Patent ID: 7941928

Claim:
A pair of clip-handle scissors comprising: substantially linear elongate first and second levers mounted one to the other by a pivot joint so as to form a fulcrum substantially mid-way along their lengths, a first end of each of said first and second levers formed as shearing blades having cutting edges along opposed facing edges of said first and second levers respectively for shearing engagement of one of said cutting edges over the other as said levers are rotated relative to one another about said fulcrum between an open position wherein said cutting edges form a V-shaped nip for receiving in said nip an object to be cut, and a closed position wherein said cutting edges substantially overlap one another so as to close said nip along the length of said blades, a second end of each of said first and second levers, opposite said first ends, formed as a pair of handle stems having handle loops at distal ends thereof and lying substantially adjacent a plane common with said cutting edges and containing a plane of rotation of said levers when rotated about said fulcrum, and wherein a clip is formed in at least one of said loops, said clip forming an opening into said loop through a discontinuity in said inner circumference of said loop when said clip is resiliently urged into an open position, wherein a pair of semi-circular notches are formed in opposite edges of said pair of handle sterns and spaced from said pivot joint and wherein a resilient loop is mounted tensioned around said pair of handle stems and seated in said pair of semi-circular notches so as to resiliently bias said first and second levers into said closed position and wherein when said levers are in their most open position said resilient loop is stretched to thereby cause said resilient loop to slip out of said semi-circular notches, disabling said biasing of said levers into said closed position, and moving said resilient loop to a storage position adjacent said pivot joint, whereby said disabling of said biasing of said levers into said closed position is accomplished by a one-handed movement by a user.