Cigar cutter assembly
OwnerTodd E Faisoninventor
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Abstract
An assembly that can be transformed between a cigar cutter and a cigar rest. The assembly includes a central body housing an aperture, the aperture configured to receive a head of a cigar. The assembly includes a left blade unit operably coupled to a left side of the central body and a right blade unit operably coupled to a right side of the central body. Each of the left blade unit and the right blade unit includes a frame; a cutting blade mounted to the frame; and a handle pivotally coupled to the frame through a hinge joint, wherein the hinge joint allows pivoting of the handle up to 90 degrees.
Claims2
An assembly that can be transformed between a cigar cutter and a cigar rest, the assembly comprising:
- a central body housing an aperture, the aperture configured to receive a head of a cigar, the central body is hollow inside;
- a depression in a top surface of the central body and extending throughout a width of the central body, the depression is shaped such that to receive the cigar;
- a left blade unit operably coupled to a left side of the central body;
- and
- a right blade unit operably coupled to a right side of the central body,
- a left handle pivotally coupled to the left blade unit;
- a right handle pivotally coupled to the right blade unit;
- wherein each of the left blade unit and the right blade unit comprises:
- a frame;
- and
- a cutting blade mounted to the frame,
- wherein the cutting blades are slidably received into the central body;
- wherein the left and right handles are configured to pivot downwards opposite to the top surface of the central body for transforming the cigar cutter into the cigar rest, wherein a locking mechanism prevents free rotation of the left and right handles.
A method of cutting cigars, the method comprising:
- making an aperture in a central body, the aperture configured to receive a head of a cigar, the central body is hollow from inside;
- defining a depression in a top surface of the central body, the depression extending throughout a width of the central body;
- operably coupling a left blade unit to a left side of the central body;
- and
- operably coupling a right blade unit to a right side of the central body,
- wherein each of the left blade unit and the right blade unit comprises:
- a frame;
- and
- a cutting blade mounted to the frame, wherein the blades are slidably received within the central body;
- pivotally coupling a left handle to the left blade unit;
- pivotally coupling a right handle to the right blade unit;
- inserting the head of the cigar into the aperture of the central body;
- squeezing the left blade unit and the right blade unit resulting in splicing of the head of the cigar by the cutting blades;
- after cutting, pivoting the left and right handles downwards opposite to the top surface of the central body to about 90 degrees, wherein a locking mechanism prevents free rotation of the handles;
- and
- placing the cigar onto the depression.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.