Patent ID: 7007391

Claim:
A tubing cutter to snap onto and circumferentially grasp plastic tubing to facilitate the rotational cutting of the tubing, the cutter comprising: a cutter body having a front piece removably securable to a back piece such that securement of the front piece and back piece form the body, the body further having symmetrical side portions having alignably opposed arcuate gripping depressions; a C-shaped grasping portion formed in the body, the grasping portion including an opening, a tube receiving portion, and a bottom portion directly opposite the opening, the opening having a width generally less than the width of the tube receiving portion and the tube receiving portion having a width generally less than the diameter of the plastic tubing such that the C-shaped grasping portion receives the plastic tubing with snap engagement, deforming the plastic tubing within the grasping portion and securely retaining the plastic tubing during the cutting of the tubing; and a fixed razor blade secured between the front and back pieces of the body such that a chordal portion of the blade extends into the grasping portion across the bottom portion whereby rotational movement of the engaged cutter around the outer surface of the tubing facilitates cutting.