Patent ID: 8448553

Claim:
A cutting tool for cutting a sheet of material, the cutting tool comprising: a base defining a support surface and including a slot extending through the support surface along at least a portion of the base, the support surface including a plurality of serrations; a handle having a proximate end pivotally engaged with respect to the base, the handle pivotally movable with respect to the base between an open position and a closed position; and a blade integrated with respect to the proximate end of the handle, the slot receiving at least a portion of the blade when the handle is in the closed position, the blade having three or more generally flat cutting surfaces arranged in a convex polygonal profile by being continuously connected in series along an entire length of the blade, each generally flat cutting surface is a straight segment, each straight segment abruptly transitions into at least one other straight segment and two adjacent straight segments form an angle of between about 90 degrees and 180 degrees.