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Nail clipper with cut nail retaining means

  • US 4,574,475 A
  • Filed: 08/29/1984
  • Issued: 03/11/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A nail clipper including a first elongated upwardly opening channel member having front and rear ends, said channel member having front and rear ends, said channel member including a pair of generally parallel elongated opposite side flanges interconnected along their lower marginal edge portions by a generally horizontal bight portion extending therebetween, the front end of said bight portion including an upwardly projecting and transversely extending first cutting blade portion, an elongated spring arm generally paralleling said channel member, having front and rear ends and constructed of stiff but resilient material, means anchoring said spring arm rear end to the rear end of said bight portion with the front end of said spring arm spaced above and opposing the front end of said bight portion, said spring arm front end including a transversely extending second cutting blade portion depending downwardly therefrom, said front end of said spring arm being statically disposed in an elevated position with said second cutting blade portion opposing and spaced above said first cutting blade portion, said spring arm front end being downwardly displaceable, upon flexing of said spring arm, to a position with said first and second cutting blade portions disposed in opposing cooperative cutting relation, convertible lever means, said lever means and flanges including coacting means pivotally mounting said lever betweens said flanges for oscillation relative to said channel member about an axis extending transversely of said lever means and channel member and for shifting of said axis longitudinally of said channel member between forward and rearward limit positions thereon, said lever means comprising a generally L-shaped lever including relatively angulated long and short arms, said axis being fixed relative to said lever and extending transversely of said short arm centrally intermediate the opposite ends thereof, said lever when in said forward limit position, being disposed with the free end of said long arm projecting rearwardly and being operative as a second class lever to depress the front end of said spring arm into position with said first and second cutting blade portions in cooperative cutting relation and, when in said rear limit position, being swingable about said axis past a center vertical position to a position with the free end of said long arm projecting forwardly and said lever operative as a first class lever, with the free ends of said long and short arms engaged with and spring arm, to maintain said front end of said spring arm displaced toward said first cutting blade portion with said first and second cutting blade portions at least closely opposing each other and said channel member and spring arm defining a substantially closed area between said flanges and between said bight portion and spring arm for containing nail cuttings.

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