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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7640666 | Gardening shears without producing a gap between two cutting blades of the gardening shears A pair of gardening shears include two cutting blades pivotally connected with each other, two movable members each having a first side mounted on a respective cutting blade, two fixing members each mounted on a second side of a respective movable member, two lockin... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7073264 | Bag slitting apparatus A bag slitting apparatus for opening a sealed bag along an edge of the bag. The apparatus has a first arm having first outer and inner surfaces, and a second arm having second outer and inner surfaces. The arms are in tensioned movable opposed relationship to each o... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6968644 | Ergonomic fish gripping device An apparatus and method for applying a firm grip to the lip of a fish includes a pair of pincers. The device has two handles each comprised of at least one ring to which digits may be inserted. One of the two handles has a ring that may rotate about a pivot point. T... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6317987 | Scissor Disclosed is a scissor. The scissor comprises a pair of gripping sections integrally coupled with each other at one ends thereof; a pair of blade sections formed at the other ends of the pair of gripping sections, respectively; and a pair of safety plates... | 11/20/2001 |
| 5561904 | Rose stem stripper A rose stem stripper according to the present invention is accomplished by two metal arms including a base, a handle with looped gripping projections and a pair of jaws laterally offset from the handle. The metal arms are pivotally attached to each other ... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5459929 | Tool having integral hinge member The present invention relates to hinged tools such as scissors, shears, pruners, or the like, having a force applying end with formed handles and an opposed working end consisting of a pair of blades disposed across a hinged joint through which a force ma... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5438759 | Button removal device A button removal device including a straight torsion spring separating a pair of gripping members wherein the gripping members have a cooperative set of jaws affixed thereon. A first gripping member has a split pointed jaw which engages a singular jaw loc... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5081769 | Cutter head with flexible stabilizer Disclosed is a cutting head, suitable for use in cutting wire or sheet metal. The cutting head includes two jaws, and a cutting blade on each jaw. A spring, which is preferably a split cylinder, is disposed in a hole at the pivot point between the jaws. T... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4958435 | Ripping scissors A device for ripping fabric includes two blades which act together in a scissor like fashion. A handle is rigidly attached to one of the blades. The movement of the handle back and forth causes a scissor like action between the blades. After the cut has b... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4879932 | Manually operable paper slitting device and method A manually operable paper slitting device has upper and lower platens normally biased apart from one another. The upper platen has diagonally extending and spaced parallel slitting blades extending downwardly therefrom for cooperation with spaced compleme... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4527331 | Suture remover and continuous band scissors An improved surgical suture remover is formed of a single elongated strip of resiliently flexible material having a bend substantially midway in its elongation to define first and second shanks respectively carrying a blade and a shearing portion at their... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4527332 | Handy scissors This invention relates to a pair of handy scissors for readily cutting paper, cloth, thread, synthetic resin films and other sheet-like or linear materials in doing paper craftwork or needlework or opening packing bags. The scissors are constructed in the... | 07/09/1985 |
| 3972333 | Disposable surgical tool A hand operated device for manipulating a pair of relatively movable cooperating tools is disclosed, having particular utility as a disposable surgical device for operating shears, forceps, hemostats and the like. The device is preferably molded of resili... | 08/03/1976 |
