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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1992
Robert T Schofield, Madison, WI (US);
Craig H Melter, Baraboo, WI (US);
Douglas J Birkholz, De Forest, WI (US);
Fiskars Oy Ab, Helsinki, FI;
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.