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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:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert B Wenk, San Clemente, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7160 ; 30123 ; 30294 ; 30DI / ; D810 / ;
Abstract
A letter opening device is provided. The letter opening device includes a generally rectangular body having a letter opening blade for opening envelopes. The body is formed from a molded plastic material and is suitable for being hand held, and the letter opening blade is molded partially within the plastic molded body. The device further includes a sheet-like material cutter having a coupon cutting blade. A portion of the coupon cutting blade is exposed exteriorly of the body whereby the exposed portion can be manipulated to selectively separate sections of sheet-like materials such as paper and plastic sheets.