Patent ID: 7222427

Claim:
A nail clipper, comprising: (a) a first member and a first cutting blade attached to a first end of said first member; (b) a second member and a second cutting blade attached to a first end of said second member, and wherein said first member and said second member are attached at a second end of said first member and said second member; (c) wherein said first cutting blade and said second cutting blade each include a sharp edge and wherein said sharp edges face each other and are normally disposed a predetermined distance apart from each other; (d) a sleeve that includes opposite spaced-apart sidewalls, an upper surface intermediate said sidewalls and connected thereto, a lower surface spaced apart from said upper surface and intermediate said sidewalls and connected thereto, said upper surface and said lower surface each terminated at a front end a rear member that is attached to said sidewalls and a rear end of said upper surface and a rear end of said lower surface, and wherein said sleeve includes an open front defined by the spaced-apart sidewalls, the front end of the lower surface and the front end of the upper surface, wherein the front end of the lower surface is substantially aligned with the front end of the upper surface and wherein said sleeve is disposed over said first member and said second member and wherein said second ends of said first member and said second member are disposed proximate said rear member of said sleeve and wherein said open front of said sleeve is disposed proximate said first ends of said first member and said second member; and (e) a lever attached to said sleeve, said lever adapted to pivot about an axis with respect to said first member and said second member.