Patent ID: 6092291
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: B25B,B26B

Abstract:
A face-mask extractor comprising:a) a buttress portion having a gripping handle, a buttress body, and a laterally extending protrusion distal to said gripping handle, said laterally extending protrusion having a working face coincident to a buttress body working face, a transverse semicircular cut-out extending across said working face and said buttress body working face, said transverse semicircular cut-out forming a denticulation on a distal end of said buttress portion;b) a blade portion, said blade portion including a blade-gripping handle, a blade body portion, and a cutter blade distal to said blade-gripping handle, said cutter blade having a back wall and a straight vertical cutting edge opposite said back wall, said vertical cutting edge having two side faces converging at an angle and a distal end of said cutter blade having a notch thereon; andc) a slip pivot joint, said slip pivot joint including a pivot pin engaging a cylindrical opening in said buttress body and an elongated slot in said blade body portion such that said transverse semicircular cut-out opposes said vertical cutting edge.