Bizarre Patents
A new toilet tank assembly aquarium for housing aquatic creatures.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7922225 | Serving tongs Serving tongs that include handles are movable with respect to each other. The serving tongs include a cutting mechanism, a scooping mechanism, and a locking mechanism. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7909375 | Combination breading tongs and dipping tool A kitchen utensil includes a handle having a dipping utensil at one end and a gripping surface at a second end thereof. The dipping utensil includes a frame member defining an opening. A tong member is engaged to the handle and is rotatable with respect to the handl... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7775569 | Tweezers and grasping system The invention proposes tweezers (12) and a grasping system (10) for grasping and assembling at least one component (14) in a timepiece, comprising first and second branches (16, 18), which are joined at a first end (20) of the twee... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7726711 | Hearing aid battery removal tool and associated method The invention as presently conceived discloses a hand tool that assists in the removal and replacement of hearing aid batteries. The tool has a specially designed tweezer frame to aid in holding and placement of the small batteries. One side of the tweezer tip has a... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7628432 | Multi-purpose eating utensil An eating utensil (100) is provided for serving among a fork, a spoon, a pair of chopsticks, or a knife. The eating utensil (100) can have a handle (102) with two members (104, 106) separated and extending from a base portion (108)... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7316434 | Spring-armed kitchen utensils and locking mechanism therefor A locking utensil is provided. The utensil has a pair of pivoting spring-loaded arms each having a forward functional end and a rear attachment end. The utensil includes a locking assembly, featuring an eccentrically shaped cam disposed in a channel between the arms... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7261627 | Multi-use seafood utensil A multi-use seafood utensil for opening shellfish and crustacean seafood having outer shells for the removal of meat, the utensil comprising: a head portion having a prying blade for prying a seafood shell open and a bifurcated ripping blade for cutting a seafood sh... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7216470 | Sheet package producing system A sheet package producing system for producing a sheet package having a predetermined number of sheets or X-ray films is provided. A cutting/stacking device forms the sheets by cutting continuous sheet at a regular length, and for stacking the sheets in the predeter... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207764 | Wheel lift system A wheel lift system for efficiently lifting and positioning a wheel and tire onto a wheel hub. The wheel lift system includes a first arm and a second arm pivotally attached to one another, a plurality of caster wheels attached to the lower portion of the arms, and ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7156434 | Cooking tool assembly A cooking tool assembly (10) is disclosed which includes a first cooking tool comprising tong means (14) having gripping means (17,18) located at one end of respective arms (15,16) the arms being distally pivotted at the other end, and se... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7086676 | Multi-purpose tongs having an incremental cam A multi-purpose tongs having a first tong member that includes a grasping end and a hinge end, and a second tong member that includes a grasping end and a hinge end. The first and the second tong members are pivotally connected to one another by a first pin at their... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7008077 | Lighted barbecue tongs A lighted barbecue tong allowing a person who is grilling outdoors to see at night comprising a tongs having an elongated handle portion comprising interconnected rolled steel arms and heat proof grips mounted on the arms. Each arm ends in a flared scalloped end and... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000339 | Demolition equipment having universal tines and a method for designing a universal tine A claw tine for demolition equipment includes an elongated claw tine pivotally movable about a pivot point between an open and closed position by a hydraulic cyliner. The total angular rotation of the claw tine is at least 75 degrees, generally between 75 and 100 de... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6926242 | Fixing apparatus With an aim to provide a fixing apparatus capable of maintaining strong fixation with a simplified mechanism in a stable manner for a long time, a fixing apparatus fixing a headlamp to an object includes a plurality of arms having one end connected to each other, ha... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6904743 | Leaf rake combo kit A device for combining two rakes to provide a combination raking and picking up apparatus comprises a pair of sleeves pivotally attached to one another. A first rake handle is secured into the first of the connected sleeves. A third sleeve is separately attached to ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6682112 | Compact cooking tool apparatus A compact cooking tool apparatus, comprises a handle having a first end and a second end. The handle is movable between an open position and a closed position. At least one cooking tool is adapted to extend from an end of the handle. The cooking tool is m... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6655899 | Multi-purpose front loader attachment A frame apparatus that fits on the loader arms of a skid steer front loader. This frame apparatus serves as a platform upon which a plurality of hydraulically driven tools can be employed to grasp, lift, rotate, and transport heavy objects such as oil dru... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6527321 | Cane and grabber A combination walking cane and grabber is provided to aid in walking and for grabbing an object and picking it up from the ground while the user remains standing. The invention has two arms that pivot relative to each other. Each arm has first and second ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6412837 | Grapple A grapple provides a body and a tine. The tine has first and second ends and a plurality of arms located at the first end. The arms are separated by a pair of outer slots and at least one inner slot. The inner slot extends further into the tine relative t... