Patent ID: 8979531
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A61C,B25B

Abstract:
1. Tweezers or forceps comprising: a first elongated arm and a second elongated arm; each arm comprising a first end, a second end, an attachment portion at the first end, an elongate handle portion extending from the attachment portion, an elongate curved portion extending from the handle portion, and a tip portion extending from the curved portion along a tip axis to the second end of the arm; the attachment portions of the first and second arms attached to each other and springingly biasing the first and second arms away from each other to opened positions of the first and second arms, the handle portion and the curved portion of the first arm spaced from and not touching the handle portion and the curved portion of the second arm when the first and second arms are each in the opened position; the handle portion and the curved portion of each arm extending along a line, the lines of the first and second arms defining a first plane which forms a horizontal plane, the handle and curved portions movable in the horizontal plane toward and away between opened and closed positions from each other for opening and closing the tweezers or forceps; each tip portion comprising a gripping surface having a length dimension extending parallel with the tip axis and a width dimension extending transverse to the tip axis, the length and width dimensions defining a second plane associated with the tip portion; the curved portion of the first arm curving away from the second arm as the curved portion of the first arm extends from the handle portion to the tip portion of the first arm; the curved portion of the second arm curving towards the first arm as the curved portion of the second arm extends from the handle portion to the tip portion of the second arm the tip axes of the tip portions defining a third plane; and the gripping surfaces generally facing one another with the second planes defined by the gripping surfaces each being inclined at an angle inclined with respect to the third plane.