Cutlery – Cutting tools – With guard and/or guide
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-11
2006-07-11
Payer, Hwei-Siu (Department: 3724)
Cutlery
Cutting tools
With guard and/or guide
C030S002000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07073264
ABSTRACT:
A bag slitting apparatus for opening a sealed bag along an edge of the bag. The apparatus has a first arm having first outer and inner surfaces, and a second arm having second outer and inner surfaces. The arms are in tensioned movable opposed relationship to each other such that the first and second inner surfaces are movably positionable against each other. One of these inner surfaces is a bladed inner surface having projecting therefrom a bag cutting blade with a distal blade tip, while the other inner surface has a blade tip receiver. Exteriorly, the first and second outer surfaces are concavedly contoured for simultaneous opposingly-squeezing receipt of a finger and thumb of a user. Placing the edge of the bag between the blade tip and blade tip receiver, squeezing the arms together such that the blade tip pierces the bag and travels to the tip receiver, and thereafter sliding the apparatus along the length of the bag edge produces a slit in the bag through which contents can be retrieved.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1082400 (1913-12-01), Burnite
patent: 2033050 (1936-03-01), Pankonin
patent: 2649656 (1953-08-01), Hedrick
patent: 2881520 (1959-04-01), Mito
patent: D256883 (1980-09-01), Wharmby
patent: D276786 (1984-12-01), Chen
patent: 4530154 (1985-07-01), DiCarlo
patent: 4581823 (1986-04-01), Gilman
patent: 4711031 (1987-12-01), Annello
patent: D298210 (1988-10-01), Hutson et al.
patent: 4887355 (1989-12-01), Colbert
patent: 5007171 (1991-04-01), Horning, Jr.
patent: 5103562 (1992-04-01), Braatz
patent: 5115568 (1992-05-01), Aida
patent: 5357679 (1994-10-01), Hanna
patent: 5438759 (1995-08-01), Dieringer
patent: D419417 (2000-01-01), Kane
patent: 6578243 (2003-06-01), Hall
patent: 6658742 (2003-12-01), Votolato
patent: 2234699 (1991-02-01), None
Earl & Kimberly Votolato Trustees of Votolato Living Trust
Payer Hwei-Siu
Rutan & Tucker LLP
LandOfFree
Bag slitting apparatus does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Bag slitting apparatus, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Bag slitting apparatus will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3560791