Patent ID: 7654183

Claim:
A hole punch device for creating hole in sheets of paper, comprising: an elongated frame having a paper slot, wherein the paper slot extends lengthwise along a length of the punch device from a first end of the frame to a second end of the frame, the paper slot being open vertically toward a top of the punch device to enable a substantially vertical entry by the sheets of paper into the paper slot; a punch pin having an axial direction and movable along the axial direction across the paper slot; a handle supported on the frame, wherein the handle is cantilevered from a proximal handle end at the first end of the frame to a distal handle end, wherein the handle is hinged only at the proximal handle end and the handle extends along the length of the frame including a pressed handle position wherein the distal handle end is adjacent to the paper slot and the handle extends along the top of the punch device adjacent to and substantially parallel to the paper slot, and a rest handle position wherein the distal end of the handle is spaced away from the paper slot such that the handle is angled relative to the paper slot; wherein the handle is hinged on a pivoting axis extending in the axial direction; and a rotating element linked to the handle and the punch pin, wherein pressing the handle to pivot causes the rotating element to move in the handle lengthwise direction and in the axial direction thereby moving the punch pin across the paper slot.