US 7,392,587 B2
Handle for scissors
Katsumi Hasegawa, Seki (Japan)
Assigned to Kai R & D Co., Ltd., Gifu-ken (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/564,442
PCT Filed Jul. 13, 2004, PCT No. PCT/JP2004/009966
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jan. 12, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2005/007353, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 27, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-276562 (JP), filed on Jul. 18, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2007/0017104 A1, Jan. 25, 2007
Int. Cl. B26B 13/20 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 30—341  [30/232; 30/244; 30/254; 30/343] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handle for a pair of scissors having a first blade and a second blade that are pivotally joined together at a center portion, each of the first and second blades having a cutting portion extending distally from the center portion, a first handle portion and a second handle portion extending proximally from the center portion, the first handle portion and the second handle portion including a joint portion of the first blade and a joint portion of the second blade, respectively, each extending from the associated cutting portion, the handle comprising: a finger support having an inner circumferential portion respectively being securable to the joint portion of each blade,
wherein an outer circumferential portion of the finger support of at least the first handle portion of the first and second handle portions includes a receptacle portion, an inner end, and an outer end, the receptacle portion receiving the joint portion of the first blade, the inner end extending from the receptacle portion over a range in which the finger support of the first and second handle portions respectively face each other when the first and second blades are held in a closed state, the outer end extending from the inner end to the receptacle portion,
wherein the outer end of the finger support of the first handle portion has an intermediate section, a first section, a second section, and an embedded joint portion embedded in the finger support of the first handle portion of the first blade being exposed from the intermediate section; the first and second sections extending from the intermediate section to the receptacle portion and the inner end, respectively, with the intermediate section located between the first and second sections, the finger support of the first handle portion including an outer cover portion formed in at least one of the first and second sections for covering the embedded joint portion of the first blade,
wherein the outer cover portion of the first support of the first handle portion is shaped as a finger contact portion, and
wherein the finger contact portion has a finger contact surface recessed with respect to a first hypothetical plane including opposing ends of the finger contact portion.