Patent ID: 7260894
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. A scissor apparatus comprising: a first section and a second section, said first section pivotably connected to said second section, said first section and said second section having a blade end and a handle end; a rotation assembly on said first section attaching said handle end of the first section to said blade end of the first section, wherein said rotation assembly allows said handle end of the first section to be rotated into at least two positions; a female gear carried on the first section; a male gear carried on the first section, said male gear of a predetermined configuration such that said female gear matably attaches to said male gear, one of the gears carried by the handle end of the first section and the other gear carried by the blade end of the first section; and a mechanism for changing the location of said female gear in relation to said male gear, said mechanism locks said female gear into a gear position and allows for rotation of said female gear relative to said male gear; and a stop mechanism attached to the handle end of the first section, the stop mechanism having at least two positions, a first position and a second position, whereby when said stop mechanism is in said first position, the first section and the second section are positioned in an open position.