Instrument for cutting or gripping
AssigneeFive Star Idea, Inc.
InventorRajendrakumar N. Ramani
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Abstract
The present invention is an instrument for cutting or gripping articles. The instrument comprises two shanks, with each shank having a handle end and a working end. The shanks are connected by at least two pivot means located between the handle and the working end of each shank. Each pivot means is secured into one or the other shank. The opposing shank has a channel through which each corresponding means passes. Preferably, the pivots and channels are located to close the working ends of each shank towards each other when the handles are pivotally rotated towards each other.
Claims30
An instrument for cutting or gripping comprising:
- two shanks, with each shank having a handle end and a working end, the two shanks being connected by at least two pivot means located between the handle end and the working end of each shank, each pivot means secured in one shank and passing through a corresponding channel in the other shank, each shank having a working member located between the working end and the pivot means, the working member having a working edge facing the other shank, there being a longitudinal axis in a direction from the handle ends toward the pivot means when the instrument is closed, the longitudinal axis being between the handle ends, and there is a lateral axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, a portion of each channel being substantially parallel to the lateral axis of the instrument to enable opposing working edges to be substantially parallel prior to being closed.
An instrument for cutting or gripping comprising:
- two shanks with each shank having a handle and a working end, the two shanks being connected by at least two pivot means located between the handle end and the working end of each shank, each pivot means secured in one shank and passing through a channel in the other shank,
- each shank having a handle located between the handle end and the pivot means, and a working member located between the working end and the pivot means wherein the working member of each shank has a working edge facing the other shank and an outer working edge, and
- wherein at least one working edge is a comb.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.