Abstract: A grasping tool (10) has a pair of elongate arms (20) attached via a hinge element (26). The elongate arms (20) provide gripping surfaces (28) for grasping an item therebetween. A finger engagement element (30) extends from each of the elongate arms, (20) spaced a distance from the proximal end (22). Each elongate arm (20) is generally disposed on a first axis, and each finger engagement element (30) is disposed around a second axis, such that the second axis is approximately parallel to and located below the first axis, such that the first and second axes are spaced a distance such that the pair of elongate arms (20) are positioned above the fingers of the user when the user's fingers are positioned through the finger engagement elements (30).

Abstract: A utility instrument is in the form of a cutting tool suitable for fitting onto a user's finger. The tool has a blade and a sheath, both coupled to a mounting structure. The blade and sheath are pivotable with respect to each other. A user can wear the tool on a finger about a finger joint. The user can bend the finger to set the tool to an open condition to expose the blade for use, and can stretching the finger to set the tool to a closed condition to safely shade the blade using the sheath. The tool may further have a housing for fully receiving the blade. The blade may extend out of the housing for use, and may be retracted into the housing for safety.

Abstract: An electric hair clipper (10) includes a housing (12) containing an electrical source and drive-related components. A clipper mechanism (14) having a reciprocating clipper (16) is located beneath the bottom of the housing (12) but is spaced therefrom by a pivotal central hub (1 18) that extends downwardly from the bottom of the housing. The housing (12), central hub (118) and clipper mechanism (14) are arranged such that a person can hold the electric hair clipper by placing his or her fingers in the space between the housing (12) and the clipper mechanism (14) with the central hub (1 18) lying between two fingers and with the back of the person's fingers resting in a pair of elongated spaced apart recesses (26, 28) formed in the bottom of the housing (12) on opposite sides of the hub (118).

Abstract: A ring includes a ring body having a shoulder, a neck extending from the shoulder, and a cap extending from the neck and spaced apart from the shoulder, thereby defining a gap between the cap and the shoulder. A blade is mounted in both the cap and neck, and the blade has a curved edge extending from the head to the shoulder and into the gap.

Abstract: Described is a hand held hair cutting apparatus that includes a razor blade holder with four finger holes extending through the holder. A razor blade, either straight or arched, can be attached to one edge of the holder. allowing the razor to be easily changed. Placing fingers through the holes in the holder allows a user to securely hold tool using four fingers. The apparatus can also be configured with three finger holes and a finger rest for end finger.

Abstract: A handheld engine-driven cutter is provided with a disk blade and a four-stroke engine that drives the disk blade, a filter through which air provided to the four-stroke engine passes, a carburetor that mixes fuel and the air that passed through the filter, a casing that houses the filter and the carburetor, and a filter bracket intervened between the filter and the carburetor, which guides the air having passed the filter to the carburetor. An oil separator is formed integrally with the filter bracket that protrudes out toward the carburetor.

Abstract: A cutter for woven belts includes a handle having two ends respectively defined to be a first end and a second end. The handle has a circumferential side provided with a cutting opening located close to the first end, extended in a direction from the second end toward the first end and having an opposite sealed end connected with two guide grooves. A blade deposited in the handle is exposed in the cutting opening. Thus, when a woven belt is being cut by the cutter, the cut-off portion of the woven belt will be guided by the guide grooves to be separated from the original woven belt so that the woven belt cut apart can be prevented from being accumulated at the cutting opening or being hindered by a user's hand, enabling the cutter to effectively cut off woven belts for facilitating sequent work of removing the woven belts from goods.

Abstract: A power cutter comprising an engine mounted within a housing, a support arm mounted on and projecting forward of the housing and a blade mounting mechanism rotatably mounted on the end of the support arm which is capable of being rotationally driven by the engine. A cutting blade having a circular central hole mounts on and is rotationally driven by the blade mounting mechanism. The blade mounting mechanism comprises a spindle rotatably mounted on the support arm, an adaptor upon which the cutting blade is mounted, and a clamping mechanism capable of axially and angularly locking the cutting blade to the spindle. When the blade is mounted on the adaptor, the central hole of the blade mounts on the corresponding one of a plurality of differently sized radial support surfaces on the adaptor so that the axis of rotation of the blade is substantially co-axial with that of the spindle.

