ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,937, issued on June 30.
"Snap-jaw vice assembly" was invented by William Ferrara (Plantation, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snap-jaw vice assembly having a jaw base selectively removably couplable to a vice body and having a dovetail portion and at least one member fastener forming a portion of the dovetail portion on the jaw base and including a spring and a spring fastener coupling the at least one member fastener to the jaw base, the assembly also including a first jaw member with a dovetail portion selectively removably and directly coupled to the dovetail portion of the jaw base in a spring-biased retained configuration,...