Nail clippers
OwnerUdo Rieserinventor
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Abstract
The inventive nail clippers comprise a two-membered clipper body (2) with a metal fitting (8) placed inside. The metal fitting has a U-shaped spring section (46) that, at the end of each of its legs (48), has bent portions (50) which form the cutting edges (10). The two clipper body members (4,6) also have angled portions (64,66) which encompass the leg ends of the spring section and which meet together opposite to the bent portions (50) that form the cutting edges (10). The angled portions engage with each other in such a way that they fit together, thereby ensuring that the cutting edges are accurately guided when they meet, even when the clipper body is made of plastic and is thus relatively resilient.
Claims11
Nail clipper with a two-member clipper body and a metal fitting inserted therein, said metal fitting including a bow-shaped spring section having two elongate legs, which spring section includes a bent portion extending longitudinally along each of said two legs and forming an angled profile in each leg with a longitudinally extending cutting edge, wherein the two members of said clipper body have longitudinal angled portions which (1) outwardly surround said two legs of said spring section, and (2), when approaching each other in the course of closing the nail clipper, overlap on a side opposite to said bent portions forming the cutting edges while at the same time fittingly engaging each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.