Patent ID: 8661690
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: B24D,B26B

Abstract:
1. Scissors including: two blades, each blade having a cutting edge and a back edge which respectively form opposite longitudinal edges of the blade; a pivot connecting the two blades for relative movement of the blades between an open condition in which the cutting edges of the blades are apart; a closed condition in which the blades are substantially adjacent and the back edge of each blade projects beyond the cutting edge of the other blade; and a sharpening condition in which the cutting edge of each of the blades can be sharpened; and a biasing means for biasing the blades away from the sharpening condition towards the closed condition and/or the open condition the cutting edges of the blades face outwardly away from each other and are disposed on opposite sides of a longitudinal axis of the scissors, and wherein, wherein in the sharpening condition the cutting edge of each blade projects beyond the back edge of the other blade.