All purpose scissors
AssigneeFiskars Inc.
InventorCraig H. Melter
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Abstract
An all purpose pair of scissors including a first blade assembly and a second blade assembly, the assemblies being pivotally connected for opening and closing movements, the first blade assembly including a handle having a first catch and a recess in the handle adjacent the first catch, the second blade assembly including a handle having a second catch and a recess in the handle adjacent the second catch, the first and second catches being so located that on closing the first and second blade assemblies the first catch will be seated in the recess in the second handle and the second catch will be seated in the recess in the first handle, the first and second catches interengaging each other on opening the blade assemblies.
Claims5
An all purpose pair of scissors comprising:
- a first blade assembly including a first handle and a first blade having a tang molded in the first handle,
- a second blade assembly including a second handle and a second blade having a tang angularly offset from the second blade and molded in the second handle,
- means pivotally connecting said blade assemblies,
- said first handle including a first catch and a recess in said first handle adjacent said first catch,
- said second handle including a second catch and a recess in said second handle adjacent said second catch,
- said first and second handles being so located that on closing said scissors the first catch will be seated in the recess in the second handle and the second catch will be seated in the recess in the first handle,
- said first catch and said second catch interengaging each other on opening said scissors to limit the distance between the handles whereby the handles can be grasped by one hand when the scissors are open.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.