Husqvarna Ab

Gardena Manufacturing Gmbh

Bernhard Reh

Peter Kohl

Patrick Missel

Markus Maag

Achim Brobeil

Wolfgang Arndt

Peter Lameli

Christoph Schiedt

Vincent Reichart

Norbert Keim

Christian Wannenwetsch

Hubert Aleker

Reiner Häufele

A hand-held tool () includes a handle (), and a blade () pivotably coupled to the handle at a proximal end (). The blade includes a plurality of apertures (). The hand-held tool further includes a locking member () is configured to detachably engage with one of the plurality of the apertures to retain the blade at an angular position relative to the handle. The locking member is provided on a bracket member coupled to the handle, the bracket member being configured to at least partially enclose the proximal end of the blade. The bracket member is spring biased such that the locking member engages with one of the plurality of the apertures to retain the blade at an angular position relative to the handle. Further, the bracket member is movable such that the locking member disengages from one of the plurality of the apertures to allow the blade to pivot relative to the handle.

Foldable hand-held tool

For manually actuated shears with a ratchet mechanism it is proposed to provide an additional lever that circumvents the ratchet mechanism and enables the operation of the shears in a direct cut mode in which a single closing process of the handle levers also causes complete closing of the blade arrangement.

Manually actuated scissors

For hand-operated garden shears, in particular tree-pruning shears, with a ratchet mechanism, a ratchet lever may be disposed between a hand lever and a scissor lever and the ratchet lever may engage in different latching positions according to the ratchet mechanism. A rotatable abutment surface may be provided on the hand lever and a mating bearing surface on the lever extension, or vice versa, which, at the end of an initial closing operation with the ratchet lever in a first ratchet position, may allow a continuation of the cutting operation as a direct cut without further use of the ratchet mechanism.

Hand-operated shears

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Laichingen, Germany

Bernhard Reh