Patent ID: 8171647

Claim:
A device for cutting media comprising: a cover having a sidewall extending therefrom and the cover having a top surface, an exposed end, an inner surface opposite the top surface, and an aperture having a continuous perimeter extending through the top surface of the cover; a guide disposed from the inner surface of the cover and comprising a blade and a guide surface facing the inner surface, wherein: the guide surface is spaced from and faces the inner surface to define a gap open at the exposed end for receiving media to be cut, the blade forms a cutting edge having a length between opposing leading and trailing regions, the length being greater than a width of the cutting edge, and the leading region proximate to and the trailing region distal to the exposed end, and the cutting edge projects from the guide surface and across a portion of the gap, with the leading region being located at the guide surface and the trailing region being transversely spaced from the guide surface in a direction of the inner surface such that a linear distance between the cutting edge and the guide surface in the direction of the inner surface increases from the leading region to the trailing region with reference to the cutting edge, the sidewall has a media contact point that is disposed away from the trailing edge in the direction of the leading edge; an actuating mechanism disposed in the aperture in the cover, and wherein one end of the actuating mechanism forms a contact region at the top surface of the cover; and an actuating wall disposed between the cover and the guide; wherein upon engagement of the actuating mechanism, the actuating wall moves substantially parallel to the y-axis-when the origin of a Cartesian coordinate system coincides with the leading edge of the cutting edge and the x-z plane lies substantially coplanar with the top surface of the guide; and wherein the device is configured such that as the device slides into media during use, the cutting edge and the media contact point on the sidewall deform the media in the area of the media that is presented to the cutting edge.