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US 12,458,125 B2Granted
Adjustable blade gap clipper
AssigneeDoots, LLC
InventorTodd Paulsmeyer
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Abstract
A nail clipper including a blade gap adjustment assembly or a blade gap calibration assembly, or a combination thereof, operable to adjust a blade gap between opposed blades to allow insertion of a nail between opposed first and second blades to allow clipping of the nail while affording a barrier to insertion of the digit between the opposed blades to avoid cutting the associated digit.
Claims10
A method, comprising:
- coupling a first leaf member and a second leaf member at first leaf ends, said first and second leaf members diverging outwardly from said leaf first ends approaching said leaf second ends, said first and second leaf members correspondingly including a first blade and a second blade disposed in spaced apart opposed relation at said leaf second ends, said first blade or second blades moveable by depressing said first or second leaf members;
- passing a post having a length disposed between a post first end and post second end through first and second leaf member apertures correspondingly disposed in said first and second leaf members proximate said first and second blades;
- rotatably coupling a leaf depressing lever to said post first end, said leaf depressing lever rotates to engage said first leaf member to correspondingly move said first blade toward said second blade;
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- coupling a blade gap adjustor to said post second end, said blade gap adjustor including a first annular member joined in fixed spatial relation to a spacer, said first annular member joined to said spacer having a passage through which said post second end passes to engage said spacer with said second leaf member, said spacer disposes said first annular member a fixed distance from said second leaf member, said first annular member outwardly extending from said spacer to an outer annular wall, said second annular member having an inner annular wall which slidably engages in adjacent spatial relation to said outer annular wall of said first annular member, said second annular member moveable in relation to said post second end to urge said spacer against said second leaf member to adjust a blade gap between said first blade and second blade.
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A method of using an apparatus, said apparatus including:
- a first leaf member and second leaf member each including a leaf first end opposite a leaf second end, said first and second leaf members coupled at said leaf first ends and diverging outwardly approaching said leaf second ends, said first and second leaf members correspondingly including a first blade and a second blade disposed in spaced apart opposed relation at said leaf second ends, said first or second blades moveable by depressing said first or second leaf member;
- a post having a length disposed between a post first end and a post second end, said post passing through first and second leaf member apertures correspondingly disposed in said first and second leaf members proximate said first and second blades;
- a leaf depressing lever rotatably coupled to said post first end, said leaf depressing lever rotates to engage said first leaf member to correspondingly move said first blade toward said second blade;
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- a blade gap adjustor coupled to said post second end, said blade gap adjustor including a first annular member joined in fixed spatial relation to a spacer, said first annular member joined to said spacer having a passage through which said post second end passes to engage said spacer with said second leaf member, said spacer disposes said first annular member a fixed distance from said second leaf member, said first annular member outwardly extending from said spacer to an outer annular wall, said second annular member having an inner annular wall which slidably engages in adjacent spatial relation to said outer annular wall of said first annular member, said second annular member moveable in relation to said post second end to urge said spacer against said second leaf member to adjust a blade gap between said first blade and second blade,
- said method comprising:
- moving said blade gap adjustor in relation to said post second end to engage said second leaf member to adjust a blade gap between said first blade and second blade.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.