Patent ID: 6966244

Claim:
A pair of hand pliers comprising: a pair of elongated substantially non-metallic lever members each having a handle portion and a jaw portion, said lever members pivotally connected together at a central portion between said jaw and handle portion of each said lever members; each said handle portion having a plurality of separate outwardly opening cavities formed into opposing side surfaces defined by generally H-shaped transverse cross section segments of said handle portions; an elongated tubular sheath formed of material buoyant in water and extending over and enclosing said cavities in airtight fashion, said sheaths cooperating to render said pliers substantially buoyant in water; a non-corrosive high strength cutting blade having a straight cutting edge and being tightly embedded and bonded by an adhesive into a first mating pocket formed into an inwardly facing surface of one of said jaw portion and a non-corrosive high-strength anvil having a flat anvil surface and being tightly embedded and bonded by an adhesive into a second mating pocket formed into an inwardly facing surface of the other said jaw portion with said anvil surface in alignment and registry with and directly against said cutting edge when said jaw portions are closed together; said jaw portions having a resiliency sufficient for said pockets to elastically deform, allowing said anvil to be self-aligning against said cutting edge when said jaw portions are forcibly closed together against one another.