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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2008
Yen-chao Chung, Taipei, TW;
Joe Garavaglia, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Glen Kanemoto, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Markus Gropl, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Dave Puglisi, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Mark Marinovich, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Yen-Chao Chung, Taipei, TW;
Joe Garavaglia, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Glen Kanemoto, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Markus Gropl, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Dave Puglisi, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Mark Marinovich, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Abstract
A cutter apparatus includes a housing shaped to be hand-held, a slider configured to support a front blade, the slider being mechanically coupled to the housing and configured to be moved longitudinally along the housing, and a blade guard mechanically coupled to the housing and configured to be extended and retracted adjacent to the front end of the housing, wherein the slider and the blade guard are configured to move in tandem.