US 11,911,923 B2
Ergonomic dual mode snips
Michael H. Panosian, Irvine, CA (US); and Joshua Keeler, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Assigned to TOUGHBUILT INDUSTRIES, INC., Lake Forest, CA (US)
Filed by TOUGHBUILT INDUSTRIES, INC., Lake Forest, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/916,966.
Prior Publication US 2021/0402627 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. B26B 13/12 (2006.01); B25G 1/10 (2006.01); B26B 13/20 (2006.01); B26B 13/26 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 13/12 (2013.01) [B25G 1/102 (2013.01); B26B 13/20 (2013.01); B26B 13/26 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Ergonomic snips comprising:
(A) first and second elongate gripping levers, said gripping levers having leading ends and having trailing ends forming respective first and second hand gripping portions;
(B) first pivoting means for pivotally connecting said first and second gripping levers at said leading ends;
(C) first and second elongate blade levers each having a distal end formed as a cutting blade and a proximate actuating end;
(D) second pivoting means for pivotally connecting said first and second blade levers to each other at a point intermediate said distal cutting blade and proximate actuating ends, a line extending through said first and second pivoting means defining an axis of the snips;
(E) third pivoting means for pivotally connecting said proximate end of said first blade lever to said first gripping lever;
(F) fourth pivoting means for pivotally connecting said proximate end of said second blade lever to said second gripping lever;
(G) a first handgrip covering said first hand gripping portion of said first gripping lever and including a first anti-slip ear generally extending in a direction away from said axis and forming a proximate surface for engaging a user's thumb axially spaced from said first pivoting means a distance “f”; and
(H) a second handgrip covering said second hand gripping portion of said second gripping lever and including a proximate second anti-slip ear generally extending in a direction away from said axis axially spaced a distance “b” from said first pivoting means, and also formed with an outwardly projecting protrusion at a leading end of said second handgrip covering spaced a distance “a”, said second anti-slip ear and said protrusion being spaced from each other along said second handgrip covering to form an elongate finger-receiving portion, a transverse dimension between said finger receiving portion along a direction substantially normal to said axis to said proximate surface of said first anti-slip ear when said first and second hand gripping portions are in a closed configuration is “d”, and b≈2d, a≈d and said finger receiving portion is equal to (b−a).