Patent ID: 8327549

Claim:
A garden shears comprising a major cutting member, a minor cutting member, two applying arms, and two assembling members, all of which are assembled together by at least one nut and screw; wherein: the major cutting member and the minor cutting member have corresponding shapes and overlap each other, the major and minor cutting members both having a first pivot aperture at a middle position and an extended section, an end of each extended sections bent up to form an L-shaped pawl including a first indentation, an arced limiting slot adjacent to each first pivot aperture formed above the extended section, and a tool end is formed at an opposite end of the major and minor cutting members; each applying arm has a handle at a lower portion and an assembling portion at un upper portion, each assembling portion having a second pivot aperture at one end and a second indentation at another end, a top edge of the second indentation having driving teeth for engaging with the L-shaped pawl of the major and minor cutting members; each assembling member has a third pivot aperture and two fourth pivot apertures corresponding to the first pivot apertures of the major and minor cutting members and the second pivot aperture of the applying arm; wherein the first pivot apertures of the major cutting member and the minor cutting member are aligned with each other and with the second indentations of the two applying arms, the two assembling portions are respectively placed in the first indentations of the major and minor cutting members and the driving teeth are respectively engaged with the L-shaped pawls of the major and minor cutting members, each second pivot aperture of the two applying arms is respectively aligned with the limiting slots of the major and minor cutting members, the third pivot apertures of the two assembling members are aligned with the first pivot apertures the major and minor cutting members and the two assembling members cover the applying arms and the major and minor cutting members, a screw passing through the third pivot aperture of each of the two assembling members, and the first pivot apertures of the major and minor cutting members and locked by a nut, two screws respectively passing through the fourth pivot apertures of the assembling members, the limiting slots of the major and minor cutting members and the second pivot apertures of the applying arms and respectively locked by two nuts.