Edging scissors with guides
AssigneeFiskars Inc.
InventorsRobert W. Cornell, Suk Ku An
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Abstract
A pivoted hand tool, such as a scissors, includes a pair of blades having non-rectilinear cutting edges to form various cutting patterns on a sheet of paper. The scissors also include at least one guide to control the angular presentation of the paper to the blades and limit the amount of paper presented to the blades. The guide may also include a pair of ridges spaced apart from a pair of abutting surfaces, thereby providing a way to further limit the amount of paper presented to the blades. The scissors preferably have identically-shaped handles and oppositely facing guides to enable a user to create several complementary patterns on the sheet of paper simply by reversing the position in which the scissors are held.
Claims20
A pivoted hand tool having first and second opposed elongated members, each member having a blade at a front end thereof and a handle at a rear end thereof, each blade having a cutting edge, a pivot uniting the elongated members for pivotal movement thereabout, the cutting edges being matingly engageable upon pivotal movement of the handles about the pivot, the hand tool improvement comprising:
- a guide connected to the front end of at least the first member, the guide including a bottom plate spaced apart from a cover plate, the cover plate extending across at least a portion of the bottom plate to form a slot therewith, and abutting surfaces forming an included angle therebetween.
A pivoted hand tool having first and second opposed elongated members, each member having a blade at a front end thereof and a handle at a rear end thereof, each blade having a cutting edge, a pivot uniting the elongated members for pivotal movement thereabout, the cutting edges being matingly engageable upon pivotal movement of the handles about the pivot, the hand tool improvement comprising:
- a first guide connected to the front end of at least the first member, the first guide including a bottom plate spaced apart from a cover plate, the cover plate extending across at least a portion of the bottom plate to form a slot therewith, the second elongated member having a second guide.
A pivoted hand tool comprising:
- first and second opposed elongated members, each member having a blade at a front end thereof and a handle at a rear end thereof;
- a pivot uniting the elongated members for pivotal movement thereabout, the blades being matingly engageable upon pivotal movement of the handles about the pivot;
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- a guide connected to the front end of at least the first member, the guide including a bottom plate spaced apart from a cover plate, a pair of abutting surfaces extending from the bottom plate, the abutting surfaces forming an included angle therebetween, the cover plate extending across at least a portion of the bottom plate to form a slot therewith.
A pivoted hand tool comprising:
- first and second opposed elongated members, each member having a blade at a front end thereof and a handle at a rear end thereof;
- a pivot uniting the elongated members for pivotal movement thereabout, the blades being matingly engageable upon pivotal movement of the handles about the pivot;
- a first guide connected to the front end of at least the first member, the first guide including a bottom plate spaced apart from a cover plate, a pair of abutting surfaces extending from the bottom plate, the cover plate extending across at least a portion of the bottom plate to form a slot therewith, and
- the second elongated member including a second guide.
A pivoted hand tool comprising:
- first and second opposed elongated members, each member having a blade at a front end thereof and a handle at a rear end thereof;
- a pivot uniting the elongated members for pivotal movement thereabout;
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- a first guide connected to the front end of at least the first member, the first guide including a bottom plate spaced apart from a cover plate, the cover plate extending across at least a portion of the bottom plate to form a slot therewith, and a second guide connected to the second member.
A pivoted hand tool comprising:
- first and second opposed elongated members, each member having a blade at a front end thereof and a handle at a rear end thereof;
- a pivot uniting the elongated members for pivotal movement thereabout;
- a first guide connected to the front end of at least the first member, the first guide including a bottom plate spaced apart from a cover plate, the cover plate extending across at least a portion of the bottom plate to form a slot therewith, the blades having matingly engaging non-rectilinear cutting edges wherein the non-rectilinear cutting edges produce different patterns on paper dependent upon whether the paper is placed against abutting surfaces or ridges;
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- a second guide included with the second elongated member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.