Patent ID: 8613145

Claim:
A cutting tool with double compound leverage comprising: first and second opposed handle levers each including a handle end and a pivot end, one of the first and second handle levers including a double link with a rearward portion defining the handle end and pivotally coupled to a forward portion defining the pivot end; first and second opposed blade levers each including a jaw end with an inwardly directed cutting blade and a lever end, the first and second blade levers each being pivotally attached intermediate the jaw end and the lever end at spaced apart points to a transverse coupling element, the cutting blades and the jaw ends defining cutting jaws; one each of the pivot ends of the first and second opposed handle levers pivotally attached to one each of the lever ends of the first and second opposed blade levers; a first compound linkage and a second compound linkage pivotally coupling the first and second opposed handle levers and the blade levers so as to provide complete opening and closing of the cutting jaws; and wherein the second compound linkage includes at least one movable pivot element formed by a pivot movable within a longitudinally extending slot and pivotally coupling one of the first and second opposed handle levers to the second compound linkage.