Wood framing clamp

Claim 1

A WOOD FRAMING CLAMP FOR MAINTAINING A PAIR OR MORE FRAMING MEMBERS PROPERLY ORIENTATED RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER DURING SECUREMENT OF THE FRAMING MEMBERS TOGETHER BY NAILING, SAID FRAMING CLAMP COMPRISING A PAIR OF PLATE-LIKE GENERALLY L-SHAPED MEMBERS EACH INCLUDING A GUIDE LEG AND A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLED LATERALLY DIRECTED JAW LEG, MEANS SECURING SAID L-SHAPED MEMBERS TOGETHER WITH THE FREE ENDS OF SAID GUIDE LEGS DISPOSED IN SLIDING OVERLAPPING RELATION FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID JAW LEGS TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER WHILE BEING MAINTAINED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL, MEANS SECURED BETWEEN SAID L-SHAPED MEMBERS FOR URGING MOVEMENT OF SAID L-SHAPED MEMBERS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, ONE OF SAID GUIDE LEGS HAS A LONGITUDINAL SLOT FORMED THEREIN, A FIRST MOUNTING LUG PROJECTING LATERALLY FROM ONE SIDE FACE OF SAID ONE GUIDE LEG, A SECOND MOUNTING LUG PROJECTING LATERALLY FROM ONE SIDE FACE OF THE OTHER GUIDE LEG AND THROUGH SAID SLOT, A LEVER ARM PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID SECOND LUG AT ONE END FOR MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID GUIDE LEGS, SAID URGING MEANS COMPRISING A CONNECTING LINK HAVING ONE END PORTION PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID FIRST LUG FOR MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLELING SAID FIRST-MENTIONED AXIS AND TO SAID LEVER ARM AT THE OTHER END A SPACED DISTANCE FROM SAID FIRST-MENTIONED AXIS AND FOR MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLELING SAID FIRST-MENTIONED AXIS.