Patent ID: 8365415

Claim:
A nail clipper arranged to accommodate a three dimensional cover, said nail clipper having two flexible members each joined at a first end and each having opposed transverse blades at a second end, said flexible members being attached by a holding pin adjacent and perpendicular to said transverse blades, and having a handle operatively connected to said holding pin, said nail clipper comprising: a) a cylindrical pivot structure connected at one end of said handle; b) a bearing structure that pivots relative to said holding in and surrounds and contains said cylindrical pivot structure in both an operating position and a stored position for said handle; and, c) a locking mechanism comprising a locking protrusion extending from said cylindrical pivot structure and a locking in aperture located in said bearing structure so that in a stored position, said handle lies adjacent an upper flexible member with said cylindrical pivot structure being moved to an upper portion of said bearing structure, and when said handle is raised in an operating position, said locking protrusion is received in said locking in aperture to rotationally lock said handle and said bearing structure relative to each other, thereby locking said cylindrical pivot structure in a lower portion of said bearing structure.