Patent ID: 7743509

Claim:
A ratchet cutting tool comprising: a first handle member defining a first hand grip portion on a first end and a workpiece cradle portion on the second opposite end; a pin member selectively carried on the first handle member; a second handle member defining a second hand grip portion on a first end and being pivotably connected on a second end thereof with the first handle member; a blade sleeve member carried on the first handle member and biased to a first position relative to the first handle member; a drive pawl carried on the second handle member; and, a cutter blade including: a flat main body member defining an outer edge; a cutting edge defined by a cutting portion of the outer edge; a plurality of spaced apart teeth defined by a toothed portion of the outer edge, the plurality of teeth being configured to selectively engage the drive pawl of the cutting tool; a slot defined by a slot portion of the outer edge, the slot portion being configured to selectively receive the blade sleeve member when the cutter blade is installed into the first handle member; an attachment portion on the main body member, the attachment portion being configured to selectively couple with the pin member for supporting relative rotational motion between the cutter blade and the cutting tool; the ratchet cutting tool further comprising a locating pin member on the first handle member and wherein said cutter blade further includes: a notch defined by a notch portion of the outer edge, the notch being configured to engage said locating pin member on the first handle member for rotating the cutter blade about the locating pin member in a first arc during a loading of the cutter blade into the ratchet cutting tool.