Patent ID: 8763503
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: B26D,B26F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A personal hand held punch for making a jewelry display card on which to mount a single article of jewelry, the hand held punch comprising: a housing having a base and an upper housing; a U-shaped frame mounted on the base of the housing; an upper template and a lower template, said upper template and said lower template being mounted on the U-shaped frame, said upper template disposed directly above said lower template, said upper and lower templates being spaced apart sufficiently to admit a piece of cardstock therebetween and having at least two apertures therethrough, the at least two apertures in the upper template being identical to and in substantial registry with the at least two apertures in the lower template, said at least two apertures configured to yield the same at least two apertures in the piece of cardstock thereby enabling said piece of cardstock to be usable to mount and display the single article of jewelry; a spring biased movable member disposed above the upper and lower templates, at least two elongate cutting elements extending from the spring biased moveable member and corresponding to and configured to pass through the at least two apertures in said upper and lower templates with minimal tolerances thereby producing the at least two apertures in the piece of cardstock and simultaneously generating waste pieces of cardstock; means for biasing said movable member away from the upper and lower templates, the means for biasing said movable member being in contact with the spring biased moveable member and an upper surface of the U-shaped frame; an activation lever hingedly mounted on said U-shaped frame and extending above said movable member such that when said activation lever is depressed, the activation lever displaces the movable member downward which causes the at least two elongate cutting elements to pass through the at least two apertures in the upper and lower templates and cut through the cardstock placed between the upper and lower templates, the activation lever having a hinged portion and an actuation portion; wherein the upper housing contains the U-shaped frame, the movable member, the biasing means, and the hinged portion of the activation lever, and the actuation portion extends outward and beyond the upper housing; and means for collecting the waste pieces of cardstock.