Nail clipper

A nail clipper implement comprising a pair of superposed elongated jaw elements having cooperating cutter jaws at one end thereof and aligned cooperating apertures adjacent said one end;

• means fastening the other end of said jaw elements, said cutter jaws being spaced apart in one position thereof and said jaw elements being fabricated from resiliently deflectable material to provide yieldable spacing between said cutter jaws;
• a pivot member seated in said cooperating apertures of said jaw elements and dimensioned and configured for rotation therein;
• and an elongated operating lever for said jaw elements pivotably mounted at one end on said pivot member adjacent one end thereof and overlying one of said jaw elements, said pivot member being of generally rectangular cross section and of uniform thickness throughout, said pivot member having an elongated head portion at the other end thereof of greater length than the width of said apertures and disposed outwardly of the other jaw element, said pivot member having a notch extending inwardly adjacent said one end thereof disposed at least in part outwardly of said one jaw element, said operating lever having an aperture adjacent its pivoted end through which said one end of said pivot member extends in the closed position of said operating lever and a pivot portion at its pivoted end engaged in said notch, said operating lever being pivotable in said notch over said pivot member and said pivot member and operating lever being rotatable 180.degree. in said pair of apertures to the operative position of said lever;
• said pivot member being fabricated from sheet metal stock and having substantially parallel side surfaces;
• and an elongated blade member on the outer surface of the other of said jaw elements and pivotably mounted at one end on said jaw elements adjacent the other end thereof, said blade member having a notch at its other end seating the head portion of said pivot member to prevent rotation thereof.

A nail clipper implement comprising a pair of superposed elongated jaw elements having cooperating cutter jaws at one end thereof and aligned cooperating apertures adjacent said one end;

• means fastening the other end of said jaw elements, said cutter jaws being spaced apart in one position thereof and said jaw elements being fabricated from resiliently deflectable material to provide yieldable spacing between said cutter jaws;
• a pivot member seated in said cooperating apertures of said jaw elements and dimensioned and configured for rotation therein;
• and an elongated operating lever for said jaw elements pivotably mounted at one end on said pivot member adjacent one end thereof and overlying one of said jaw elements, said pivot member being of generally rectangular cross section and of uniform thickness throughout, said pivot member having an elongated head portion at the other end thereof of greater length than the width of said apertures and disposed outwardly of the other jaw element, said pivot member having a notch extending inwardly adjacent said one end thereof disposed at least in part outwardly of said one jaw element, said operating lever having an aperture adjacent its pivoted end through which said one end of said pivot member extends in the closed position of said operating lever and a pivot portion at its pivoted end engaged in said notch, said operating lever being pivotable in said notch over said pivot member and said pivot member and operating lever being rotatable 180.degree. in said pair of apertures to the operative position of said lever;
• said pivot member being fabricated from sheet metal stock and having substantially parallel side surfaces, said pivot member being comprised of at least two similarly configured and dimensioned elements of sheet metal stock positioned in side-by-side relationship, said pivot member being locked in at least the closed position of said operating lever by engagement with other members of the implement to lock the lever against inadvertent rotation relative to the jaw elements in at least the closed position of said lever.