Patent ID: 8590165

Claim:
An extended reach garden shears, including: a shear rod having a fixed cutter base on an end, the fixed cutter base being formed with a hooked cutting edge, the fixed cutter base being provided with a primary shaft hole, a secondary shaft hole and a locking hole; a driven arm provided with a rotation hole pivotally connected to the primary shaft hole of the fixed cutter base, the driven arm being formed with a cutting blade corresponding to the hooked cutting edge, a bottom end of the cutting blade extending to form a connecting portion, a distal end of the connecting portion being L-shaped to form a driven rack, the driven rack having a curved shape with a radius substantially determined by the rotation hole, the cutting blade and the hooked cutting edge approaching each other to generate a shearing action when they are in a shearing position, the cutting blade and the hooked cutting edge being separated from each other when they are in an un-shearing position; an operating arm having a pivotal hole, a through-hole and a connecting hole triangularly arranged, the pivotal hole being pivotally connected to the secondary shaft hole of the fixed cutter base, an elastic element being connected between the through-hole and the locking hole of the fixed cutter base, a control rope being operatively coupled to the connecting hole, the operating arm having an operating rack between the pivotal hole and the connecting hole, the operating rack having a curved shape with a radius substantially determined by the pivotal hole, the driven rack being directly engaged with the operating rack; and a connecting piece provided with a primary through-hole and a secondary through-hole, the primary through-hole of the connecting piece, the primary shaft hole and the rotation hole aligned with each other and fixed together by a fastener, the secondary through-hole of the connecting piece, the secondary shaft hole and the pivotal hole aligned with each other and fixed together by another fastener, whereby the driven arm and the operating arm are sandwiched between the connecting piece and the fixed cutter base.