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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1999
Frank J. Visconti, St. Louis, MO (US);
David P. Lage, Manchester, MO (US);
Other;
Abstract
A slitter-type envelope opener has two portions which are manufactured separately and later joined together—namely, a cutting portion and a handle portion. The cutting portion has a molded base, a spear and a connecting segment joining the base and spear such that a slot exists between them. At its one end the slot is open, while the other end is closed at the connecting segment. Here the cutting portion is provided with a blade that is embedded in the spear and connecting segment. The handle portion has a molded base and a gripping portion, with the gripping portion being configured in a desired shape and perhaps sculpted in relief. The bases of the two portions have rabbets, with the base of the handle portion fitting into the rabbet in the base in the cutting portion and the base of the cutting portion fitting into the rabbet in the base of the handle portion. Here the two portions are joined permanently together.