Patent ID: 7263775

Claim:
A cutting device comprising: a) a cutting zone into which an item to be trimmed may be disposed; b) a guillotine-type cutting means for cutting said item placed into said cutting zone; c) an upper handle means and a lower handle means for operating said guillotine-type cutting means, said upper and lower handle means cooperatively connected to one another to operate said guillotine-type cutting means and effect a cutting of said item placed into said cutting zone when said handle means are squeezed together, said upper and lower handle means having a common laterally extending pivot axis; and d) a means for illumination of said cutting zone, said means for illumination coupled to at least one of said upper handle means and said lower handle means so as to extend substantially laterally from the upper and lower handle means along the pivot axis and capable of simultaneously being positioned substantially laterally from said cutting zone, said means for illumination further capable of being moved with respect to said cutting zone in three dimensions so as to illuminate the cutting zone from selected angles.