US Patent Issued on June 2 for "Variable force compound cutting lopper" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,190, issued on June 2.

"Variable force compound cutting lopper" was invented by Paul Janson (Porter Ranch, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Variable force compound gear lopper devices and methods that produce a pinching effect of the handles which comes into play only after the wood, branch, is in the jaws. Once the wood, such as a branch, is in the jaws it causes a countering force which allow the new handle arrangement to cause the frame to rotate slightly on the hook side against the work opposite the cutting blade. So, in effect there is a double compound action against the work. A true double compound pinching effect against...