Patent ID: 7530172

Claim:
A pair of long-arm gardening shears, comprising: a hollow mounting seat; an extension tube having a first end mounted on a first end of the mounting seat; a cutting tool mounted on the extension tube and including a fixed blade secured on a second end of the extension tube and a movable blade pivotally connected with the fixed blade; a link movably mounted in the extension tube and having a first end connected with the movable blade of the cutting tool to drive the movable blade of the cutting tool to pivot relative to the fixed blade; a toothed rack movably mounted in the mounting seat and connected with a second end of the link so that the link is movable axially in concert with the toothed rack; two spaced driven gears rotatably mounted in the mounting seat and meshing with the toothed rack to move the toothed rack; two elongated handles each pivotally mounted on a second end of the mounting seat and each having a first end provided with a substantially arc-shaped toothed drive portion meshing with a respective driven gear to rotate the respective driven gear; wherein the mounting seat is provided with two pivot portions for pivotally mounting the driven gears by two bushings; the mounting seat is provided with an axially extending elongated guide portion to guide movement of the toothed rack in the mounting seat.