Kitchen utensil

Details Kitchen utensil Kitchen utensil

1997-01-28

1999-04-13

Kramer, Dean

Handling: hand and hoist-line implements

Grapple

Pivoted jaws

294 16, 100234, B25B 702

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058935967

ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a food utensil that is used to handle and open baked potatoes. The utensil has a pair of canted cups that extend from a pair of arms. Opposite from the cups are a pair of handles that can be manipulated by the user. The arms are pivotally connected by a pin that allows corresponding movement of the handles and cups. A baked potato can be grasped by the cups, and then the potato opened by initially creating a slit along the exposed side of the potato while being retained in the cups. The handles are then squeezed to move the cups closer together and create a compressive force on the potato, concentrated at each end of the potato adjacent the ends of the slit by inward projecting protrusions in the cups pressing on the potato. The compressive force widens the slit and opens the potato, partially crushing the interior of the potato in the manner normally achieved manually. The opened potato can then be placed on a plate and removed from the cups.

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