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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7993186 | Simple, ultra-safe, lightweight, hand-held oyster-opening device At present there's no universally adopted Handheld Portable Oyster Opener available to consumers. The Oyster Opener described herein is simple, quick and ultra-safe to operate. It's lightweight, robust, inexpensive, portable and handheld. It can be leveled in use to... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7510467 | Shellfish holding device An inexpensive one-piece molded apparatus for holding shellfish during the shellfish-opening process that provides reliable and safe shellfish holding capacity along with substantially increased convenience of use in a design with extremely low cost of individual pr... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7367876 | Shellfish tool A cutting tool for cutting the outer shells of shellfish such as crabs, shrimp, and the like. The tool includes an elongated handle and one or more longitudinally-outwardly-extending ends that include V-shaped openings. The openings include inner, angularly-opposed ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7169033 | Seafood sheller Apparatus for cutting through seafood shell includes a first and second elongated member. The first member includes a handle portion disposed at a first end thereof and a jaw like portion disposed at a radially opposed end. The jaw like portion includes each of a re... | 01/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7112129 | Shellfish cracking device A shellfish cracking device for cracking shellfish such as lobster and crabs is provided. The shellfish cracking device includes a first cracking member having a first handle portion, middle portion, and blade portion; and a second cracking member having a second ha... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7033263 | Pivot action bivalve opening system A system for opening bivalves employing pivot action to drive a sharp stainless steel knife blade through a shellfish is provided. Key components are the knife blade which is securely connected to a pivot shaft that is anchored in two pivot support posts. The cuttin... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6926599 | Shellfish dressing device and method A device for dressing shellfish comprises a handle and a working end. The handle can have a pair of handle members manually actuable with a single hand. The working end can incorporate a pair of blades connected to the respective handle members. The blades can be co... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6785967 | Clam and oyster opener A handheld oyster and clam opener includes a pair of cooperating pivotal members. One member includes a handle and a curved toothed portion to hold a clam or oyster in position at one end. The opposing member includes a handle and a knife-like wedge along which a pr... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6503137 | Shellfish cutting and eating utensils A shellfish cutting utensil which has first and second elongated members pivotally connected together, each of the members having a jaw and a handle, one of the jaws having a recess or notch formed on an edge thereof and having a cutting edge. The cutting... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6398635 | Shellfish opening knife with hinged blade guard In a preferred embodiment, a bivalve shellfish opening knife, including: a handle portion; a blade portion, having front and rear edges, extending from one end of the handle portion; a rear blade edge guard hingedly attached to the blade portion near a pr... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6390911 | Shell seafood cracking and serving device A shell seafood cracking and serving device for cracking shell seafood with little mess and effort by the user. The shell seafood cracking and serving device includes a utensil having a handle member and a seafood cracking member being securely attached a... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6129622 | Pair of scissors for cutting shellfish A pair of scissors for cutting shellfish cleanly and shielding airborne matter created thereby from contacting a user. The pair of scissors include a stationary blade body, a moving blade body, and a shield. The moving blade body is pivotally attached to ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6036596 | Apparatus and method for removing meat from a crawfish tail A crawfish shelling tool including a handle, and a wire extending outwardly from one end of the handle. The wire has a generally U-shaped configuration. A closed end of the U-shaped configuration is opposite the handle. The wire is a high-tensile strength... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6019673 | Crab cracker A utensil for cracking the shells of crabs, lobsters, and other shellfish. A pair of handles are pivotally connected, each handle having a jaw with a tapered cutting edge for cracking the shells without severing the meat which the shells contain. The hand... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5833526 | Bullhead catfish skinner This invention relates to the development of a new and useful improvement in fish dressing tools, which has as its prime objective a means whereby a fish may be quickly and efficiently dressed, having its skin and entrails removed. The device has two roun... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5830049 | Method and apparatus for assisting in crab picking A method and apparatus for cracking a crab or other similar shellfish. In this regard, the present invention provides a method for simultaneously removing the legs, pincers and back shell of the crab, comprising placing the shellfish on a surface with the... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5581887 | Conch extractor tool A conch extraction tool for removing a conch from its shell. The tool is generally comprised of a flat helically shaped spring like material which is inserted near the foot of the conch and gently twisted into the shell and manipulated therein to disconne... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5401208 | Oyster knife A knife which is used to open shells of oysters and shellfish having a blade which extends from a handle having a void therein, wherein the blade has a relatively flat bottom surface which joins a top surface at a point opposite said handle, and the top s... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5399117 | Nipper tool to aid oyster shucking A nipper tool to remove a peripheral portion of the lip of a bivalve mollusk shell, and especially the shell of an oyster, to aid opening with a shucking knife provides a peripherally defined angulated handle structurally interconnecting a peripherally de... | 03/21/1995 |
| 4905350 | Plier-type clam opener A tool, particularly a hand tool for opening clams, in which opposed jaw elements are incrementally pivoted closer together by successive opening and closing of handle elements, one fixed to one jaw element and the other pivoted to the other jaw element, ... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4796333 | Shellfish shucking machine A shellfish shucking machine and more specifically a bivalve opening device for safely shucking or opening bivalve shellfish such as oysters, clams and the like. The shucking machine includes a base structure, an upright support structure including a hand... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4787123 | Oyster shucking device A device for separating the shells of an oyster and removing edible meat cleanly from one of the shells. A flat-surfaced blade is inserted into the hinged connection between the shells and then twisted around the blade axis to break the shells apart. The ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4674154 | Electric knife, particularly for opening oysters An electric oyster knife has a case (1), a blade holder (12) with a blade (13) slidably longitudinally between outer and inner positions with respect to the case, an electromagnet (2) mounted in the case for oscillating the blade holder between its two po... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4551886 | Oyster-opening tool The utensil provided by the invention comprises an elongated handle having at one end a working head comprising an end-piece in the form of a tapering beak, pointed and upwardly curved, for dislocating and separating the valves through the heel of the she... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4477943 | Bivalve shellfish opening knife A bivalve shell opening blade is fixed by an end to a handle and has a pointed, oppositely disposed free end extending forwardly therefrom. The blade is angularly disposed to the handle so as to fall in aligned continuation of the user's forearm when gras... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4133078 | Bivalve opener An opener for bivalves, such as clams and oysters, which comprises a holder for a bivalve, an opening blade, having a handle, for insertion between the bivalve shells, said blade being pivotally mounted by a ball joint to allow motion in a vertical plane ... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4059870 | Oyster board A device particularly for use in the home or by customers in restaurants, which facilitates the opening of clams or oysters. Known machines for opening oysters are of much too complicated construction to be of any practical value for use in the home or by... | 11/29/1977 |
| 3991466 | Dual purpose spoon and oyster knife A utensil for opening an oyster which also serves to cut the oyster umbilical cord and lift the oyster out of its shell. The utensil is fitted with a handle to which the blade is fixed, with the blade being formed of metal, preferably stainless steel. The... | 11/16/1976 |
