Patent ID: 8112867
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: B26B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a cutting tool which comprises the steps of: creating a blade member, wherein the blade member is planar and has a substantially rectangular shaped body portion with a first side, opposite and substantially parallel to a second side, the blade member having an extension projecting therefrom along the first side, with the extension having an inside edge substantially parallel to the first side, and with a cutting blade extending between the inside edge of the extension and the second side and substantially perpendicular respectively thereto, the blade member defining a blade axis parallel to the inside edge and the second edge and perpendicular to the cutting blade; forming a handle, wherein the handle has a first flange extending therefrom and a second flange extending therefrom to establish a slit therebetween, and wherein each flange has a guiding edge located across the slit and opposite each other; positioning the second side of the body portion in the slit between the first flange and the second flange to orient the cutting blade of the blade member substantially perpendicular to the guiding edges on the handle, and to distance the inside edge of the extension on the blade member from the guiding edges on the handle to establish a slot therebetween, with the slot aligned with the blade axis; and securing the second side of the body portion of the blade member between the flanges of the handle to form the cutting tool.