Patent ID: 6453560
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
Hand-operated kitchen shears comprising:two blades inter-secured to rotate together about a common axis and spaced apart from each other along the common axis; a rib pivotably secured to said two blades so as to rotate about an axis that is substantially the same as the common axis, said rib being curved in a direction of rotation so as to have a concave surface; handles integrated with said two blades and said rib to control said two blades and said rib to rotate simultaneously between opened and closed positions, wherein the concave surface of said rib is the lead surface when moving from the open position to the closed position, and cutting edges of said two blades cross opposing edges along the length of the concave surface when moving from the open position to the closed position so as to perform a cutting action against the opposing edges.