Patent ID: 6711820
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A cutting tool comprising:a first knife; a second knife; said knives pivotable about a common pivot axis; the first knife having a first knife blade and a first handle; the second knife having a second knife blade and a second handle; each of the first and second knife blades and the first and second handles being independently pivotable about said common pivot axis, and the knife blades and the handles effecting at least a scissors cutting function in at least one open position thereof; a first locking assembly that locks the first knife blade and the first handle in at least one first position, a second locking assembly that locks the second knife blade and second handle in at least one second position independently of the first knife blade and the first handle, the at least one first position and the at least one second position defining the at least one open position; and wherein the tool can be used as a knife for cutting when one of the first and second knives has its respective knife blade and handle pivoted to a closed position, and the other of the first and second knives has its respectively knife blade and handle pivoted to an open position.