Patent ID: 7913391

Claim:
A nail clipper apparatus comprising: a pair of arms comprising an upper arm having a front end and a rear end, and a lower arm having a forward end and a rearward end, the upper arm and the lower arm conjoined at a connection point between the rear end and the rearward end, each of the upper arm and the lower arm having an upper side and an underside; a complementary upper cutting jaw member and a lower cutting jaw member on the upper arm front end and the lower arm forward end, respectively, each of the upper cutting jaw member and the lower cutting jaw member having a beveled cutting edge, the cutting edge of each cutting jaw member facing toward one another and spaced apart so as to receive therebetween a fingernail; a unitary s-shaped handle lever completely textured and pivotally connected by means of a terminal force transmission crossbar to a connecting pin which extends oscillatably through aligned holes in the arms, the handle lever operationally engaging the upper arm, the handle lever comprising: an elongated, rounded spatular rear portion substantially conforming to a human thumb size and shape; a substantially parallelepiped mid-portion having a first edge and an opposite second edge, the rear portion narrowing toward the mid-portion first edge and substantially perpendicular to the mid-portion; a substantially parallelepiped front portion having a rear edge connected to the mid-portion second edge and parallel to the rear portion; a top side; a bottom side; wherein the size and shape of the rear portion prevent slippage of a human thumb from the nail clipper apparatus during use; the connecting pin having a lower end and an upper end, the pin lower end having a flange retaining the pin in position at the lower end, the pin upper end projecting above the upper arm and having a hooked recess in which the crossbar is engaged thereby retaining the handle lever and the pin assembled with the arms; the handle lever rotationally and pivotally engaging the pin whereby the nail clipper apparatus is placed into a working position and a closed position; wherein, in working position, the angle between the upper arm and the handle lever is in a range of about 0 to 30 degrees and the mid-portion second edge forms a fulcrum whereby the handle lever selectively forces the upper cutting jaw member to contact the lower cutting jaw member.