| US 7,497,016 B1 | ||
| Gardening shears having retractable handles | ||
| Chin-Sung Wu, 30, Min Yu St., Lu Kang Chen, Changhua Hsien (Taiwan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 12, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/451,014. | ||
| Int. Cl. B26B 13/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 30—254 [30/261; 16/429] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A pair of gardening shears, comprising:
a main body having two connecting legs pivotally connected with each other;
two shanks each having a first end mounted on the respective connecting leg of the main body;
two positioning blocks each mounted on a second end of the respective shank;
two handles each movably mounted on the respective shank and each having an end portion movable between the respective connecting
leg of the main body and the respective positioning block;
two handle jackets each mounted on the respective handle to move therewith; wherein:
each of the connecting legs of the main body has a distal end formed with an extension located in the respective shank and
having an inside formed with a mounting hole for mounting a spring-biased locking member which is biased between the respective
shank and the extension;
each of the two positioning blocks has an inside formed with a mounting hole for mounting a spring-biased locking member which
is biased between the respective shank and the respective positioning block;
the end portion of each of the two handles is formed with a locking hole.
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