Patent ID: 6497046
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: B23D

Abstract:
A safety saw adapted to be grasped by a child's hand for use in cutting soft materials, comprising:(a) a handle having a central longitudinal axis and including a first end portion which has a first end surface and an opposite second end portion which has a second end surface; and (b) a blade secured at a proximal blade end portion to the second end portion of said handle and projecting oppositely of the first end portion along the longitudinal axis in a forward direction to terminate in a distal blade tip, said blade including a plurality of saw teeth disposed along a first lateral edge thereof and having a second lateral edge opposite the first lateral edge, said distal tip formed as a linear extension of the blade along the longitudinal axis such that said blade has saw teeth only on the first lateral edge between the second end surface and said distal tip portion with said distal tip being devoid of saw teeth, each said saw tooth having a forwardly oriented leading tooth edge and a rearwardly trailing tooth edge opposite the leading tooth edge, each said leading tooth edge oriented at an angle of about 90Â° with respect to the longitudinal axis and said trailing tooth edge oriented obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis, each said saw tooth having a tooth width and a tooth height, said distal tip portion having a tip length that is about twice the tooth width.