Patent ID: 7743512

Claim:
A cutter that is operative to pierce and cut a sheet of material, comprising: a handle; first and second puncture fingers extending from the handle, the puncture fingers having piercing ends that are constructed and arranged to pierce a sheet of material to be cut at first and second piercing locations; first and second blades between the piercing ends of the puncture fingers and the handle that are constructed and arranged to cut the sheet of material starting at the first and second piercing locations and extending in a direction of applied cutting force for cutting two parallel incisions in the sheet of material, wherein the first and second puncture fingers are oriented to define a cutting region between the first and second puncture fingers and the handle, and wherein the first and second blades are recessed in the cutting region and wherein the first and second puncture fingers include angled guide surfaces that guide a sheet of material to be cut toward the cutting region; and a deflector that functions to guide the sheet of material to be cut into the first and second blades of the cutting region, wherein the deflector is oriented at a second angle that is opposite a first angle of the angled guide surfaces of the first and second puncture fingers, relative to an axis of a direction of cutting.