Patent ID: 9554522
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A01G

Claim:
1. Hand-actuated garden shears comprising: a first shears lever comprising a first shears cheek and a first hand lever; a second hand lever connected at a first articulation point to the first hand lever; a second shears lever comprising a second shears cheek and a lever extension, wherein the second shears cheek is connected at a second articulation point to the first hand lever, wherein the second shears cheek and the lever extension are disposed between the first and the second hand levers, and wherein the lever extension faces away from the first shears cheek relative to the second articulation point; a ratchet lever connecting the lever extension and the second hand lever, wherein the ratchet lever is connected to the second hand lever and to the lever extension by a first end at a third articulation and by a second end in a multi-step catch structure and is enabled to be shifted under spring-loading between different catch positions with engagement into different catch steps of the catch structure around the third articulation, wherein different catch steps are associated with different maximal and minimal opening widths of first and second hand levers and first and second shears cheeks, wherein a first closing procedure is enabled comprising, starting with the first and second shears cheeks in an initially open position, moving the first and second hand levers in several steps with an alternating closing movement and an opening movement of the first and second hand levers as the ratchet lever shifts between the different catch positions, and wherein carrying out of a complete cutting procedure with only one closing movement of the hand levers as a direct cut-is enabled, starting from an open position of the first and second hand levers, by transferring force from the first and second hand levers to the first and second shears cheeks in an initial catch step of the different catch steps, and wherein upon reaching an end of the closing movement of the first and second hand levers, which is associated with the initial catch step, contact of a surface of the lever extension against a surface on the second hand lever allows a continuation of the closing movement of the first and second hand levers for a continuation of the cutting procedure as a direct cut as well as enabling a continuation of the cutting process after an opening movement of the hand levers upon another closing movement via a second catch step of the different catch steps.