Patent ID: 8079151

Claim:
A pruning shears, comprising: a handle unit; an adjusting unit mounted on the handle unit; a cutting unit mounted on the adjusting unit; wherein: the adjusting unit includes: a support member mounted on the handle unit; a fastening member releasably mounted on the support member; an adjusting member having a first end provided with an adjusting ball rotatably mounted between the support member and the fastening member and a second end provided with a locking tube protruding outwardly from the fastening member and connected with the cutting unit; wherein the support member of the adjusting unit has an inner portion provided with a receiving recess to partially receive the adjusting ball of the adjusting member; wherein the adjusting unit further includes: a damping pad mounted in the support member and abutting the adjusting ball of the adjusting member to provide a friction to the adjusting ball of the adjusting member; wherein the damping pad of the adjusting unit has an annular shape; and wherein the damping pad of the adjusting unit has a peripheral wall provided with an arcuate serrated resting face abutting the adjusting ball of the adjusting member.