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A pair of scissors for cutting shellfish cleanly and shielding airborne matter created thereby from contacting a user. The pair of scissors include a stationary blade body, a moving blade body, and a shield. The moving blade body is pivotally attached to the stationary blade body and forms therewith

A pair of scissors for cutting shellfish cleanly and shielding airborne matter created thereby from contacting a user. The pair of scissors include a stationary blade body, a moving blade body, and a shield. The moving blade body is pivotally attached to the stationary blade body and forms therewith a scissor-like device for cutting the shellfish. The shield shields the airborne matter created by cutting the shellfish from contacting the user, and is replaceably disposed on the moving blade body which allows the shield to be removed and washed. The shield includes an attaching portion that is generally channel-shaped and replaceably receives the moving blade body, and a shield portion that includes a distal tip part that is generally pointed for facilitating penetration into the shellfish and a proximal part that is slightly convexo-concave-shaped for shielding the airborne matter created by cutting the shellfish from contacting the user and has a concave surface that is substantially hyperbolic in lateral profile for facilitating rebounding of the airborne matter. The proximal part extends laterally divergingly for a slight distance from the distal tip part, then substantially uniformly, and then laterally convergingly for a slight distance to the attaching portion which prevents interference with the stationary blade body during cutting.

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[ The invention claimed is:] [1.] A pair of scissors for cutting shellfish cleanly and shielding airborne matter created thereby from contacting a user, said pair of scissors comprising:a) a stationary blade body; said stationary blade body having a grip portion, a blade portion extending from said

[ The invention claimed is:] [1.] A pair of scissors for cutting shellfish cleanly and shielding airborne matter created thereby from contacting a user, said pair of scissors comprising:a) a stationary blade body; said stationary blade body having a grip portion, a blade portion extending from said grip portion of said stationary blade body, and a pivot throughbore disposed at an imaginary junction being where said blade portion of said stationary blade meets said grip portion of said stationary blade; said grip portion of said stationary blade body having disposed therearound a stationary blade body handle with a thumb throughbore for receiving the thumb of the user;b) a moving blade body pivotally attached to said stationary blade body and forming therewith a scissor-like device for cutting the shellfish; said moving blade body having a grip portion, a blade portion extending from said grip portion of said moving blade body, and a pivot throughbore disposed at an imaginary junction being where said blade portion of said moving blade body meets said grip portion of said moving blade body; said blade portion of said stationary blade body and said blade portion of said moving blade body having serrations along opposing edges thereof for cutting the shellfish cleanly; said grip portion of said moving blade body having disposed therearound a moving blade body handle with a two finger throughbore for receiving the first two fingers of the user; said moving blade body handle having a forward edge facing said blade portion of said moving blade body, and extending outwardly and forwardly from said grip portion of said moving blade body, in a wide substantially L-shaped configuration, with a portion thereof extending in a direction away from said grip portion of said stationary blade body, and with a remaining portion thereof extending substantially parallel to said grip portion of said moving blade body, so as to provide a conduit for directing liquids flowing down said moving blade body away from the hand of the user; andc) a shield for shielding the airborne matter created by cutting the shellfish from contacting the user, and being disposed along said moving blade body; said moving blade body having an end, and another edge opposing a respective opposing edge of said opposing edges of said blade portion of said stationary blade body and said blade portion of said moving blade body, and extending from said end of said moving blade body to said moving blade body handle, with said shield being disposed therealong; said shield comprising an attaching portion being slender, elongated, and generally channel-shaped, and replaceably receiving said another edge of said moving blade body, and extending, at its end tip, from said end of said moving blade body to said forward edge of said moving blade body handle, with said attaching portion of said shield having an uppermost edge; said shield further comprising a shield portion extending integrally along said uppermost edge of said attaching portion of said shield; said shield portion of said shield comprising a distal tip part being slender, elongated and generally pointed for facilitating penetration into the shellfish, and extending a short distance from said end tip of said attaching portion of said shield towards said moving blade body handle; said shield portion of said shield further comprising a proximal part being elongated, wide, and slightly convexo-concave-shaped for shielding the airborne matter created by cutting the shellfish from contacting the user, and having a concave surface being substantially hyperbolic in lateral profile for facilitating rebounding of the airborne matter, with said concave surface of said proximal part of said shield portion of said shield having an axial centerline.