Adjusting joint for pliers or the like

Claim 1

A TOOL INCLUDING A PAIR OF RELATIVELY PIVOTING MEMBERS PROVIDED WITH ALIGNED OPENINGS EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, A PIVOT PIN HAVING A HEAD ENGAGEABLE WITH ONE OF SAID MEMBERS AND A SHANK DISPOSED IN SAID OPENINGS, SAID SHANK HAVING AN OUTER PERIPHERY WHICH IS OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM SHAPE OVER ITS ENTIRE LENGTH, SAID OUTER PERIPHERY BEING PROVIDED WITH A CYLINDRICAL SURFACE AND A NONCYLINDRICAL ABUTMENT SURFACE, THE OPENING OF ONE OF SAID MEMBERS BEING SHAPED TO NONROTATABLY FIT SAID ONE MEMBER TO SAID SHANK AND THE OPENING OF THE OTHER OF SAID MEMBERS BEING PARTLY DEFINED BY A CYLINDRICAL SURFACE CONFORMABLY ENGAGING THE CYLINDRICAL SURFACE OF SAID SHANK WHEREBY THE CYLINDRICAL SURFACE OF SAID SHANK FORMS A BEARING FOR SAID OTHER MEMBER, SAID OTHER MEMBER HAVING AN ABUTMENT SURFACE ADJACENT THE OPENING THEREOF ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SHANK ABUTMENT SURFACE TO LIMIT THE EXTENT OF PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID OTHER MEMBER UPON SAID SHANK IN ONE DIRECTION AND A THREADED FASTENER CONNECTED TO THE END OF SAID SHANK OPPOSITE FROM SAID HEAD AND COOPERATING WITH SAID HEAD TO CONFINE SAID MEMBERS THEREBETWEEN.