Patent ID: 6584693
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
An auxiliary handle for a scissor wherein the scissor includes an upper loop handle adapted to receive a thumb of a user's hand and a lower loop handle adapted to receive one or more fingers of the user's hand, and wherein the upper loop handle has rearward, upper, forward, and adjacent portions, the adjacent portion being adjacent to the lower loop handle when the scissor is in a closed condition, comprising:an enlarged handle portion configured to fit into and be held in the palm of a user's hand; and securement means for securing the enlarged handle portion to the upper handle of the scissor so that the enlarged handle portion extends upwardly and rearwardly from the upper loop handle and does not interfere with the adjacent portion of the handle and so that the enlarged portion of the upper handle can be held in the palm of the user's hand without the user's thumb extending through the upper loop and with the user's hand substantially behind the upper loop so that the user's fingers holding the enlarged handle portion do not extend over the adjacent portion of the handle and are positioned behind the upper and lower loop handles of the scissor.