Patent ID: 6341424
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A pair of protective scissors for preventing a user from sliding their fingers entirely through handles of the scissors comprising, in combination:a pair of elongated members pivotally coupled together by a pivot pin, each of the elongated members having a cutting blade at one end thereof and a handle member at a second end thereof, each handle member having a finger aperture therethrough for receiving a finger therethrough; a pair of cover members secured to the finger apertures of the elongated members, the cover members having an open upper end and a closed lower end, the cover member forming a cup shape between the open upper end and closed lower end, the open upper end being secured to the finger apertures for receiving fingers therein as they extend through the finger apertures from an opposite side thereof, the fingers received within the cover members being stopped from extending further through the finger apertures by the closed lower ends of the cover members.