Cutting Apparatus with Folding Arrangement
AssigneeArtisancutlery Inc.
InventorWeide WANG
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Abstract
A cutting apparatus includes a main blade, a first handle having a first connecting portion, a second handle having a second connecting portion, and a folding arrangement which includes a folding base. The cutting apparatus can be operated between an unfolded portion and a folded position, wherein in the unfolded position, the first handle and the second handle are pivotally unfolded with respect to the folding base to extend in a direction opposite to that of the main blade so as to act as handles to the main blade, whereas in the folded position, the first handle and the second handle are pivotally folded with respect to the folding base toward the main blade so as to form a protective cover for the main blade.
Claims15
A cutting apparatus, comprising:
- a main blade having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion;
- a first handle having a first connecting portion;
- a second handle having a second connecting portion;
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- a folding arrangement which comprises a folding base having a first peripheral pivot portion, a second peripheral pivot portion and a central portion, said proximal end portion of said main blade connecting to said central portion of said folding base, said first connecting portion of said first handle pivotally connecting to said first peripheral pivot portion of said folding base, said second connecting portion of said second handle pivotally connecting to said second peripheral pivot portion of said folding base, said cutting apparatus being operated between an unfolded portion and a folded position, wherein in said unfolded position, said first handle and said second handle are pivotally unfolded with respect to said folding base to extend in a direction opposite to that of said main blade so as to act as handles to said main blade, wherein in said folded position, said first handle and said second handle are pivotally folded with respect to said folding base toward said main blade so as to form a protective cover for said main blade.
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