Colgate Palmolive Company

Ames True Temper, Inc.

Uniontools, Inc.

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Thomas VanDyk

Roland Charriez

Keith C Kristiansen

Michael Ballone

John E Kiely

Brian J Conaway

Terry M Birchler

David A Demar

Mark C Eyman

Melissa Fisher

Mandi Reese

Kiat-Cheong Toh

David Demar

Simon Nicholas Dutton

Timothy Frederick Thomas

Mandi Reece

Leslie Elizabeth Jarrell

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A hand tool for cutting includes a first handle, a second handle pivotably connected to the first handle, and a cutting head including a fixed first blade and a pivotable second blade to provide cutting action with the first blade. The first and second handles are movable between a fully retracted configuration and a fully extended configuration to selectively adjust the length of the handles. The cutting head is selectively rotatable about a central longitudinal axis and carries the blades upon rotation of the cutting head to move the blades between a plurality of different orientations relative to the first and second handles. The cutting head includes a connector operably connecting the second handle and the second blade so that pivoting motion of the second handle moves the second blade relative to the first blade to provide cutting action therebetween.

Universal hand pruner with extendible handles

A bulb planter includes a pair of blade halves cooperating to form a tubular tool head and a molded plastic handle body forming a pair of handles. The blade halves are preferably metal and riveted to the handle body. The handle body forms a living hinge for selectively pivoting the blade halves upon movement of the handles. The blade halves pivot toward and away from each other between a soil plug cutting position and a soil plug releasing position upon movement of the handles. A resilient member biases the blade halves toward the soil plug cutting position. The resilient member is preferably an elastomer ring encircling the blade halves. The handles extend in opposed directions substantially perpendicular to a central longitudinal axis and are manually movable against the bias of the resilient member to move the blade halves to the soil plug release position.

Bulb planter with twin grips

Hand tool with multiple grips

Hand pruner

Handle for hand-operated tool

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Thomas VanDyk