Patent ID: 8601920

Claim:
A cutting tool configured to cut flexible flooring material covering a floor surface to be fit along a wall perpendicular to the floor surface, the cutting tool comprising: a blade having a cutting edge and a tool body having a flat base surface and a substantially flat blade holding face having a bottom edge that extends furthest of any portion of the tool body along a plane parallel to the base surface, wherein the blade holding face is inwardly beveled so that a space is defined between a majority of the blade holding face and the wall perpendicular to the floor surface when the base surface is on the floor surface, the blade holding face including a recessed blade receiving portion with a holding member to receive and hold the blade above a plane defined by the base surface, wherein when the base surface is slid across the flooring material in a cutting direction thereby defining a lead edge of the tool body, a portion of the cutting edge facing the lead edge cuts the flooring material while the bottom edge of the blade holding face presses the flooring material against the wall with the inward bevel of the blade holding face permitting an end of the flooring material to curl in the space between the majority of the blade holding face and the wall perpendicular to the floor surface.