Patent ID: 8429825

Claim:
A cutting apparatus comprising: a guide; a cutter body having a cutting edge thereon; and a handle member, the handle member being integrally formed with the guide and the cutter body, the guide positioned at one end of the handle member and the cutter body positioned at the opposite end, the guide having two spaced members forming a receiving slot with an outwardly facing opening, the handle member resiliently flexed to position the cutter body within the receiving slot and to form a closed loop, the resilient flex of the handle member normally directing the cutter body into and retaining the cutting edge within the slot, the cutting edge facing outwardly toward the outwardly facing opening of the guide when resiliently retained by the initial flex of the handle member in the normal position within the guide, and the cutter body having a second position wherein the cutting edge is moved through the opening, outside of the slot and adjacent the guide, the cutter body being movable to the second position by the application of an activation force to the handle member, the activation force moving the cutter body between the normal position and the second position by flexing of the handle member and resiliently returning to the normal position after removal of the activation force.