Patent ID: 7441337

Claim:
Pruning shears or other corresponding cutters comprising: a first elongated handle part having a first end and a second end, a first blade part arranged as an extension of the first handle part at its first end, a second blade part pivoted to the first blade part from a first pivot point for scissor-like movement relative to the first blade part between an open and closed position of the shears, a second elongated handle part having a first end and a second end pivoted at its first end to the second blade part from a second pivot point, and a first shaft pivotally connected to both the first and second elongated handle parts from points located closer to the second end than the first end of the elongated handle parts; a second shaft pivotally connected to both the first and the second handle parts from points that are closer to the first end of the elongated shafts than the pivot points of said at least one shaft: wherein the first and second elongated handle parts are arranged in the open position of the shears to remain along their entire length at a distance from each other that enables the use of the shears with one hand along the entire length of the handle parts.