Aircraft tow bar

Claim 1

A THRUST APPLYING TOOL COMPRISING AN ELONGATED MEMBER, THRUST APPLYING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO ONE END OF SAID ELONGATED MEMBER, FIXED JAW MEANS CONNECTED TO AN OPPOSITE END OF SAID ELONGATED MEMBER, MOVABLE JAW MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ABOUT A PIVOTAL AXIS FIXED IN SAID FIXED JAW MEANS, LIMIT MEANS FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON SAID FIXED JAW MEANS FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID MOVABLE JAW MEANS TO LIMIT MOVEMENT THEREOF RELATIVE TO SAID PIVOTAL AXIX IN ONE DIRECTION TOWARD AN OPERATIVE POSITION, SELECTIVELY RETRACTILE LATCH MEANS OPERATIVELY MOUNTED BY THE FIXED JAW MEANS AND ENGAGEABLE WITH THE MOVABLE JAW MEANS IN THE SAID OPERATIVE POSITION THEREOF TO LOCK THE MOVABLE JAW MEANS ON THE LIMIT MEANS AND PREVENT MOVEMENT THEREOF IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO SAID ONE DIRECTION FROM THE OPERATIVE POSITION, AND MEANS CONTINUOUSLY URGING SAID MOVABLE JAW MEANS IN SAID ONE DIRECTION RELATIVE TO THE PIVOTAL AXIS, SAID LATCH MEANS COMPRISING A DISPLACEABLE LATCH ELEMENT DISPLACEABLE INTO A RECESS FORMED IN THE MOVABLE JAW MEANS WHICH SIMULTANEOUSLY RECEIVES THE LIMIT MEANS WHEN THE MOVABLE JAW MEANS IS IN SAID OPERTIVE POSITION, AND SPRING MEANS CONTINUOUSLY HOLDING SAID LATCH ELEMENT IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MOVABLE JAW MEANS IN ALL POSITIONS THEREOF WITHOUT IMPOSING ANY DIRECTIONAL BIAS ON THE MOVABLE JAW MEANS.