Patent ID: 8079150

Claim:
Garden shears comprising a pressing handle; a gripping handle; an engagement set; a movable blade with a first aperture and a hook-shaped engaging slot adjacent to an outer edge of the first aperture; a fixed blade with a second aperture and a positional aperture; wherein the pressing handle is connected to the movable blade, the gripping handle is connected to the fixed blade, and the movable blade is pivotally connected to the fixed blade via the first and second apertures; a containment area at a junction of the gripping handle and a side of the fixed blade, the containment area having a narrowed portion, a first slot adjacent the fixed blade, and an arc-shaped opening, wherein a position of the positional aperture on the fixed blade corresponds to the arc-shaped opening; an engagement set having an engaging member, an elastic member, and a positioning pin, the engaging member on one end having an axle aperture, on another end having an engaging end, and a concave region disposed between the two ends; the elastic member having a front stop end and a rear stop end; the positioning pin extends through the axle aperture and the elastic member and is attached to the positional aperture of the fixed blade; a slidable member having a push button-shaped body and a tongue at a lower end, an edge of the tongue extending as a stop, a second slot disposed between the stop and the push button-shaped body, the tongue and the stop are both slidably received within the containment area, wherein the tongue is received by the concave region of the engaging member; and wherein the slidable member slides along a straight line and pushes the engaging end of the engaging member against the engaging slot of the movable blade.