Patent ID: 8225513
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A pair of gardening shears, comprising: a main cutter; a secondary cutter pivotally connected with the main cutter; a force arm pivotally connected with the main cutter and engaged with the secondary cutter to drive the secondary cutter to pivot relative to the main cutter; and a connecting plate mounted on the secondary cutter and the force arm so that the secondary cutter and the force arm are sandwiched between the main cutter and the connecting plate; wherein the main cutter has a first end provided with a first handle and a second end provided with a first cutting portion; the main cutter has a mediate portion provided with a first pivot hole and a first pivot bore; the secondary cutter has a middle portion provided with a second pivot hole which is pivotally connected with the first pivot hole of the main cutter by a first pivot bolt and a first fastening nut; the secondary cutter has a first end provided with an elongate extension and a second end provided with a second cutting portion which faces the first cutting portion of the main cutter; the extension of the secondary cutter has a bent distal end provided with a driven gear portion; the first end of the secondary cutter has a side provided with a receiving space which is defined between the second pivot hole, the extension and the driven gear portion of the secondary cutter; the receiving space of the secondary cutter has a substantially U-shaped profile; the force arm has a first end provided with a second handle which faces the first handle of the main cutter and a second end provided with a second pivot bore which is pivotally connected with the first pivot bore of the main cutter by a second pivot bolt and a second fastening nut; the second end of the force arm has a side provided with a drive gear portion meshing with the driven gear portion of the secondary cutter so that the secondary cutter is driven by the force arm to pivot relative to the main cutter when the force arm is pivoted relative to the main cutter; the drive gear portion of the force arm is movable in the receiving space of the secondary cutter; the connecting plate is a substantially oblong sheet plate abutting the secondary cutter and the force arm so that the secondary cutter and the force arm are connected by the connecting plate; the connecting plate has a first end provided with a first through hole which is mounted on the first pivot bolt and a second end provided with a second through hole which is mounted on the second pivot bolt; the first pivot bolt in turn extends through the first through hole of the connecting plate, the second pivot hole of the secondary cutter and the first pivot hole of the main cutter; the first fastening nut is screwed onto the first pivot bolt; the secondary cutter is pivotable about the first pivot bolt; the second pivot bolt in turn extends through the second through hole of the connecting plate, the second pivot bore of the force arm and the first pivot bore of the main cutter; the second fastening nut is screwed onto the second pivot bolt; and the force arm is pivotable about the second pivot bolt.