Patent ID: 7166119

Claim:
A pair of scissors comprising two elements rotationally movably assembled in a hinge, the orientation of said elements being substantially in a first plane essentially perpendicular to the axis of said hinge and said movement relative to each other from a closed position to an open position taking place substantially in said first plane, each of said elements having a blade and an arm, said blades and said arms having hinge ends defined by said hinge and distal ends, said blades being an upper blade and a lower blade in a position of use, said blades having cutting edges and back edges, each of said arms terminating in a structure configured to accommodate a finger of the user, both of said blades being curved out of said first plane such that said cutting edges are curved sideways relative to said arms, said back edge of said upper blade being straight along a second plane substantially perpendicular to said first plane when said scissors are in a closed position, said back edge having a distal end with a nose part in line therewith and protruding a first distance from the distal end of the cutting edge of the upper blade, said nose part having a lower surface generally parallel with said straight back edge and spaced a second distance from, and in a direction generally perpendicular to, the cutting edge of the lower blade in said closed position of the scissors.