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6305728 | Device for mechanically grasping and palletizing rectangular objects A device for mechanically picking and palletizing rectangular objects of various sizes for attachment to a robotic arm. The device includes a pair of rails having a plurality of longitudinally spaced, elongated L-shaped grips extending there through. The ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6276734 | Utilitarian combination utensil Abstract: An improved eating utensil. To attain this, the present design provides a utensil base (10) interconnected with both proximal and distal ends. Oriented al the proximal most end of utensil base (10) is a symmetrical counterbalanced handle member ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6168219 | Grapple A grapple includes a ferrous body with a plurality of tines pivotally connected thereto. A magnetic coil is disposed within the ferrous body. When the magnetic coil is energized, it creates a magnetic field within the area defined by the tines. The tines ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6155619 | Grapple having one or more tines that include a magnet An electromagnet is attached to the outer surface of at least one of the tines of a grapple. Preferably, the electromagnet is attached near the free end of the tine so that the bottom surface of the electromagnet, which extends between the inner and outer... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5934721 | Multi-function adjustable grip barbecue tong assembly The multi-functional adjustable grip barbeque tong assembly 10 has an adjustable separation limiter 16 that controls how far apart the handles 14 are to conform to the users needs, a dual-spatula tong system for grabbing and turning food, beveled cutting ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5873615 | Grapple A grapple including a central mounting member for attachment to a swivel mount of a boom and a pair of grapple jaws pivotally connected to and depending from the mounting member is modified by the addition of a pair of end engagement plates for engaging a... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5865489 | Baking utensil A new baking utensil for the handling of bakery pans, and particularly for the handling of pizza pans. The inventive device includes an elongate lower arm with a pan supporting end region having a notch being for accepting a lip of a pan. Extending from t... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5795002 | Gripping device An article-holding device for releasably grasping and retaining a substantially solid and/or irregularly-shaped object comprising at least one handle member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a gripping region, the gripping region further comprising... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5793018 | Handheld hair braid fusing tongs with bell-shaped fusing members A braid fuse assembly including a pliers mechanism with a bell-shaped fuse unit coupled thereto. The fuse unit has two halves coupled to the pliers mechanism wherein upon the pliers mechanism having an open orientation, the halves of the fuse mechanism ar... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5779291 | Aquarium tool An aquarium tool kit comprises a handle which may include a single handle section or a plurality of similar handle sections. Each section has quick coupling elements at opposite ends thereof for ready connection to adjacent handle sections. Each handle se... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5775867 | Clamshell basket loader A loading device mounted to a collection vehicle is disclosed. The loading device may comprise several embodiments for scooping a soft-sided object through either a horizontal or vertical plane. The loading device is attached to a mechanized arm for compo... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5762388 | Grapple A grapple includes a ferrous body with a plurality of tines pivotally connected thereto. A magnetic coil is disposed within the ferrous body. When the magnetic coil is energized, it creates a magnetic field within the area defined by the tines. The tines ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5653488 | Article for manipulating food A tong-like eating utensil has gripping portions on each piece of the tong for gripping large pieces of food such as chicken pieces. The gripping portions have posts extending into the space between the gripping portions to hold the food more securely and... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5634719 | Food handling device with retractable boom mounted temperature probe A cooking tool is disclosed which is a combination of a spatula for handling food and a boom-mounted probe having an indicator for checking temperature or doneness attained during cooking. The disclosure includes both a home and a fast-food restaurant emb... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5601322 | Aquarium tool An aquarium tool kit includes handles, extension members and a plurality of implements including a sponge, scraper, net, rock pickers, brush, scoops, and pinchers. The handles includes a pivotally interconnected handle members which form tongs, and a subs... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5294162 | Grabber apparatus A new and improved grabber apparatus includes first and second clamping arms having clamping fingers, a pivot for the clamping arms permitting them to move back and forth from a clamping to a non-clamping orientation, a spring for biasing the clamping arm... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5206998 | Barbeque utensil kit A utensil kit is arranged to include a spatula, bifurcated fork, and tong structure, each having telescopingly mounted heads secured to forward tooth portions telescopingly received within support tubes. Spring members are arranged to bias the forward tub... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5150936 | Grapple assembly for attachment to workhead A quick connect grapple attachment including a first grapple jaw that attaches to one jaw of a work head and a second grapple jaw that attaches to another jaw of a workhead with the first grapple jaw and the second grapple jaw pivotally connect to each ot... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5054835 | Food handling implement This invention relates to an improved food handling implement which in one mode of use forms a pair of separate elements which can be used individually as salad servers, while in another mode of use forms a set of tongs which can be operated by a person s... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5039150 | Multipurpose brick tongs A multipurpose brick-layer's tool is adaptable for use as brick tongs or as a mortar hoe. In one embodiment of the invention, the tool also functions as a band-cutter for cutting metal bands used in the packaging and transport of bricks. The tool is adjus... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4972602 | Tongs for handling and measuring crabs A pair of pivotally connected crossed arms define tongs having handles at one end and recessed jaw parts at the other. The recesses in the jaw parts are of a size to receive therein the pointed end tips of a crab shell whereby a crab may be easily lifted ... | 11/27/1990 |
