Patent · US Expired

Softouch scissors

US5377412A · kind A · utility

28Cited by

8References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Fiskars Oy AB · FI

Inventors

Robert T. Schofield · Madison, US
Craig H. Melter · Baraboo, US
Douglas J. Birkholz · Kaukauna, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 17, 1992
Grant date	Jan 3, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 17, 2012

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB26B13/16
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A soft touch scissors including a first or lower blade assembly having a handle and a blade having a tang molded in the handle and a second or upper handle assembly having a handle and a blade having a tang molded in the handle, the blade assemblies being pivotally connected, and biased by a spring to an open position, a rib on the top of the lower handle assembly and a rib on the bottom of the upper handle assembly located in a position to engage the rib on the lower handle assembly and a latch slidably mounted on the upper handle assembly for movement into engagement with the rib on the lower handle assembly to lock the handle assemblies in a closed position.

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