Handles of gardening shears

Details Handles of gardening shears Handles of gardening shears

2000-03-06

2001-07-17

Watts, Douglas D. (Department: 3724)

Cutlery

Cutting tools

Plural cooperating blades

C030S233000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06260277

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to a gardening shears, and more particularly to handles of the gardening shears.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
As shown in
FIGS. 1 and 2
, a gardening shears
10
of the prior art comprises a fastening rod
11
for fastening pivotally a handle
12
in conjunction with a position confining bolt
13
which is retained at one end thereof in a retaining groove
14
of the free end of the fastening rod
11
, as shown in FIG.
4
. The handle
12
is provided at one end thereof with a protruded block
16
, whereas the fastening rod
11
is provided with a stop edge
15
opposite to the protruded block
16
of the handle
12
for enabling the handle
12
to be swiveled at an angle. The handle
12
is so designed as to facilitate the holding of the handle
12
by hand for a prolonged period of time without the muscle pain or discomfort of the hand.
Such a prior art gardening shears
10
as described above is defective in design in that the handle
12
must be constantly readjusted in its position while the gardening shears
10
is in use, and that the user of the gardening shears
10
is conceivably annoyed at such an inconvenience, and further that the hand
2
holding the handle
12
is susceptible to bruise by a twig
1
, as illustrated in
FIG. 6
, and still further that the gardening shears
10
can not be securely held in the hand
2
in light of the way by which the handle
12
is designed to be held by the hand
2
, as illustrated in FIG.
7
.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a gardening shears with handles which are free from the deficiencies of the prior art gardening shears described above.
The features, functions and advantages of the present invention will be readily understood upon a thoughtful deliberation of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.


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