Patent ID: 7346991

Claim:
A cutting tool, comprising: a first jaw member having a first end, an opposite second end, and an intermediate portion; a second jaw member having a first end, an opposite second end, and an intermediate portion, said intermediate portion of said second jaw member pivotally connected to said intermediate portion of said first jaw member at a first pivot P 1 ; a first center member having a first end, an opposite second end, and an intermediate portion, said intermediate portion of said first center member pivotally connected to said second end of said second jaw member at a second pivot P 2 ; a second center member having a first end, an opposite second end, and an intermediate portion, said intermediate portion of said second center member pivotally connected to said second end of said first jaw member at a third pivot P 3 ; said first end of said first center member pivotally connected to said first end of said second center member at a fourth pivot P 4 , wherein said fourth pivot P 4 is disposed between (1) said first pivot P 1 , and (2) said second and third pivots P 2 and P 3 ; a first handle member having a first end, an opposite second end, and an intermediate portion, said intermediate portion of said first handle member pivotally connected to said second end of said first center member at a fifth pivot P 5 ; a second handle member having a first end, an opposite second end, and an intermediate portion, said intermediate portion of said second handle member pivotally connected to said second end of said second center member at a sixth pivot P 6 ; and, said first end of said first handle member pivotally connected to said first end of said second handle member at a seventh pivot P 7 , wherein said seventh pivot P 7 is disposed between (1) said second and third pivots P 2 and P 3 , and (2) said fifth and sixth pivots P 5 and P 6 .