Patent ID: 6964099
Filing Date: 2005-11-15
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A pair of gardening shears, comprising: a blade assembly including two blades pivotally connected with each other; and a handle assembly pivotally mounted on the blade assembly and including a first handle having an end portion pivotally mounted on the two blades of the blade assembly, and a second handle having an end portion pivotally mounted on the two blades of the blade assembly and pivotally connected to the end portion of the first handle; wherein each of the two blades of the blade assembly has a mediate portion formed with a pivot portion formed with a recess formed with a locking hole, and the blade assembly further includes a torsion spring mounted between the two blades and having two ends each formed with an insert inserted into the locking hole of a respective one of the two blades; the end portion of the first handle is formed with two opposite side walls each formed with a pivot portion, the end portion of the second handle is formed with two opposite side walls each formed with a pivot portion, and the handle assembly further includes a pivot shaft extended through the pivot portion of each of the two opposite side walls of the first handle, the pivot portion of each of the two opposite side walls of the second handle, the pivot portion of each of the two blades and the torsion spring, so that the first handle, the second handle and the two blades are pivotally connected with each other; one of the two opposite side walls of the second handle is formed with a plurality of locking recesses, one of the two opposite side walls of the first handle is formed with a stepped slide slot having a plurality of locking grooves, and the handle assembly further includes a locking mechanism mounted between the first handle and the second handle and including a push block movably mounted in the slide slot, a locking block secured on the push block to move therewith and detachably locked in either one of the locking recesses of the second handle to lock the second handle on the first handle.