Patent ID: 6493947
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A pair of scissors comprising: blades and associated handles pivotally secured together, the handles forming respective finger and thumb bows that are symmetrical about the center plane at the mid-point through their thickness, said thumb bow and said finger bow being connected together at a pivot, said thumb bow having an aperture therethrough, said aperture having a centerpoint, and said finger bow having an aperture therethrough, said thumb bow having a forward part proximate to said pivot and a rearward part distal from said pivot, said thumb bow having an axis which is defined between said pivot and said centerpoint of said aperture through said thumb bow, said forward part of said thumb bow being formed as a rigid structure, said rearward part of said thumb bow being formed from a form-stable but flexible material, a plane defined through said thumb bow which is transverse to said axis, said forward part of said thumb bow terminating prior to said plane such that the material in said plane is solely formed by said form-stable but flexible material of said rearward part.