Patent ID: 7845588

Claim:
A portable tool for reducing medicine solids utilizing compound leveraged actuation, the portable tool comprising: a first handle adapted to receive a downward force during actuation; a second handle adapted to receive an upward force during actuation; a first reducing jaw pivotally connected to the first handle; a second reducing jaw pivotally connected to the second handle; and a plurality of pivot points facilitating compound leveraged actuation of the portable tool, wherein the first reducing jaw and the second reducing jaw are adapted to receive a medicine solid therebetween in an open-jaw position, and wherein, in response to a single applied force, a compound leveraged actuation simultaneously causes the first reducing jaw to pivot with the first handle and the second reducing jaw to pivot with the second handle, such that the medicine solid is reduced between the first and second reducing jaws as the portable tool achieves a closed-jaw position.