Patent ID: 9630329
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B26B

Claim:
1. Scissors comprising: an upper hook tipped blade having a first hook tip at a first hook tip first end; a lower hook tipped blade having a second hook tip at a second hook tip first end; a pivot point pivotably connecting the upper hook tipped blade with the lower hook tipped blade; and handles attached to a second end of the upper hook tipped blade and the lower hook tipped blade the second end opposite the first hook tip first end and the second hook tip first end of the upper hook tipped blade and the lower hook tipped blade, respectively, wherein a curve is disposed in the blades between the pivot point and the first hook tip first end and the second hook tip first end of the upper hook tipped blade and the lower hook tipped blade; a first blade axis, defined as a lengthwise axis of the upper hook tipped blade and the lower hook tipped blade between the handles and the pivot point, is bent in a first direction at the curve; a second blade axis, defined as a lengthwise axis of the upper hook tipped blade and the lower hook tipped blade between the curve and the first hook tip first end and the second hook tip first end, respectively, is bent in a second direction, different from the first direction; the first hook tip and the second hook tip bend away from the second blade axis to point toward each other when the scissors are in an open configuration; and a cutting edge of the upper hook tipped blade, prior to initiating an upper blade bend to form the first hook tip, lies in a plane, and a second cutting edge of the lower hook tipped blade, prior to initiating a lower blade bend to form the second hook tip, lies in another plane.