined, the jaw portions of said clamps being normally biased to a closed position and being movable to an open position for being mounted in clamping engagement on a terminal of a battery, the jaw portions of said clamp members being angularly disposed relative to the handle portions thereof wherein the jaw portions are more readily attachable to a terminal of said battery, the angle between said handle portion and jaw portion of each clamp member providing for secure attachment of said jaw portions on the battery terminal as mounted on the top of the battery, the handle portions of said clamp members extending upwardly and angularly over the top of the battery for easy manipulation by the user of said battery booster cable.