| US Patent: 150,131 
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| Pipe-Tongs | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | James R. Brown (exact or similar names) - Cambridgeport, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jan. 19, 1874 |  
| Granted: | Apr. 28, 1874 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | James R. Brown patent  April 28, 1874 with example |  Google Patents
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                        Stan Schulz
 
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| Description: |  | The handle of the hook jaw portion rotates to adjust the pivot point.  
Known example marked only "J. R. BROWN CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS." is shown as #738 in "Antique & Unusual Wrenches," by Schulzes, where Brown's May 28, 1867 pat. no. 65,162 is noted. |  |