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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941928 | Clip-handle scissors A pair of scissors having a pair of looped handles has a clip such as a carabiner-style inwardly-opening gate mounted on the outer-most perimeter of one or both of the looped handles. Where the clip is a carabiner, the distal end of each gate, distal from the gates ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7260894 | Scissor apparatus and method of using thereof A scissor apparatus including a first section and a second section pivotably connected to each other. Both the first section and the second section have a blade end and a handle end. The scissors also include a stop member attached to the handle end of the first sec... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7178245 | Gardening shears having energy-saving effect A pair of gardening shears include a first handle, a first cutting member, a second cutting member, and a second handle. Thus, when the second cutting member is movable toward the first cutting member to perform the cutting action, the linking rod of the second cutt... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7080455 | Handheld kitchen scissor/knife appliance A cutting apparatus includes first and second subassemblies. The first subassembly has a first handle and a blade connected to the first handle, the blade including a proximal end portion attached to the handle, a distal end portion, and a cutting edge intermediate ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7036228 | Multifunctional knife device A multifunctional knife device has a main handle, a main blade having a tang inserted in the main handle, an auxiliary handle, an auxiliary blade having a serrated tang inserted in the auxiliary handle, and a spring inserted in the main handle and the auxiliary hand... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6964099 | Gardening shears having two pruning effects A pair of gardening shears include a blade assembly including two blades, and a handle assembly pivotally mounted on the blade assembly and including a first handle and a second handle. Thus, the gardening shears have two blades each having two cutting portions havi... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6944953 | Corner cutter A cutting tool provides a device for cutting a plate glass corner. The structure includes upper and lower blades which are opened and closed to cut the plate glass. The upper and lower blade edge lines mutually oppose each other to form a cutter body having a scisso... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6915575 | Cutting tool The cutting tool, in particular nail clippers, comprise two elongated members hinged around an axis (A), wherein each member is provided with an actuating arm and a cutting edge; the cutting edges of the two elongated members face each other so as to reciprocally co... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6910401 | Cable-stripping pliers Cable-stripping pliers having between its clamping jaws a cutting unit with mutually co-acting arms including cutting elements. The cutting unit has an abutment body which is movable in the longitudinal direction of the pliers and which limits the stripping length. ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6860018 | Shear-locking device Shears having a locking mechanism which ensures self-locking closure without any light gap. A tumbler (24) on one limb of the shears pivoted by a slide button (22) has a cam surface (34) interacting in a self-locking manner with a catch groove (... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6772520 | Pruning shears A pair of pruning shears includes a first handle, a blade seat, a blade, a second handle, a connecting member, and a spring. Thus, the spring mounted between the first handle and the second handle is disposed at an oblique state, thereby decreasing the pressing forc... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6739217 | Soft-grip wire stripper A wire stripper has a pair of elongated frames pivotably joined together by a pivot pin and defining handles and jaws. The handles are covered by sleeves which include thumb wells which cover the ends of the pivot pin. A mechanical interlock is provided between the ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6725547 | Gardening shears A pair of gardening shears include a blade fastened to one end of a first handle, and a fixed jaw plate fastened to one end of a second handle which is pivotally fastened to the first handle by a pivoting member. The pivoting member is formed of a pivot and a nut wh... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6675481 | Gardening shears structure A gardening shears structure in which one handgrip has a circular recess sealed by a rotary plug. The rotary plug has a knob at the top that facilitates minimal force rotation during extrication, with a spring situated inside the circular recess enabling ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6643937 | Gardening shears A pair of gardening shears includes a fixed handle, a fixed jaw, a movable handle, a movable jaw, and a pivoting member for pivoting the fixed jaw and the movable jaw together. The pivoting member is formed of a bolt, a nut, and a collar for preventing si... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6625888 | Pruning device A pruning device includes a blade mounting jaw and an opposing jaw. A blade is removably mounted on a blade mounting portion of the blade mounting jaw to cut vegetation positioned between the jaws as the jaws are closed. A blade retainer is movable betwee... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6598300 | Structure for a locating pivot of shears A pivoting structure is provided to pivot together a first working block, a cutting blade, and a second working block of a pair of shears in such a manner that the cutting blade and the second working block work against each other to effect the scissors a... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6574870 | Metal shears with an attached tag A pair of metal shears has two blades, two handles, a tag and a locking lever. The blades are pivotally connected to each other with a first pivot pin. The handles are pivotally connected to each other with a second pivot pin. Each handle is pivotally con... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6523266 | Shears A pair of shears has a pair of handles, a pair of front connection portions, and a pair of cutting devices. Each front connection portion is disposed on a front portion of the respective handle. Each front connection portion has a through hole and a throu... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6457241 | Ergonomic scissors In these scissors (1), one of the branches (2) entails a resting part (7) for the four fingers of the hand excluding the thumb, while the other branch (3) entails a resting part (8) for the thumb. The resting part (7) shows an exterior lateral face (7a) t... