Adjustable Double Lever Nail Clipper

Abstract

A double levered, adjustable nail clipper that is particularly adapted to overcome the difficulties in cutting toenails. A typical embodiment has two action levers in opposed positions that permit applying twice the force of a single lever clipper. In addition, at least one of the action levers is rotatable turning a penetrating pin that adjusts the width of the cutting channel. This allows a simple conversion of the channel width to a close configuration for fingernails and a wide configuration for toenails. A particular embodiment optionally allows the attachment and carrying of keys at the base of the unit. Another embodiment has only a single lever and can optionally carry keys.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A double levered nail clipper comprising:
 left and right elongated jaws, each jaw with a distal end and a proximal end, the distal ends of the jaws attached to one-another, the proximal end of the jaws forming a cutting vise with a gap between the jaws;   left and right action lever arms attached to the proximal ends of the jaws, the left and right action lever arms attached with a through pin having a spring between the jaws; at least one of the left or right action lever arms being rotatably attached to said jaws;   wherein, said at least one action arm configured so that rotating it causes the gap between the jaws to change width; and,   wherein, the nail clipper is configured so that squeezing the left and right action levers together causes the proximal end of the jaws to close.   
     
     
         2 . The double levered nail clipper of  claim 1  further comprising a left and right lever pad fixidly attached to a distal end of the left and right action lever arms. 
     
     
         3 . The double levered nail clipper of  claim 2  wherein the left and right lever pads are round. 
     
     
         4 . The double levered nail clipper of  claim 1  further configured to hold keys where the distal ends of the jaws attached to one-another, the keys held to the jaws by a removable rivet. 
     
     
         5 . The double levered nail clipper of  claim 1  wherein both the left and right lever action arms are configured to rotate causing the gap between the jaws to change width. 
     
     
         6 . The double levered nail clipper of  claim 1  wherein only one of the left and right lever action arms is configured to rotate causing the gap between the jaws to change width. 
     
     
         7 . A nail clipper including a nail clipper body with two lever arms on opposing sides of said body, the two lever arms causing jaws on the nail clipper body to close when squeezed together; the jaws having a gap between them when the lever arms are not squeezed; at least one of the lever arms rotatable to adjust said gap for different sized nails. 
     
     
         8 . The nail clipper of  claim 7  wherein both of the lever arms are rotatable to adjust the gap. 
     
     
         9 . The nail clipper of  claim 7  wherein only one of the lever arms is rotatable to adjust the gap. 
     
     
         10 . The nail clipper of  claim 7  further comprising lever pads attached to distal ends of the lever arms. 
     
     
         11 . The nail clipper of  claim 10  wherein said lever pads are round. 
     
     
         12 . The nail clipper of  claim 7  further comprising a removable rivet at distal ends of the nail clipper body, the removable rivet adapted to optionally hold keys. 
     
     
         13 . A method for giving a nail clipper with a cutting gap between jaws extra clipper power and making it adjustable for different sized nails comprising:
 attaching a pair of nail clipper jaws together at distal ends;   attaching two lever arms to the nail clipper jaws in opposing positions;   attaching at least one of the lever arms rotatably so that when rotated, the lever arm causes a threaded pin to change said cutting gap for different sized nails.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13  wherein both lever arms can rotate to adjust said cutting gap. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13  wherein only one of said lever arms can rotate to adjust said cutting gap. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13  wherein each lever arm has a lever pad on a distal end. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the lever pads are round. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 13  further comprising:
 attaching the nail clipper jaws together with a removable rivet adapted to optionally hold keys.