Patent ID: 8266804

Claim:
A garden shears comprising: a pressing member, a holding member, a cutting member and a ratchet; wherein: the pressing member has a handle at one side and an anvil at another side, the anvil having an assembling portion at a bottom end adjacent to the handle, the handle having a hollow containment slot reaching to the anvil and a first assembling aperture disposed through the containment slot; the holding member has a pivot portion at one end, the pivot portion having a first groove extending toward another end of the holding member, and a first through aperture disposed in two sidewalls for a corresponding securing pin; the cutting member has a blade at one end and an L-shaped pawl at another end and a second through aperture at a middle position; and the ratchet has driving teeth on one side, a second assembling aperture at another end, and a securing hole at a middle position; wherein the blade of the cutting member is placed through the containment slot and engages with the anvil of the pressing member, the first assembling aperture of the pressing member is aligned and locked with the second through aperture of the cutting member; the pawl of the cutting member is positioned in the first groove of the holding member, the driving teeth of the ratchet are placed through the pivot portion into the first groove such that the driving teeth and the pawl engage with each other; the second assembling aperture is aligned with the pivot portion, and the securing pin is placed through the first through aperture and the securing hole of the ratchet; and the holding member utilizes the pivot portion to engage with and cover the assembling portion of the pressing member, and the second assembling aperture of the ratchet and the pivot portion are both secured with the assembling portion; and wherein the pressing member further comprises a switch, the containment slot has two symmetric sliding slots on two sidewalls and a corresponding limiting rod, and the cutting member further includes a raised limiting end such that the limiting end is limited by the switch and the cutting member is controlled by the switch.