Patent ID: 7575335

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a lower plate terminating at one end in an upwardly directed cutting edge; an upper plate, coupled to and biased away from said lower plate, terminating at one end in a downwardly directed cutting edge springingly engaging with said upwardly directed cutting edge; a shaft coupled to said plates proximate said cutting edges, for retaining a lever, said lever operating said plates in cooperation with said shaft to springingly engage and disengage said cutting edges relative to each other; an illumination system directing illumination into a field-of-view in an “ON” mode and said illumination system including an “OFF” mode in which said illumination system is inactive; and an illumination boom, coupled to said lower plate, for positioning said illumination system on a stowed position with said lower plate disposed between said illumination boom and said upper plate, said stowed position engaging said OFF mode and said operating position engaging said ON mode to include said cutting edges within said field-of-view.