Bag cutter and piercer
AssigneeSpellbound Development Group, Inc.
InventorEarl J. Votolato
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Abstract
A bag cutter for opening a sealed package using at least one of a blade and a piercer. Preferably, at least one blade is disposed partially within a cutout of an arm in a manner that exposes an edge of the blade. A piercer can comprise an extension of a cutout edge or be located on any other suitable portion of an arm. Another blade can be provided that is substantially perpendicular to the blade within a cutout, and juxtaposable against a cutting surface.
Claims18
A cutting apparatus having an open conformation and a closed conformation, comprising:
- a first arm having a first inner surface and an opposable second arm having a second inner surface opposite the first inner surface;
- a first blade partially embedded in and extending from a first recess in the first arm;
- a cutting surface extending from the second arm;
- wherein at least a portion of the first blade is sized and dimensioned to physically contact at least a portion of the cutting surface;
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- a piercer having a blunted tip extending outward from the second inner surface, and toward the first inner surface;
- wherein the cutting surface comprises (i) a raised portion at least partially enclosing an anvil and (ii) an exposed portion of the anvil extending from the raised portion, wherein the exposed portion of the anvil is curved.
An improved cutting apparatus having a first blade partially embedded in and extending from an upper arm of the apparatus, a raised anvil extending from a lower arm of the apparatus, and a single blunt finger extending from one of the arms toward the other arm wherein the upper surface of the anvil is convex, a first recess of the upper arm proximal to the first blade is concave, and the anvil and the first blade mate when juxtaposed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.