US Patent: 2,669,145 
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| Releasing Device for Locking Pliers
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	        Patentee:
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 | Homer A. Mead (exact or similar names) - Turlock, Stanislaus County, CA |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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Oct. 03, 1952 | 
 
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Feb. 16, 1954 | 
 
 
 
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        Description: |  
| The size adjustment means shown in the drawing was not used in GRIPSO locking plier wrenches -- a form of "trigger" lock release appears in late 1950s ads for the GRIPSO "TRIGGER-MATIC" and appears in a 1959 ad for the NASCO KYNE-SNAP (a "bull lead" with modified jaws on a GRIPSO locking plier frame). |  
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