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6446344 | Safety latch for hand tool A safety latch for a hand tool is provided. According to the present invention, the safety latch serves to hold the two handles of a safety tool in proximity to one another so as to prevent the hand tool from pivoting, and thereby maintaining the hand too... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6418626 | Pruning shears with a lock device A pair of pruning shears has two bodies pivotally mounted together with a pivot, a spring connected between the bodies, and a lock device arranged near the pivot. The lock device comprises a step hole defined in one of the bodies near the pivot, a locking... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6339884 | Structure of scissors for cutting grass Scissors for cutting grass includes a head having an end formed with an opening having a plurality of internal teeth, a main body provided with a cylindrical member having a neck at an intermediate portion and a geared portion at an inner portion, the mai... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6336272 | Scissors structure A scissors structure includes a first blade portion, a second blade portion, a restoring spring, and a substantially I-shaped locking member. The first blade portion includes a first handle defining a first chamber having a front end provided with a first... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6301787 | Shear with sliding lock mechanism A locking mechanism for scissors-type shear allows closing and locking of the shear even when the locking element is placed in a locked position before the shears are closed. The shear includes first and second blade assemblies pivotably connected to one ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6216347 | Rotary cutting pliers Rotary cutting pliers for cutting electric wires, having large, medium and small diameters. An electric wire is inserted into an insertion space that is open from the rotary center of a first bearing disk mounted on a first unit of the pliers so that the ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6195898 | Magnetically latching butterfly knife A magnetically latching butterfly knife 10 having a magnetic latch 20 coupled thereto. The magnetic latch 20 is coupled to the magnetically latching butterfly knife 10. The magnetic latch 20 is coupled to at least one of the handle components 14 and/or 15... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5987755 | Shear device having double security mechanism A shear device includes a pair of handles having one end pivotally coupled together at a pivot shaft, and a pair of cutter blades secured to the handles and each having a notch. A knob is slidably engaged in the handles and includes a pin for engaging wit... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5930900 | Scissors A pair of scissors has a first blade, a second blade, a first grip connected to the first blade, a second grip connected to the second blade, a torsion spring disposed between the first grip and the second grip, and a hook ring fastening the first grip an... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5774991 | Gardening shears A pair of shears comprises a first blade connecting to a first grip and a second blade connecting to a second grip. A first notch is formed at the bottom of the first blade. A second notch is formed at the bottom of the second blade. A round hole is forme... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5628115 | Cutting tool A cutting tool designed for hand cutting/harvesting of grapes and trimming shrubs and flowers. It has two elongated members pivotally secured together at a locus axis passing perpendicularly through their respective head portions. The surfaces of the resp... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5625952 | Cutting tools An improved locking mechanism for a cutting tool (1) is disclosed. The locking mechanism includes a locking block (15) transversely located through or on one handle (12) of the cutting tool (1). The locking mechanism incorporates a shaped spring (18) adap... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5426857 | Pivoted hand-held cutting tool A hand tool for cutting, such as a pair of snips, includes a pair of opposed elongated members, each member comprising a jaw at a front end portion thereof, a handle at a rear end portion thereof, and a midportion where the members cross over each other. ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5377412 | Softouch scissors A soft touch scissors including a first or lower blade assembly having a handle and a blade having a tang molded in the handle and a second or upper handle assembly having a handle and a blade having a tang molded in the handle, the blade assemblies being... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5367774 | Resilient lock for a hand tool The present invention relates to tools such as scissors, shears, pruners, and the like, which are resiliently biased to an open position, and which have a locking mechanism to keep these tools in a closed configuration. More particularly, this invention i... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5320011 | Safety device latch for a paper cutter A safety latch device for a paper cutter movably attached to the cutting arm of the paper cutter. The safety latch has a base catch, an arm catch and a trigger. The base catch engages with an extended portion of the base of the paper cutter to prevent a u... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5297343 | Trimming scissors and sheath assembly A scissors including a first handle assembly and a second handle assembly pivotally interconnected for movement between open and closed positions. A latch mounted on one of the handle assemblies for movement into engagement with the other of the handle as... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5263254 | Garden shears In garden shears the locking device which holds the shear grips in closed position against the force of an opening spring is developed as a slide grip which lies free both on the top and on the bottom of the one hand grip so that this slide can be actuate... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5243762 | Garden shears A garden shears is provided with replaceable knives mounted on elongated grips which are connected at a pivot joint that is constructed of a steel bushing that takes up radial loads (shear and flexure). Axial loads are taken up by a screw bushing which pa... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5179783 | All purpose scissors An all purpose pair of scissors including a first blade assembly and a second blade assembly, the assemblies being pivotally connected for opening and closing movements, the first blade assembly including a handle having a first catch and a recess in the ... | 01/19/1993 |
