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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2016
Fiskars Brands, Inc., Madison, WI (US);
Daniel Cunningham, Fitchburg, WI (US);
Fiskars Brands, Inc., Middleton, WI (US);
Abstract
A hand operated cutting tool includes a first handle coupled to a first cutting member, wherein the first handle has a first set of projections. The hand operated cutting tool also includes a second handle coupled to a second cutting member, wherein the second handle has a second set of projections. The handles are movable between a full open position and a full closed position, wherein during a first region of travel proximate the full open position the first and second gear projections are at least partly engaged, and wherein during a second region of travel proximate the full closed position the first and second gear projections are disengaged.