Patent Application
20160044896
The disclosure relates to trimming devices and more particularly pertains to a new trimming device for trimming a claw of an animal.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of pliers structured to have a pair of cutting members urged toward each other when the pair of pliers are squeezed. The pair of pliers may trim a claw of an animal. A light emitter is movably coupled to the pair of pliers. The light emitter emits light onto the claw of the animal so the claw may be trimmed without injuring the animal. A sharpener removably coupled to the pair of pliers. The sharpener is structured to engage each of the pair of cutting members of the pliers. The sharpener may sharpen the pair of cutting members.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A forward surface 24 of the cutting members 14 curves inwardly between each of a front end 26 and a back end 28 of the cutting members 14. The forward surface 24 of the cutting members 14 has a concave shape. A bottom edge 30 of each of the cutting members 14 is sharpened. The bottom edge 30 of each of the cutting members 14 coextensively abuts one another when the arms 16 of the pliers 12 are squeezed. The bottom edge 30 of each of the cutting members 14 may cut a claw 32 of an animal 34.
A pair of rails 36 is coupled to and extends inwardly from each of the pair of arms 16 of the pliers 12. The pair of rails 36 are slidably coupled together. Additionally, the pair of rails 36 defines a maximum distance the pliers 12 may be opened.
A light mount 38 is provided. The light mount 38 has a coupled end 40 and a free end 42. The light mount 38 has a pair of bends 44 positioned thereon so the light mount 38 has a U-shape. The coupled end 40 of the light mount 38 is rotatably coupled to a central pin 45 in the pair of pliers 12. The free end 42 of the light mount 38 is positionable proximate the pair of cutting members 18. Additionally, the light mount 38 is movable so the free end 42 of the light mount 38 is positionable at a selected angle with respect to the cutting members 18.
A light emitter 46 is coupled to the free end 42 of the light mount 38. The light emitter 46 is positionable at a selected angle with respect to the pair of cutting members 18. The light emitter 46 emits light onto the claw 32 of the animal 34 so the claw 32 may be trimmed without injuring the animal 34. The light emitter 46 may be a LED of any conventional design.
A stop 48 is provided. The stop 48 has a primary end 50 and a secondary end 52. The stop 48 is elongated. The stop 48 has a slot 54 extending therethrough. The slot 54 extends between the secondary end 52 of the stop 48 and a middle 56 of the stop 48.
The central pin 45 of the pliers 12 extends through the slot 54 in the stop 48. The stop 48 is slidably coupled to the pliers 12. The primary end 50 of the stop 48 is positionable at a selected point along the length of the bottom edge 30 of the cutting members 18. The claw 32 of the animal 34 abuts the primary end 50 of the stop 48. The stop 48 determines an amount of the claw 32 that is trimmed.
A first one 58 of the pair of arms 16 of the pliers 12 has a sharpener well 60 extending inwardly therein. The sharpener well 60 is positioned proximate the gripping end 22 of the first arm 58 of the pliers 12. A sharpener 64 is provided. The sharpener 64 has a pair of openings 66 to expose a pair of sets of blades 68.
The sharpener 64 is structured to engage each of the pair of cutting members 14 of the pliers 12. The sharpener 64 is drawn across the bottom edge 30 of the cutting members 14 so the sets of blades 68 sharpens an associated one of the cutting members 14. The sharpener 64 is positionable within the sharpener well 60 so the sharpener 64 may be stored within the sharpener well 60. The sharpener 64 may be a carbide blade sharpener of any conventional design.
A power supply 70 is coupled to a second one 72 of the pair of arms 16 of the pliers 12. The power supply 70 is positioned within an interior of the second arm 72 of the pliers 12. The power supply 70 is electrically coupled to the light emitter 46. The power supply 70 comprises at least one battery 74. A battery cover 76 is removably coupled to the second arm 72 of the pliers 12. The battery 74 is positioned beneath the battery cover 76.
In use, the stop 48 is positioned at the selected position. The animal's 34 claw 32 is positioned between the pair of cutting members 14 so the animal's 34 claw 32 abuts the stop 48. The light emitter 46 is positioned to illuminate the animal's 34 claw 32. The gripping end 22 of the arms 16 of the pliers 12 are squeezed until the cutting members 18 cuts the animal's 34 claw 32. The stop 48 and the light emitter 46 prevents the animal's 34 claw 32 from being trimmed too short.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
