Odd Kern Plier What's It????

[Bus]

going through a box of auction acquisitions from a couple years ago I found this odd tool. It's marked " KERN - USA - PAT - PEND"
on both handles. Pliers is 7" long and the attached bar is 11-1/4". Any ideas?

[RWalters]

Interesting, if you Google Kern pliers, the only semi-relevant items that come up are a couple of surgical tools. If this thing has a medical purpose, I don't think I want to know about it.......

[Aunt Phil]

Upscale nail puller.

[Lostmind]

A crate tool? Pry it open , pull the nail?

[johnsironsanctuary]

Kern Trap Pliers?

[rusty]

Phil may be close, see patent  1633533
tho it is a different looking device, makes me go hmm...

[john k]

With that much leverage looks to me like a binder, bander type of tool.  Especially with those special jaws, just made to crimp a keeper on a band.