Patent ID: 9597810
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61B,B26B

Claim:
1. Scissors comprising: a first and a second elongate member, the first elongate member and the second elongate member each having a handle portion and a blade portion; a pivot connecting the handle portions and the blade portions for relative pivotal movement in a cutting plane during a cutting stroke; a channel member with a base connecting two arms, the base is connected to the first elongate member on a side of the pivot opposite the blade portions; and, wherein the handle portion of the first elongate member supports the channel member located a first distance away from the pivot, the channel member having a length that extends toward, embraces, and extends beyond the handle portion of the second elongate member to restrain movement of the handle portions out of the cutting plane and thus to resist relative lateral movement of the blade portions away from each other during the cutting stroke, the handle portion of the second elongate member being slidably moveable within and along the length of the channel member in the cutting plane.