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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Schulz, Mosinee, WI (US);
Brian L Adkinson, Wausau, WI (US);
Assignee:
Fiskars Inc., Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B / ; B26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
30160 ; 30319 ; 30335 ;
Abstract
A rotary cutter including a handle, a cylindrical head formed on one end of the handle and having a planar surface on each side, the handle and head having an interval cavity, an actuating member mounted in the cavity in the handle and head, a blade support formed on the actuating member for movement between a storage position and one of two operating positions with respect to the head, a spring mounted on the actuating member for biasing the actuating member to ta storage position and a latch assembly formed in the actuating member for electively locking the actuating member in one of the two operating positions.