Patent ID: 7174640

Claim:
A hand tool for cutting a strap that leaves a smooth rounded end on the cut strap, the tool comprising: two handles which are connected together in a single plane at a pivot point by means of a pivot connector; upper and lower mating cutting jaws carried by said handles; wherein each said cutting jaw includes a forward end; wherein the upper jaw has three downwardly protruding curved cutting edges and the lower jaw has three corresponding curved cutting edges so located that when said cutting jaws are urged towards each other by said handles the curved cutting edges in the upper jaw pass into the curved cutting edges in the lower jaw; wherein one of said cutting edges in said upper jaw is located at the forward end of said upper jaw and one of said cutting edges in said lower jaw is located at the forward end of said lower jaw; wherein said lower cutting jaw also includes a slot extending through said forward end thereof; wherein said upper cutting jaw also includes a slot extending vertically therethrough; wherein said slots are so located that a strap can be guided into the tool through said slots and secured in a position to insure the desired cut on the strap by said cutting edges at said forward ends of said upper and lower jaws.