Patent ID: 7413228
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: B25B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A tweezers, comprising: a first arm; a second arm joined to the first arm at a joint, the first and second arms each having an adjacent distal end forming a pair of normally-closed tweezers jaws; said second arm having a portion capable of being locally deformed by finger pressure applied to the deformable portion in a direction towards the first arm and returnable to a generally undeformed state when said pressure is removed; said first arm having an outwardly-directed recess for accommodating the deformable portion of the second arm when deformed; the deformable portion of the second arm generally overlying said recess and deforming when a force is applied to said overlying deformable portion thereby causing a second portion of said second arm extending from said distal end to said recess to be displaced and pivoted away from the first arm and its distal end to open the tweezers jaws, a third portion of said second arm extending from said joint to said recess not being displaced or retracted by said force; and the deformable portion of said second arm returning to an undeformed orientation and the second portion and distal end of the second arm returning towards the first arm to close the tweezer jaws when the force is removed.