Fiskars Brands, Inc.

Fiskars Finland Oy Ab

Ernest D LaBarre

Jerrold N Austin

David E Lutzke

Thomas J David

Neil L Brown

The present invention relates to scissor action tools such as garden shears or the like which are provided with a pair of cooperatively engaging members united for scissor action about a joint. In particular, this invention relates to tools of the type provided with a shock absorber for absorbing the impact created upon complete closure of the tool. The shock absorber includes a shank secured to one of the members. The shank is configured to merge into a resilient head which is formed as an annular structure. The head comes into abutting relationship with the other member when the members assume a closed position.

Shock absorber for scissor action tool

Handle grip

The present invention relates to tools such as scissors, shears, pruners, and the like, which are resiliently biased to an open position, and which have a locking mechanism to keep these tools in a closed configuration. More particularly, this invention is concerned with tools having a pair of cooperatively engaging members provided with a resilient lock slidable within slots formed in these members. The lock includes a button having a yieldable head merging into a shank extending through the slots, the shank being joined to a cap. The head and cap have concavely shaped faces so that they are effectively in contact with the tool in respective annular regions of the tool, the area of these regions being proportional to the degree of compressive force applied to the lock.

Resilient lock for a hand tool

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.

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Waunakee, WI, United States of America

Ernest D LaBarre