Precision micro cutting system
OwnerDoyle D. Hendricksoninventor
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Abstract
A precision micro taxidermy cutting instrument can include a single hole tailless frame member, a pivotable body member, a concave blade element, a lifting edge and a retention edge with a centering feature enhanced by blade body designs which also center through the use of an offset concave element. A chisel element can separate the hide from the viscera and through the selection of appropriate angles and the like, a continuous and precise cut can be made in taxidermy operations. The frame member can include a thumb rest and a rotational restraining element which are diametrically opposed and which can present roughly orthogonal forces. Flared separators and releasable locking mechanisms may also be included.
Claims42
A taxidermy and field-use micro cutting system comprising:
- a. a frame member having at least one finger hole;
- b. a blade body member which is responsive to said frame member;
- c. a blade element connected to said blade body member which is held by said blade body member and which has a cutting edge, said cutting edge comprising:
- 1) a lifting edge;
- 2) a retention edge configured such that said lifting edge and said retention edge form an edge concave feature with respect to each other;
- d. an offset concave cut material separator positioned behind at least a portion of said cutting edge and offset with respect to said edge concave feature;
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- e. a thumb rest to which said frame member is responsive and which in use acts to cause a force which is substantially perpendicular to at least a portion of said blade element.
A method of taxidermy and field-dress cutting comprising the steps of:
- a. manually holding a cutting instrument, having at least one finger hole in a frame member and having a concave cutting edge with a lifting edge and a retention edge established in a concave relation to each other, at least in part by positioning at least one finger in said finger hole;
- b. inserting at least a portion of said cutting instrument under a hide of an animal;
- c. pressing a thumb against a portion of said cutting instrument to create a substantially perpendicular force on at least a portion of said cutting edge;
- d. forcing said hide apart from an underlying viscera by action of a portion of said cutting instrument;
- e. engaging said lifting edge against said hide;
- f. cutting at least a portion of said hide through action of said lifting edge;
- g. separating said cut portion of said hide through action of said cutting instrument as said hide moves away from said cutting edge by an offset concave cut material separator which is offset with respect to said cutting edge.
A taxidermy and field-use micro cutting system comprising:
- a. a frame member having at least one finger hole;
- b. a blade element which is responsive to said frame member and which comprises:
- 1) a lifting edge;
- 2) a retention edge;
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- 3) a junction point at which said lifting edge and said retention edge meet such that said lifting edge and said retention edge are concave with respect to each other and form an edge concave feature;
- c. an offset concave cut material separator positioned behind at least a portion of said cutting edge and offset with respect to said edge concave feature;
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- d. a thumb rest to which said frame member is responsive and which in use acts to cause a force which is substantially perpendicular to at least a portion of said blade element.
A method of taxidermy and field-dress cutting comprising the steps of:
- a. manually holding a cutting instrument, having at least one finger hole defining a central rotational axis and a blade with a lifting edge and a retention edge. forming an edge concave feature, at least in part by positioning at least one finger in said finger hole;
- b. inserting at least a portion of said cutting instrument under a hide of an animal;
- c. pressing a thumb against a portion of said cutting instrument to resist rotation about said central rotational axis;
- d. forcing said hide apart from an underlying viscera by action of a portion of said cutting instrument;
- e. engaging said lifting edge against said hide;
- f. cutting at least a portion of said hide through action of said lifting edge;
- g. causing said hide to tend to ride up along said lifting edge;
- h. engaging at least a portion of said hide against said retention edge of said cutting instrument;
- i. separating said hide by an offset concave cut material separator which is offset with respect to said edge concave feature;
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- j. causing said hide to tend to ride down along said retention edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.