Patent ID: 6457241
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
Ergonomic scissors, comprising:first and second branches each having a blade, the first branch having a first resting part for four fingers of a user, excluding a thumb of the user, the second branch having a second resting part for the thumb; the first resting part having an exterior lateral face upon which the fingers are rested, the lateral face being joined to a hook distal to and curving away from the blade of the first branch, the hook having a concave face to accept the third or fourth finger of the user and a convex face against which the finger adjacent the finger accepted by the concave face may bear, whereby the hook is engaged by the fingers; the second resting part having an exterior lateral face for accommodating the thumb, the exterior lateral face of the second resting part being widened in a plane perpendicular to a plane of the opening of the branches relative to each other; and at least one elastic device located between the two exterior lateral faces of the two resting parts for biasing the branches into a normally spread-apart position.