Patent ID: 9119422
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: A24F

Abstract:
1. A cigar cutter that is operable by one hand, the cutter comprising: a first handle having a first gripping surface, a first cutting blade and a first magnet disposed therealong that produces a first magnetic field; a second handle having a second gripping surface, a second cutting blade in substantially parallel planar relation to the first cutting blade and a second magnet disposed therealong that produces a second magnetic field; wherein the handles are pivotally connected and movable, along parallel pivot planes, between open and closed cutter positions, wherein the open position is defined by an opening for receiving a cigar tip existing between respective cutting edges of the cutting blades, and the closed position is defined by the cutting blades being in overlapping relation, and wherein the first and second magnetic fields interact to cause the first and second magnets to exert repelling forces against each other and alternatively bias the handles, along their respective pivot planes, toward the open and closed positions; and a third magnet disposed along the first handle and producing a third magnetic field, wherein the third magnet exerts an attracting force on the second handle in a direction normal to the pivot planes, and wherein said second and third magnetic fields do not interact.