Provided are methods and apparatus for addressing mats and tangles in the fur of mammals. Specifically, provided herein is a doubled-bladed tool for mat and tangle-splitting that reduces or eliminates the pain and stress experienced by the animal during grooming.

Provided are methods and apparatus for addressing mats and tangles in the fur of mammals. Specifically, provided herein is a doubled-bladed tool for mat and tangle-splitting that reduces or eliminates the pain and stress experienced by the animal during grooming.

Scissors, especially surgical scissors, having first and second elongate members each having a handle portion and a blade portion and being connected by a pivot between the handle portions and the blade portions for relative pivotal movement generally in a cutting plane during a cutting stroke. At least one of the handle portions supports a channel member having a length that extends toward, embraces and extends beyond the handle portion of the other elongate member to restrain movement of the handle portions out of the cutting plane and thus to resist relative lateral movement of the blade portions away from each other during the cutting stroke. The scissors are robust and are able to cleanly, effectively and accurately cut tough or slippery items which might otherwise cause the blades to splay away from each other.

Scissors, especially surgical scissors, having first and second elongate members each having a handle portion and a blade portion and being connected by a pivot between the handle portions and the blade portions for relative pivotal movement generally in a cutting plane during a cutting stroke. At least one of the handle portions supports a channel member having a length that extends toward, embraces and extends beyond the handle portion of the other elongate member to restrain movement of the handle portions out of the cutting plane and thus to resist relative lateral movement of the blade portions away from each other during the cutting stroke. The scissors are robust and are able to cleanly, effectively and accurately cut tough or slippery items which might otherwise cause the blades to splay away from each other.

A hand tool comprising two tool halves arranged crossing one another in a joint region, like tongs or scissors, wherein a tool half forms a working region on one side of the joint region and a handle region on the other side, wherein each handle region is arranged in a first or second handle sleeve and the handle sleeve is provided with a functional part projecting in relation to a flat surface extending over a substantial portion of the surface of the handle sleeve. In order to advantageously further improve a hand tool of this type, the functional part is adhered or welded to the first and/or second handle sleeve.

A scissor cutter includes first and second pivot portions, two first offset portions, two second offset portions, a first cutting portion having a first contact face, and a second cutting portion having a second contact face. The first and second contact faces contact each other along a shear plane. The second pivot portion, the first cutting portion and the first offset portions are located at a first side of the shear plane. The first pivot portion, the second cutting portion and the second offset portions are located at a second side of the shear plane. When the first and second pivot portions pivotally move with respect to each other, the first offset portions respectively abut against the second offset portions.

A scissor cutter includes first and second pivot portions, two first offset portions, two second offset portions, a first cutting portion having a first contact face, and a second cutting portion having a second contact face. The first and second contact faces contact each other along a shear plane. The second pivot portion, the first cutting portion and the first offset portions are located at a first side of the shear plane. The first pivot portion, the second cutting portion and the second offset portions are located at a second side of the shear plane. When the first and second pivot portions pivotally move with respect to each other, the first offset portions respectively abut against the second offset portions.

A scissor cutter includes first and second pivot portions, two first offset portions, two second offset portions, a first cutting portion having a first contact face, and a second cutting portion having a second contact face. The first and second contact faces contact each other along a shear plane. The second pivot portion, the first cutting portion and the first offset portions are located at a first side of the shear plane. The first pivot portion, the second cutting portion and the second offset portions are located at a second side of the shear plane. When the first and second pivot portions pivotally move with respect to each other, the first offset portions respectively abut against the second offset portions.

A scissor cutter includes first and second pivot portions, two first offset portions, two second offset portions, a first cutting portion having a first contact face, and a second cutting portion having a second contact face. The first and second contact faces contact each other along a shear plane. The second pivot portion, the first cutting portion and the first offset portions are located at a first side of the shear plane. The first pivot portion, the second cutting portion and the second offset portions are located at a second side of the shear plane. When the first and second pivot portions pivotally move with respect to each other, the first offset portions respectively abut against the second offset portions.

Scissors include first and second body portions, and a pivot support portion that supports the first and second body portions. The scissors further include a movable transmission member attached to a handle of the first body portion, a spring provided between the handle of the first body portion and the movable transmission member, and rows of teeth configured to transmit urging force from the spring to the second body portion through the movable transmission member. The pivot support portion has a pivot and a pivot hole that enables the first and second body portions to be assembled and disassembled. The rows of teeth are provided on the movable transmission member and a handle of the second body portion, and can be attached to or detached from each other when assembling and disassembling the first and second body portions.