Sheet and plate handling tool

Claim 1

A SHEET OR PLATE GRIPPING TOOL, COMPRISING A PAIR OF SCISSORS LEVERS DISPOSED IN CROSSING RELATIONSHIP INTERMEDIATE THEIR FORWARD AND REARWARD ENDS AND HAVING FORWARD ARMS DISPOSED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER IN THE CLOSED POSITION THEREOF AND TERMINATING IN TAPERED FORWARD ENDS, A PIVOT ELEMENT PIVOTALLY INTERCONNECTING SAID LEVERS AT THEIR CROSSING LOCATION, A PAIR OF GRIPPING JAWS MOUNTED ON THE FORWARD ENDS OF SAID LEVERS AND HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY SHARP FORWARD EDGES, RESILIENT MEANS ENGAGING SAID LEVERS AND URGING SAID JAWS AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER INTO THE OPEN POSITION THEREOF, AND AN OPEN-CENTERED HANDLE MOUNTED RIGIDLY ON THE REARWARD END OF EACH LEVER AND MOVABLE UNITARILY THEREWITH, EACH HANDLE HAVING OPPOSITE SIDE PORTIONS CONNECTED AT THEIR FORWARD ENDS TO ITS RESPECTIVE LEVER AND A CROSS PORTION INTERCONNECTING THE REARWARD ENDS OF SAID SIDE PORTIONS, SAID CROSS PORTIONS BEING DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY TO THEIR RESPECTIVE LEVERS, THE CROSS PORTION OF ONE HANDLE BEING DISPOSED NEARER SAID PIVOT ELEMENT THAN THE CROSS PORTION OF THE OTHER HANDLE AND MOVABLE INTO CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID OTHER HANDLE IN LONGITUDINALLY-SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO THE CROSS PORTION OF SAID OTHER HANDLE.