Patent ID: 7275323

Claim:
A long-handled shears with a detachable connecting device comprising: an operational grip stick having an elongated tube ( 50 ) being hollow and having a proximal end and a distal end; a handle ( 54 ) attached to the distal end of the elongated tube ( 50 ); and a movable wire ( 52 ) mounted through the elongated tube ( 50 ) and having a distal end connected to the handle ( 54 ); and a proximal end; a grass shear ( 60 ) comprising a stationary grip ( 642 ) being a shell and having a front end; a rear end; a top surface; two sides; a bottom; a front opening formed in the front end; and a top opening formed through the top surface; a pivoting grip ( 644 ) attached pivotally to the bottom of the stationary grip ( 642 ) and having a front end; a top surface; and a transverse recess formed near the top surface toward the front end; a pair of blades ( 62 ) attached to the front end of the stationary grip ( 642 ) such that the blades ( 62 ) pivot in a scissor movement; a pulling rod ( 66 ) attached to the pair of blades ( 62 ), extending through the front of the stationary grip ( 642 ) and attached to and driven by the pivoting grip ( 644 ) to make the pair of blades ( 62 ) cut; and a locking device attached to the grips ( 642 , 644 ) to selectively hold the pair of blades ( 62 ) closed when the grass shears ( 60 ) are not in use; and a connecting device mounted between the operational grip stick and the grass shears ( 60 ) to connect the operational grip stick to the grass shears ( 60 ) and comprising a ball ( 10 ) attached to the proximal end of the wire ( 52 ); a base ( 20 ) mounted on the proximal end of the elongated tube ( 50 ) of the operational grip stick, attached to the stationary grip ( 642 ) of the grass shears ( 60 ) and comprising: a top; a bottom; a front; a rear; a sleeve being hollow, formed on the top of the base ( 20 ) and holding the proximal end of the elongated tube ( 50 ) of the operational grip stick and through which the wire ( 52 ) extends; a clamp ( 30 ) attached pivotally to the base ( 20 ) and connecting the base ( 20 ) to the grass shears ( 60 ) and an engaging block ( 40 ) being a short cylinder, movably mounted inside the transverse recess in the pivoting grip ( 644 ), holding the ball ( 10 ) on the proximal end of the wire ( 52 ) and having a circular outer surface; a flat face formed on the circular outer surface; a ball recess ( 42 ) defined in the flat face transversely into the engaging block ( 40 ) and having an opening ( 422 ) defined on the flat face; and a wire slot ( 44 ) being semicircular, defined radially in the circular outer surface, communicating with the ball recess ( 42 ) and the opening ( 422 ) and having a width narrower than the ball recess ( 42 ).