Patent ID: 6675481
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
Gardening shears, comprising:a truncating section having two blades; and a handle section having a front end fastened and fixed to a rear end of said truncating section, said handle section having: two handgrips, one of said handgrips having a circular recess sunken into a surface and at an end thereof; a locking mechanism disposed between respective inner sides of said handgrips, said locking mechanism maintaining said garden shears opened or closed; a pliant body permeated with a maintenance oil, and being contained within the circular recess; a rotary plug that seals an opening of the circular recess to prevent an exudation of the maintenance oil, said rotary plug having a head, a leak-proof ring around the head, and which has seep impediment properties, a knob rising from a top surface of the head that facilitates an insertion and removal of said rotary plug from the recess opening, a hollow annular sleeve extending from a bottom edge of said rotary plug which holds said pliant body such that said pliant body is partially exposed and insertable into the recess opening along with said rotary plug, and a projecting member emerging from an outer cylindrical surface of said hollow annular sleeve; a spring situated inside of the recess; and an L-shaped indentation formed along an inner wall surface of the recess that enables the insertion and latching of the projecting member.