Abstract: An apparatus facilitating a cutting operation includes a knife; and a hand-mountable cutting board utensil. The utensil includes: a cutting board for disposition between the thumb and an index finger of the hand, the cutting board having an exposed cutting surface for orienting toward the index finger and a second surface for orienting toward the thumb; and a retainer having two lateral sides and being configured to receive and releasably retain the thumb along a longitudinal length of the retainer. The cutting board includes portions that extend transversely to a direction defined by the longitudinal length respectively beyond the two lateral sides of the retainer, each portion having exposed, oppositely facing front and back surfaces.

Abstract: A food slicer for slicing a food product is provided. The slicer may have an adjustable surface and a stationary surface with a blade interposed therebetween. The food product may be sliced with a specific thickness via the blade by traversing the food product from the adjustable surface to the stationary surface. A trailing edge of the adjustable surface and an edge of the blade may define a gap distance which determines a slicing thickness of the food product. A cam may contact an underside of the adjustable surface to set the gap distance. The gap distance may be reset by rotating the cam. More particularly, the cam may have a plurality of cam surfaces. Each of the cam surfaces may have a different distance to a rotating axis of the cam. The gap distance may be changed by rotating the cam such that a different cam surface contacts the adjustable surface's underside.

Abstract: A tool for trimming the excess backing material on a picture frame having a back surface and a side surface comprises a hand-held body having a forward portion, a rearward portion, and a bottom guide plate configured for sliding engagement with the back surface of the picture frame. An edge guide is configured for sliding engagement against the side surface of the picture frame, and a cutting blade having a tip is spaced apart from the edge guide. The tip of the blade extends slightly below the guide plate to cut through backing material as a user moves the tool along the frame. The cutting blade may be supported in a spring-biased pivoting holder, and an engagement member is included having a first, unpushed position wherein the pivoting holder is restrained with the tip of the blade above the guide plate, and a second, pushed position wherein the pivoting holder is allowed to pivot between from a retraced position and an extended position as a function of the spring biasing.

Abstract: A utensil for a digit of a hand includes a cutting board for disposition between a thumb and an index finger. The cutting board is attached to a retainer that receives and retains the thumb such that a cutting surface of the cutting board is oriented toward the index finger. The cutting surface protects the thumb during cutting of items against the cutting surface. Optionally, one or more tools are defined by, or attached to, the cutting board. In a particular example, a utensil for a digit of a hand having a cutting board is useful at least for cleaning, zesting, peeling, and paring or chopping a fruit or vegetable.

Abstract: A utility knife comprising a bar having a forward end, a rearward end, an upper side, and a lower side; a blade having a cutting edge; screw clamps for removably mounting the blade upon the forward end of the bar; a pull handle extending upwardly and forwardly from the rearward end of the bar; a cutting edge guard pivotally mounted upon the bar; and a blade shroud fixedly mounted upon the bar.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a device for guiding the cutting edge of a knife or the like, particularly designed to facilitate the handling and cutting of foodstuff having a substantially flat configuration such as sandwiches, tortillas and others in order to allow for a simple, easy and hygienic cutting of the food. The device includes an elongated body having a base portion and a handle portion projecting upwardly from the base portion, and is trespassed by at least one slit, said slit being sufficiently wide to receive the cutting blade of a knife or the like in its interior and opening to the bottom surface of said base portion to allow the cutting of the food.

Abstract: A hand crank driven fruit and vegetable peeler for peeling away an outer portion of a fruit or vegetable. An arbor is detachably mounted in the hand crank for rotating a fruit or vegetable against a sharp cutting blade. The cutting blade is mounted in the end of a slender member which is pivotally and slidably mounted to a base. During peeling, the fruit or vegetable is manually rotated with the crank as the blade is traversed across an outer portion of the fruit or vegetable.

