Patent ID: 7257897

Claim:
A cutting device for trimming a coiled strand, comprising: a pair of articulating arms pivotally connected at a pivot joint, each of said pair of articulating arms having a lever portion disposed proximal to said pivot joint and a jaw portion disposed distal to said pivot joint, said jaw portions being urged together when said lever portions are urged together, a first of said jaw portions being a holding jaw for holding the coiled strand and a second of said jaw portions being a cutting jaw for cutting the coiled strand, said holding jaw having an upper surface proximate to said cutting jaw, a lower surface distal to said cutting jaw, and a passageway extending through said holding jaw and through said upper surface and said lower surface through which the coiled strand may be threaded to hold the coiled strand for cutting the coiled strand at a selected location by said cutting jaw, said holding jaw having a guide channel defined by a bottom wall extending from a distal end of said holding jaw to said passageway and a first side wall extending substantially perpendicularly from said bottom wall, said first side wall positionable between adjacent turns of the coiled strand when said coiled strand is threaded through said passageway, the coiled strand retaining a coiled configuration along substantially the entire length thereof including the portion thereof which extends through the holding jaw.