Patent ID: 7963198

Claim:
A tool for cutting a hollow object into a ribbon of predetermined width and length, said hollow object having a flexible wall made of a cuttable material having a thickness, said tool comprising: a toolhead having a main body, the main body having an opening, the opening defining a first wall, a second wall, an open top end, and a bottom wall, wherein the flexible wall of the hollow object enters the tool through the first wall and exits the tool through the second wall; cutting means housed parallel to the bottom wall of said opening, wherein the cutting means is flat and has a sharp edge facing the first wall in the direction that the flexible wall of the hollow object enters the tool, at least one slot running through the main body, wherein the opening cuts the at least one slot in two sections, wherein one section passes through the first wall and the other section passes through the second wall of the main body; wherein the cutting means is placed perpendicular to the at least one slot; wherein the at least one slot is perpendicular to the opening; wherein said tool cuts the flexible wall into a spiral shape forming the ribbon when said flexible wall is turned relative to said first wall and in direction towards said sharp edge, thereby cutting the ribbon.