Cutting tool attached to package for wound line
OwnerJohn Dean Yarborough, David B. Skinnerinventors
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Abstract
A cutting tool for flexible line, the cutting tool being attached to the package for the flexible line, comprises a base member having a groove adapted to receive the flexible line when the cutting tool is in use and a blade recessed within the groove, the blade being adapted to cut the flexible line when the line is forced into the blade during use of the cutting tool. The cutting tool further includes an arm member in operative relationship with and complementary to the base member, which arm member is capable of producing and applying mechanical advantage in a manner that forces the flexible line received within the groove against the blade to thereby sever the flexible line.
Claims14
A combination of a package containing flexible line and a cutting tool attached to the package adapted for cutting the flexible line, comprising:
- a package having a cavity configured to maintain the flexible line in a coil wherefrom the flexible line is dispensed, said package substantially encasing the flexible line and having at least one sidewall adjacent to and parallel to a plane of the coil, said plane being perpendicular to a direction of an axis of rotation of the flexible line when the flexible line is being dispensed;
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- a cutting tool attached to the at least one sidewall such that the cutting tool is disposed adjacent to the coil, the cutting tool comprising:
- a base comprising a first pair of prongs and a second pair of prongs, said first and second pairs of prongs defining a groove in said base and a recess extending transverse to said groove;
- said groove configured to receive and locate a portion of the flexible line;
- a line cutting blade carried by said base, said line cutting blade fixed in position between said first and second pairs of prongs and aligned with said recess;
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- an arm member movable within said recess, wherein the arm member is pivotally connected to the base, said arm member having a blade receiving portion for co-acting with said cutting blade to cut the flexible line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.