Patent ID: 8607677

Claim:
An anvil pruner/lopper, comprising: a cutting blade having lateral sides; and an anvil member having a cutting blade engaging surface, wherein said cutting blade and anvil member cooperate together to effect cutting of a workpiece by passing of said cutting blade through a first side of the work piece as a result of pressing of a second side of the work piece against said anvil member and pressing of said cutting blade against the first side of the workpiece whereby the cutting blade contacts the anvil member cutting blade engaging surface to complete the cutting of the workpiece, wherein said cutting blade and said anvil member are in movable pivotable relation to one another and the cutting blade operative to engage the cutting blade engaging surface of said anvil member in a position such that additional non-engaging surface portions of said anvil member exist laterally on each lateral side of said cutting blade, and wherein said anvil member provides shock absorbing during cutting operations said anvil member comprising at least one spring positioned in a cavity within said anvil member, said at least one spring pushing upwardly against a portion of said anvil member providing biasing of said anvil member portion toward said cutting blade, wherein said anvil member comprises: a cutting base adapted to engage with said cutting blade during a cutting operation; and said at least one spring pushes against said cutting base in a direction toward said cutting blade during a cutting operation, providing cushioning to said cutting base, and wherein said cavity comprises a space defined in said anvil member for receiving and maintaining said cutting base and said at least one spring therein.