Two point log grapple

Claim 1

A TWO POINT, SCISSORS-TYPE LOG GRAPPLE WHEREIN THE JAWS ARE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TO OPEN BY GRAVITY AND WHEREIN THE GRAPPLE IS OPERATIVE FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE IN ANY POSITION OF THE JAWS FROM FULLY OPEN TO FULLY CLOSED; A PAIR OF CABLES TO LIFT AND CONTROL THE OPERATION OF SAID GRAPPLE, ONE OF SAID CABLES BEING A LIFTING CABLE AND ANOTHER OF SAID CABLES BEING A CONTROLLING CABLE, SAID GRAPPLE COMPRISING A FRAME STRUCTURE, MEANS INTERCONNECTING ONE OF SAID CABLES TO SAID FRAME STRUCTURE, SAID FRAME STRUCTURE INCLUDING A PAIR OF LEGS WITH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LEGS BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED THERETO, SAID LOG GRAPPLE CONSISTING OF ONLY TWO JAWS HAVING UPPER AND LOWER END PORTIONS, SAID JAWS HAVING OPPOSITELY FACING ARCUATE LOG ENGAGING SURFACES FORMED THEREON AT THEIR LOWER ENDS, PIVOT MEANS PIVOTALLY INTERCONNECTING SAID JAWS ABOVE SAID LOG ENGAGING SURFACES, ONE OF SAID JAWS BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID PIVOTAL INTERCONNECTION AND THE LOWER END THEREOF TO THE LOWER END OF ONE OF SAID LEGS AND THE OTHER OF SAID JAWS BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID PIVOTAL INTERCONNECTION AND THE LOWER END THEREOF TO THE LOWER END OF THE OTHER OF SAID LEGS, THE LOWER END PORTIONS OF SAID JAWS BEING IN SUBSTANTIAL OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP WHEN THE JAWS ARE IN FULLY CLOSED POSITION, SAID JAWS BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE ASSOCIATED LEGS AT POINTS DISPOSED BELOW THE PIVOTAL INTERCONNECTION OF THE JAWS WHEN THE JAWS ARE IN OVERLAPPING POSITION, SAID JAWS INCLUDING SIDE SURFACES AT THE LOWER END PORTIONS THEREOF DISPOSED ADJACENT TO THE LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID LOG ENGAGING SURFACES, SAID SIDE SURFACES BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER WHEN THE JAWS ARE IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP, ALL OF SAID LOWER END PORTION OF ONE OF SAID JAWS LYING ON ONE SIDE OF A PLANE LYING BETWEEN SAID SIDE SURFACES WHEN THE JAWS ARE IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP AND ALL OF SAID LOWER END PORTION OF THE OTHER OF SAID JAWS LYING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID PLANE, THE OTHER OF SAID CABLES BEING INTERCONNECTED TO AT LEAST ONE OF SAID JAWS WHEREBY THE PAYING OUT OF SAID OTHER CABLE PERMITS THE JAWS TO OPEN BY GRAVITY AND WHEREBY THE WINDING IN OF SAID OTHER CABLE CAUSES THE JAWS TO CLOSE AND APPLY SQUEEZING PRESSURE AGAINST A LOG THEREBETWEEN.