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US 11,673,281 B2Granted
Cutting and snipping device
OwnerVance P. Zahorskiinventor
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Abstract
A cutting and snipping device includes a housing having a front, an opposed rear, an open mouth at the front, opposed sides extending from the front to the rear and each formed with longitudinal slots, and a head projecting from the rear, wherein a blade set into the head is exposed between the head and the rear of the housing. The device includes scissor arms, each having a cutting edge at a front end, an opposed rear end, and a grip extending between the front end and the rear end. The scissor arms are mounted within the housing for scissored movement with respect to each other and for reciprocal movement with respect to the housing between a forward position in which the cutting edges are advanced out of the mouth and a retracted position in which the cutting edges are retracted within the mouth.
Claims24
A cutting and snipping device, comprising:
- a housing having a front, an opposed rear, an open mouth at the front, opposed sides extending from the front to the rear and each formed with longitudinal slots, and a head projecting from the rear, wherein a blade set into the head is exposed between the head and the rear of the housing;
- scissor arms, each having a cutting edge at a front end, an opposed rear end, and a grip extending between the front end and the rear end;
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- the scissor arms are mounted within the housing for scissored movement with respect to each other and for reciprocal movement with respect to the housing between an advanced position in which the cutting edges are advanced out of the mouth and a retracted position in which the cutting edges are retracted within the mouth, wherein the scissors arms move among:
- a first position of the scissor arms, in the retracted position thereof, wherein the grips are against the sides of the housing and the cutting edges of the scissor arms are within the mouth and overlap each other;
- a second position of the scissor arms after the first position, in which the scissor arms are advanced out of the retracted position thereof, wherein the grips are against the sides of the housing and the cutting edges of the scissor arms are in front of the mouth and overlap each other;
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- a third position of the scissor arms after the second position, in which the scissor arms are in the advanced position thereof, wherein the grips are away from the sides of the housing and the cutting edges of the scissor arms are in front of the mouth, and the scissor arms are in an open position apart from each other.
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A cutting and snipping device, comprising:
- a housing having a front, an opposed rear, an open mouth at the front, opposed sides extending from the front to the rear and each formed with longitudinal slots, and a head projecting from the rear, wherein a blade set into the head is exposed between the head and the rear of the housing;
- scissor arms, each having a cutting edge at a front end, an opposed rear end, and a grip extending between the front end and the rear end;
- a first position of the scissor arms, in which the scissor arms are retracted toward the rear of the housing, the grips are against the sides of the housing, the cutting edges of the scissor arms are within the mouth and overlap each other;
- a second position of the scissor arms after the first position, in which the scissor arms are advanced away from the rear of the housing, the grips are against the sides of the housing, the cutting edges of the scissor arms are in front of the mouth and overlap each other;
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- a third position of the scissor arms after the second position, in which the scissor arms are advanced away from the rear of the housing, the grips are away from the sides of the housing, the cutting edges of the scissor arms are in front of the mouth and are apart from each other.
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A cutting and snipping device, comprising:
- a housing have a front, an opposed rear, an open mouth at the front, opposed sides extending from the front to the rear and each formed with longitudinal slots, and a head projecting from the rear, wherein a blade set into the head is exposed between the head and the rear of the housing;
- the sides of the housing bow outwardly in a convex arrangement;
- scissor arms, each having a cutting edge at a front end, an opposed rear end, and a grip extending between the front end and the rear end;
- a first position of the scissor arms, in which the scissor arms are retracted toward the rear of the housing, the grips are against the sides of the housing, the cutting edges of the scissor arms are within the mouth and overlap each other;
- a second position of the scissor arms after the first position, in which the scissor arms are advanced forward away from the rear of the housing, the grips are against the sides of the housing, the cutting edges of the scissor arms are in front of the mouth and overlap each other;
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- a third position of the scissor arms after the second position, in which the scissor arms are advanced forward away from the rear of the housing, the grips are away from the sides of the housing, the cutting edges of the scissor arms are in front of the mouth and are apart from each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.