US 7,458,160 B2Granted

Ergonomic handle for scissors and other tools

AssigneeHelen of Troy Limited

InventorsJuan Carlos Escobar, Justin John Adelff, Dino Anthony Mariano

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Abstract

An ergonomic handle for use with a hand tool, such as a pair of scissors or the like, is disclosed which includes first and second opposing lever members coupled together at a pivot point to permit reciprocating movement of the lever members between a closed position and an open position. The lever members may include a cutting blade or other tool feature on a first end adjacent the pivot point, and a handle on a second end adjacent the pivot point opposite the first end. The fixed handle has a loop portion which includes an inner surface and an outer surface along one side of which abuts a corresponding outer surface of the opposing lever member while in the closed position. Each loop portion is made from a rigid material segment and a resilient material segment, with the rigid material segment having a cavity open at the outer loop surface and the resilient material segment extending across the cavity at the inner loop surface.

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Dependent claims

Scissors comprising:

first and second opposing lever members coupled together at a pivot point to permit reciprocating movement of the lever members between a closed position and an open position, each lever member comprising:
a cutting blade on a first end of each of said lever members adjacent the pivot point, and
a handle on a second end of each of said lever members adjacent the pivot point opposite the first end and each of said handles including a fixed handle loop having an inner loop surface, an outer loop surface, and a hollow cavity defined within the handle loop and extending from an opening on the inner loop surface to an opening on the outer loop surface, a length of the outer loop surface being parallel to a corresponding length of the outer loop surface of the opposing lever member and abutting at a stop protruding from the outer loop surface of each handle while in the closed position,
wherein each handle comprises a rigid segment and a resilient segment, the rigid segment defining the inner and outer loop surfaces and the resilient segment forming a convex surface spanning the opening on the inner loop surface of the corresponding cavity.

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