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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1992
David E Lutzke, Madison, WI (US);
Ernest D LaBarre, Waunakee, WI (US);
Neil L Brown, Stillman Valley, IL (US);
Fiskars Oy Ab, Helsinki, FI;
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.