Pruning tool

US5241752A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Fiskars Oy AB · FI

Inventors

• David E. Lutzke · Madison, US
• Ernest D. Labarre · Waunakee, US
• Neil Brown · Bergheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 22, 1992
• Grant date: Sep 7, 1993
• Expiry date: Jul 22, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01G3/08
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A pole-mounted pruning tool having a shank adapted to support a cutting implement in a disposition suitable for severing a branch or the like. The shank merges into a hook having a jaw. The hook has a slot through which a cutting blade pivots during a pruning operation, the cutting blade cooperating with the jaw to severe a limb to be trimmed. The cutting blade biasing member, which urges the blade into a normally open position outside the bight of the jaw, is substantially received in a recess of the shank so that the pruning tool is less susceptible to becoming caught in congested foliage areas during pruning operations.