Jumper cable clamp construction

• US 5,435,759 A
• Filed: 03/10/1994
• Issued: 07/25/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chad S. Adams, Kirk P. Adams
• Original Assignee: Chad S. Adams, Kirk P. Adams
• Inventors: Adams, Kirk P., Adams, Chad S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Howell, Daniel W.
• Application Number:
  US08/208,370
• Time in Patent Office: 502 Days
• Field of Search: 439/217, 439/219, 439/577, 439/755, 439/759, 439/822, 439/754
• US Class Current: 439/755
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 11/24 with gripping jaws, e.g. crocodile clip

Abstract

Jumper cables include at least one of the clamp members formed with cooperating first and second jaws, having first and second extension legs extending from the respective first and second jaws, with a connecting loop secured to the first and second extension legs, such that the connecting loop is formed of a spring steel construction arranged to encompass a side post terminal lug during a charging procedure, while the facing first and second jaws may alternatively secure top terminal posts.

Claims

1. A jumper cable clamp construction comprising:

a first handle having a first jaw extending therefrom in a longitudinally aligned relationship;

a second handle having a second jaw extending therefrom in a longitudinally aligned relationship;

a pivot axle pivotally mounting the first handle and the second handle relative to one another, with the first jaw and the second jaw arranged in a facing biased relationship relative to one another;

a first jaw metallic extension leg coupled to and longitudinally extending from said first jaw;

a second jaw extension leg mounted to and extending from the second jaw, wherein the first jaw extension leg and the second jaw extension leg are arranged in a coplanar relationship, with a connecting loop extending from the first jaw leg to the second jaw leg biasing the first jaw towards the second jaw, with the connecting loop being positionable over a portion of a side post terminal of a vehicle battery.

2. A damp as set forth in claim 1, wherein the connecting loop includes an interior surface defining a polygonal contact surface.

3. A clamp as set forth in claim 2, wherein the first handle includes a first handle cap removably mounted relative to the first handle, the first handle cap including an externally threaded skirt, and a cap cavity having a cap cavity side wall, the cap cavity side wall including a cylindrical radial array of inwardly directed brush filaments.