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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172651 | Fish scaling tool A fish scaling tool comprises a handle with an angled head formed of two forked tines. A pair of blade assemblies are attached to the tines and extend downwardly from the head. The blade assemblies each have two rows of serrated, triangular-shaped teeth. On each bla... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7217182 | Deer eviserating protective tool and method A protective tool for assisting in field dressing a deer, the tool having a protective shield of a convenient width and contour to be slid thru an incision made thru the belly skin of a deer just forward of the pelvic crest and hence into and thru the pelvic cavity ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7179162 | Water connected fish scaler A fish scaler assembly for removing scales from a fish such that scales and grime do not accumulate on a scraper. The assembly can be connected to a pressurized water source by threaded coupling having an adapter. A flexible tube on the adapter transports water betw... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7125329 | Shellfish eating tool Exemplary embodiments provided herein may include a system and method for opening shellfish shells and extracting items therefrom, including a body having a first end, a second end and a middle portion therebetween, wherein the first end includes a first and second ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121939 | Utensil configured for opening shellfish shell and method for providing same A knife comprises an elongated handle, a blade attached to and extending longitudinally from an end of the handle, and a shell-slitting tine attached to the blade adjacent a tip portion of the blade. A first longitudinal edge of the blade is generally blunt and a se... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7059952 | Filleting assembly and method of using same A filleting assembly (10) adapted for field use includes a flexible sheet (12) equipped with a clamp (14), together with a tie-down assembly (16) allowing the sheet to be secured in place to a variety of different supports. The sheet (... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7040977 | Fish cleaning system A fish cleaning system for efficiently cleaning various sizes of fish. The fish cleaning system includes a platform, a support stand attachable to the platform, a fillet board attached to the platform, a gill clamp attached to the fillet board, a first opening withi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7022006 | Crab cracking tool A crab cracking tool includes a base having a top surface, a bottom surface, a pair of end edges and a pair of side edges. A cracking member is supply for cracking shellfish upon. A coupler is attached to the top surface for selectively attaching the cracking member... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7013524 | Grill cleaning claw A grill cleaning apparatus is provided for scraping to the grooves of grill broiler plates to remove unwanted matter comprising of an elongated body having a handle portion at one end and a scraper portion at the other end, with a claw extending outward from the scr... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6682411 | Fish processing apparatus A fish processing apparatus includes a casing in which are respectively mounted a brushing unit, a clamping unit, a pushing unit, a cutting unit, and a driving unit. The brushing unit includes two scraping brushes that are mounted in a manner to overlap e... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6607430 | Fish cleaning tool A fish cleaning tool for safely cleaning fish with minimal risk of injury to the user includes a main body having a buoyant handle portion, a head portion, and a neck portion extending between the handle portion and the head portion. The head portion has ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6540600 | Fish skinner A fish skinner for removing the skin from a fish filet that includes a cutting block in connection with a pivoting cover plate wherein the cutting block has a recess for receiving the skin of the fish filet and the pivoting cover plate is used to hold the... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6527635 | Game and fish cleaning enclosure A game and fish cleaning enclosure for enabling anglers to clean their fish indoors without causing a mess. The game and fish cleaning enclosure includes a board member having a top and side ends; and also includes support members being removably connecte... | 03/04/2003 |
| 5944596 | Fish scaling device A fish scaling device which comprises a scaler box and a hand held scaler. The scaler box is rectangular in shape and includes a top surface with a multiplicity of horizontally placed indented bars which indentions resemble the profile of the length of th... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5897433 | Fish scaling net A new fish scaling net for removing scales from fish with ease and without mess. The inventive device includes a frame member including a lower frame member and an upper frame member. The lower frame member has a generally rectangular configuration. The l... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5630750 | Portable rechargeable fish scaler assembly A cordless, rechargeable, fish scaler assembly is provided. The scaler has a substantially cylindrical main body with a handle portion and a scaler portion. The scaler portion includes a scale guard which is rigidly connected to the handle portion and a p... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5318472 | Fish scaling device A fish scaling device which is characterized by a flat support designed to receive a fish for scaling, a tail clamp adjustably mounted on one end of the support for clamping the tail of the fish to the support and a head clamp located at the opposite end ... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5232395 | Fish scaling device A block-type body member has a handle on the top thereof and a depending flange on the bottom. The flange is curved outwardly and terminates in a sharpened wavy cutting edge capable of moving under fish scales for removing the scales when the device is ru... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5230652 | Fish cleaning device A fish scaling device having a dual cutting blade for alternately removing scales of a fish and thereafter removing the inner visceral tissues of the fish. The device preferably includes a pair of upper sharp surfaces having mutually opposite end points, ... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5221229 | Fish scaling apparatus A tool for scaling fish includes a handle with a shaft rotatably mounted to the handle and projecting therefrom. A generally cylindrical scaling head is engaged on the shaft and rotated at a high speed. The scaling head has a circular array of relatively ... | 06/22/1993 |
| 4876768 | Fish scaling apparatus A fish scaling device and method for removing scales from varieties of fish. The fish scaler includes a bucket and lid designed to provide a connecting seal. Rotatably connected to the lid portion is a perpendicularly extending rod portion. A scaling elem... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4787109 | Sportsman multiple use tool A sportsman multiple use tool is a device for allowing the sportsman a variety of tools in one. It comprises a locking bill with teeth for grasping, serrated sides on the bill for scraping, a crimper which is designed within the spacers which keep the tee... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4729150 | Fish skinning, scaling and dressing device A fish skinning, scaling and dressing device comprising a pair of elongated arms pivotally connected intermediate the ends thereof, a pair of opposed coacting arcuate jaws integral with the pivotally connected ends of the arms, a plurality of spaced proje... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4615079 | Fish cleaner and scraper A fish cleaning and scraping apparatus (10) for use in combination with a hose (13) connected to a source of pressurized water (14), wherein the apparatus (10) comprises an elongated hollow handle portion (11) connected on one end to the hose (13), and ha... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4506412 | Fish skinning and scaling tool A fish skinning and scaling tool is shown having a pair of mating lever units. Each of the lever units has a curved handle portion and an elongated jaw portion. The lever units are joined at a pivot point intermediate the jaw portions and handle portions.... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4339850 | Multi-purpose water outlet and accessories A Multi-Purpose Water Outlet comprising a hollow handle with means at one end for connection to a conventional garden hose and a flanged water outlet at the other end comprising a plurality of axially aligned ports between opposed transversely extending f... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4297765 | Fish scaler with water handle A water outlet comprising a hollow handle with means at one end for connection to a conventional garden hose and a flanged water outlet at the other end comprising a plurality of downwardly directed axially aligned ports between opposed transversely exten... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4258452 | Fish scaler A method and apparatus for scaling a fish by hand is disclosed wherein the apparatus includes a handle and a scraping element connected to the handle. The scraping element includes at least one row of serrated teeth projecting from a surface of the scrapi... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4149296 | Fish holding, scraping, and cutting blade glove A glove having four elongated finger portions and an elongated thumb portion extending from a glove palm of a roughened material impervious to fish cleaning products, is provided with a molded-in finger sleeve for each finger portion having transverse cor... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4063332 | Fish-skinning tool A hand tool for skinning fish. The tool has plural laminar blades mounted generally longitudinally in a cylindrical blade mandrel. The mandrel is demountably affixed to a drive means, preferably an air motor in a handle which is aligned with the axis of r... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4010516 | Fish scaling device A fish scaler comprises a specimen hold down plate and a scaler plate moveable toward and away from the hold down plate to and fro on a handle attached to the hold down plate and including manually operable scaler plate operating structure to guide the sc... | 03/08/1977 |