Patent ID: 6708359
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: A01K,B25B,B26B

Abstract:
A pair of fishermen's pliers that include:a pair of lever arms, each arm having a distal end and an elongated nose section extending outwardly from the distal end of the arm, a pivot means for rotatably connecting the distal ends of the lever arms so that extended sections of the arms move toward and away from each other as the arms turn about the pivot means between an open and a closed position, a pair of coacting gripping jaws, each gripping jaw being mounted in an extended end of a nose section such that the gripper jaws are brought together when the lever arms are moved from the open position to the closed position, a first cutting tool located behind said gripping jaws, said first cutting tool including a flat faced anvil and a straight edge cutting blade that is arranged to close against said anvil face when the gripper jaws are brought to said closed position, and a second cutting tool located behind said first cutting tool that further includes a pair of coacting, scissor blades, the cutting edges of the scissor blades being arranged to pass in sliding contact to provide a scissor action as the lever arms move between said open and said closed positions, said scissor blades being arranged such that the cutting action of the scissor blades is completed before the flat edged blade of the first cutting tool closes against said anvil face.