Patent ID: 6079107
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A trimming device for one hand self-use and comprising first and second blade members, each having a sickle-shaped configuration and having a pivotal connection to the other blade member within the crown portion of the sickle-shaped configuration;each blade member at one end from said pivotal connection having a handle and at the other end a blade, said handle and said blade each being formed at an acute angle with respect to the other;the handle of said first blade member defining a finger opening sized to receive the index finger of a user and the handle of said second blade member defining a finger opening sized to receive the thumb of the user;the blade of said first blade member having a cutting edge formed along a portion of the outside edge of said sickle-shaped configuration and said blade of said second blade member having a cutting-edge formed along a portion of the inside edge of said sickle-shaped configuration and facing toward the cutting edge of said first blade member, each blade adapted for relative sliding movement of the cutting edge of the blade against and past the cutting edge of the other blade parallel to the plane of their contact for trimming a user's beard;and wherein the acute angle between the handle and the blade of the-first blade member is to such extent that the cutting edge of said first blade member in operation of the trimming device lies essentially in a horizontal plane directly above and over the handle and the finger opening of said first blade member, the length of said handle and its finger opening crossing diagonally under the length of the cutting edge of said first blade member.