Patent ID: 7017271
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. A cutting device for severing plastic restraints comprising: a head member having a cutting blade disposed therein, having a pin receiving slot and having a transverse slit for receiving said cutting blade; first and second legs pivotally mounted to said head member; a connector pin received in said slot and operatively connecting said first leg and said cutting blade; said cutting blade being movable within said slit along an axis and said slot lying generally on said axis; a shield portion connected to said head member and being disposed in a path of said cutting blade and said shield portion including a cutting surface; said head member having a cutting chamber defined between said shield portion and said head member for placement of the plastic restraints to be severed; said cutting blade having a cutting surface movable into said cutting chamber when said first and second legs are pivoted from an open position to a closed position and out of said cutting chamber when said first and second legs are pivoted to an open position, causing said connector pin to move in said slot generally along an axis of said slot to cause said cutting blade to move in and out of said slit and in and out of said shield portion.