COMBINED SHEARS AND LOPPERS

• Main Authors: LOWE, JOSEPH T., SR, LOWE, RICHARD G
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 25.09.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED; CUTTING; FISHING; FORESTRY; HAND CUTTING TOOLS; HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SEVERING; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING; WATERING

A cutting tool which has a first cutting blade which is mounted in a scissors arrangement. with a second cutting blade. The first cutting blade has formed at one end thereof a first cutting element and at the opposite end thereof a second cutting element. The second cutting blade has formed thereon a third cutting element at one end thereof and at the opposite end thereof a fourth cutting element. The cutting blades are pivotally connected intermediate their ends by the inner end by a pair of handle members with the cutting blades being captured between the handles members. The handle members are to be pivotable between a first position and a second position. When in the first position, the first cutting element and third cutting element are extended and capable of performing a cutting operation an an exterior structure. Flipping of the handle members to the second position causes the second cutting element and fourth cutting element to be extended capable of performing a cutting operation on an exterior structure.