Patent Application
20200269450
The disclosure and prior art relates to shearing devices and more particularly pertains to a new shearing device for cutting hair.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of bars that is pivotally coupled proximate to a first end of the pair of bars so that inner faces of the bars are in substantial abutment. The pair of bars is configured to selectively pivot from an open configuration to a closed configuration. A biaser is coupled to the pair of bars proximate to the first end and is positioned for biasing the pair of bars to the open configuration. A pair of bevels is positioned singly and opposingly in the bars proximate to a second end of the pair of bars to define a cutting section and a gripping section of the pair of bars. The gripping section is configured to be grasped in a hand of a user to pivot the pair of bars to the closed configuration to sever hair that is positioned in the cutting section.
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
As best illustrated in
A pin 20 is coupled to and extends between the pair of bars 12 proximate to the first end 14. The pin 20 is rotationally coupled to at least one of the bars 12 so that the bars 12 are pivotally coupled.
A biaser 22 is coupled to the pair of bars 12 proximate to the first end 14. The biaser 22 is positioned to bias the pair of bars 12 to the open configuration. The biaser 22 comprises a spring 24, which is coil type and positioned around the pin 20 in a recess 26 that is positioned in the pair of bars 12, as shown in
A pair of bevels 30 is positioned singly and opposingly in the bars 12 proximate to the second end 18 of the pair of bars 12, as shown in
A grip 40 is coupled to and extends from a lower edge 42 of one of the pair of bars 12 proximate to the first end 14 of the pair of bars 12, as shown in
The device 10 also comprises a plurality of discs 50, as shown in
Each of a plurality of apertures 56 is positioned in a respective disc 50. Each aperture 56 has a respective size so that the plurality of discs 50 comprises discs 50 that have apertures 56 of a variety of sizes. A user is positioned to insert a respective disc 50 that has an aperture 56 that is sized complementarily to the fourth digit of the hand of the user into the ring 44 so that the disc 50 is configured to pad the ring 44.
A pad 58 is coupled to an upper edge 60 of the other of the bars 12, as shown in
A first coupler 66 is coupled to one of the pair of bars 12. A second coupler 68 is coupled to the other of the pair of bars 12. The second coupler 68 is complementary to the first coupler 66. The second coupler 68 is positioned to selectively couple to the first coupler 66, when the pair of bars 12 is in the closed configuration, to fixedly position the pair of bars 12 in the closed configuration. The second coupler 68 and the first coupler 66 comprise a slide lock 70 that is coupled to an upper surface 72 of the pair of bars 12, as shown in
A hole 74 is positioned in one of the pair of bars 12, as shown in
In another embodiment, as shown in
In use, the gripping section 34 is grasped in the hand of the user with the first digit positioned on the pad 58 and the fingers positioned respectively on the arm 46, in the ring 44, and in the pair of indentations 48. The user then uses the first digit to motivate a slider 96 of the slide lock 70 toward the first end 14 to unlock the pair of bars 12 wherein the spring 24 urges the pair of bars 12 to the open configuration. The hair is then positioned in the cutting section 32, between the pair of bars 12, positioning the user to tighten the grasp of the hand to pivot the pair of bars 12 to the closed configuration to sever the hair.
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.
