Patent ID: 6397478
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
Plastic handle for ambidextrous use of a cutting instrument such as scissors, comprising a shank portion having a first blade end adapted for receiving substantially longitudinally therein a handle end of a cutting member and a second finger receiving end, and a finger-receiving portion in continuation to said second end having an external peripheral surface and an internal peripheral surface, said internal peripheral surface defining a hole for receiving one or more fingers of the user, characterized by further comprising an elastically deformable annular covering applied around said internal peripheral surface of the said finger-receiving portion, said covering being sufficiently elastically deformable under finger pressure to adapt the scissors to use by both left-handed and right-handed users, said covering being a separate ring of elastically deformable material attached to said internal peripheral surface of the finger-receiving portion, said ring having an inner peripheral surface for finger contact and an outer peripheral surface shaped to co-operate in mutual connecting relationship with said internal peripheral surface of the finger-receiving portion, one of said internal and outer peripheral surfaces having at least one projection, the other of said internal and outer peripheral surfaces being shaped to co-operate in mutual connecting relationship with said projection so as to anchor the ring in place.