Patent ID: 7596870

Claim:
A cutting tool subassembly for a folding hand tool, comprising: (a) a jaw having a base; (b) a blade assembly, including a blade carrier having a tang and a sharpened cutter mounted removably on said blade carrier; (c) a blade pivot joint interconnecting said jaw with said blade carrier, said jaw and said blade carrier being movable relative to each other about a pivot axis of said blade pivot joint; (d) a first handle connected to said base of said jaw by a first handle pivot joint and movable about said first handle pivot joint between an extended, operative position and a folded position with respect to said jaw; and (e) a second handle connected to said tang of said blade carrier by a second handle pivot joint and movable about said second handle pivot joint between an extended, operative position and a folded position with respect to said blade carrier, and wherein said second handle includes an abutment face at an end thereof adjacent said second handle pivot joint, and wherein said tang includes a main portion in a first plane oriented normal to said pivot axis and a leg extending laterally away from said main portion in a second plane, said leg being aligned with said abutment face and resting against said abutment face when said second handle is in said extended operative position.