Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – Spit or impaling type
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-11
2001-09-11
Alexander, Reginald L. (Department: 1761)
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
Spit or impaling type
C099S419000, C452S198000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06286418
ABSTRACT:
(1) FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention relates to a barbecue skewer and more particularly to a barbecue skewer which is adapted to selectively receive food and which is further adapted to allow the received food to be cooked and to be easily removed from the skewer.
(2) BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Barbecue skewers selectively receive food to be placed upon a grill or over a fire to be cooked or warmed. Some skewers possess a handle which permits a user or server to take the cooked or warmed food from the grill or fire without burning or injuring hands or fingers.
Prior art skewers, however, suffer from drawbacks. These skewers do not typically allow cooked food to be easily or readily removed from the skewer after the skewer has been taken from the grill or fire. The result is that the user or server must “scrape” or otherwise forcibly attempt to remove the food from the skewer. Such forcible removal is undesirable since there is a considerable risk of causing burns or injury to the user, server or the skewer. Forcible removal may also cause the food to “travel” across the table causing soilage, spillage and embarrassment. The food might land on the floor or some other area that may contaminate and ruin the food. The result also may be excessive handling and manipulating of the food which also may contaminate and prevent consumption of the food. This mishandling of the skewer could also result in injury and burned fingers, hands or arms when attempting to remove the hot food from the skewer.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an objective of the present invention to provide a skewer and a method of using that skewer which overcomes the previously delineated drawbacks of prior skewers.
It is also an objective of the present invention to provide a removing member for use in conjunction with a skewer to create a skewer which overcomes the previously delineated drawbacks of prior skewers.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, a barbecue skewer which allows food to be easily removed from the skewer is disclosed. The skewer comprises an elongated member having a proximate end and a distal end and a removing member which includes a body portion, the body portion having a hole designed to selectively surround a portion of the elongated member such that the removing member may be manually moved along the elongated member.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, a removing member designed to be placed upon on a barbecue skewer to promote easy removal of food from the skewer is disclosed. The removing member comprises a body portion having a hole designed to receive an elongated member of the skewer.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, a method for use of a barbecue skewer of the type adapted to receive food is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of providing a removing member and slidably disposing the member upon the skewer effective to remove the food from the barbecue skewer.
These and other objects, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become apparent upon reading the following detailed description in combination with the accompanying drawings.
In employing the teachings of the present invention, a plurality of alternate constructions can be adopted to achieve the desired results and capabilities. In this disclosure, only several embodiments are disclosed. However, these embodiments are intended as examples and should not be considered as limiting the scope of the invention.
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Berke Joseph J.
Michael Charles
Alexander Reginald L.
Chupa & Alberti P.C.
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