Abstract: A fruit and vegetable peeler which is driven by a small rotary power tool. An arbor is detachably mounted in the power tool for rotating a fruit or vegetable against a sharp cutting blade. The cutting blade is positioned relative to the fruit or vegetable by a steady rest on the handle. The blade has a narrow elongated front cutting portion and a spaced apart narrow elongated rear portion which pivotally attached to the handle. During the peeling of the fruit or vegetable, the steady rest maintains the position of the blade relative to the fruit or vegetable. In a first aspect of the invention, the steady rest is an integral portion of the handle and has a fixed spatial relationship to the blade. In a second aspect, the steady rest is attached to the handle and its position on the handle is selectively adjustable to accommodate large differences in the size and shape of fruits or vegetables. In a third aspect, a pair of blades and steady rests are provided on a common handle.

Abstract: A fruit and vegetable peeler having a blade mounted on a handle and a handle for supporting and traversing the blade along an outer surface of a fruit or a vegetable. The handle has a steady rest for maintaining the position of the blade relative to the fruit or vegetable. The blade has a narrow elongated front cutting portion, a narrow elongated spaced apart rear portion and short connecting end portions for attaching the blade to the handle. In a first aspect of the invention, the steady rest is an integral portion of the handle and has a fixed spatial relationship to the blade. In a second aspect, the steady rest is attached to the handle and its position on the handle is selectively adjustable to accommodate large differences in the size and shape of fruits or vegetables. In a third aspect, a pair of blades and steady rests are provided on a common handle.

Abstract: Scissors includes a pair of blades, a pivot for connecting the blades to each other in articulated manner, a first handle fixedly connected to one of the blades and having an end provided with a finger loop, the finger loop having a outer side formed with a groove, a second handle fixedly connected to another one of the blades, a finger support adjustably fitted in the groove of the finger loop of the first handle, and means for preventing the finger support to detach from the groove of the finger loop of the first handle, whereby the finger support can be easily pulled out of the first handle for receiving a ring or little finger as desired.

Abstract: A ring blade for cutting or for defensive purposes comprises a ring with a top section and a movable crown member mounted in this top section. The ring is adapted for placement on a person's finger. The crown member has an elongate slot formed therein and a blade member is arranged in this slot. First and second pin members are provided to pivot the blade member from a retracted position where the blade is located in the slot to an extended position where the blade is exposed. The blade member is connected to the top section by one of the pin members and it is connected to the crown member by the other pin member. Movement of the crown member towards the top section causes the pin members to pivot the blade member to the extended position. Preferably the top section has a V-shaped cavity and the crown member is also V-shaped so as to fit inside this cavity.

Abstract: A detachable swivel grip arrangement (10) for knives (100) wherein the grip arrangement (10) includes a grip unit (11) an axle unit (12) and a detachable axle capturing unit (13) operatively connected with one another and releasably associated with the knife handle (102) to allow both reciprocating and rotating movement of the grip arrangement (10) relative to the knife (100) when the swivel grip arrangement is operatively displayed relative to the knife (100).

Abstract: A swivel grip arrangement (10) for combat knives (100) wherein the grip arrangement (10) includes a grip unit (11) an axle unit (12) and an axle capturing unit (13) operatively connected with one another and operatively associated with the knife handle (102) to allow both reciprocating and rotating movement of the grip arrangement (10) relative to the combat knife (100).

Abstract: A device for cutting flowers, fruit and the like is described which comprises a thimble to be inserted on the thumb of one hand. The device is provided with a channel for insertion of a cutting tool and with a flange on the side opposite to the cutting tool, the flange providing support for the index finger of the same hand to rest during the cutting operation. The channel is a longitudinally tapered blade shank retainer channel provided with two lips in face to face relationship.