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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7421786 | Avocado pitter/slicer An avocado slicer includes a frame having a proximal end and a distal end, and a plurality of slicing elements extending from the proximal end of the frame to the distal end of the frame. Each slicing element is substantially parallel to an adjacent slicing element.... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7266894 | Apparatus for slicing fruit and other items An apparatus for slicing fruit or other items is provided. The apparatus includes a top interlocking blade, a middle interlocking blade, and a bottom interlocking blade, each having an apex and two downward sloping edges of approximate equal length. The blades have ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7159810 | Food contact device A food contact device including a handle member with a first end and a second end. The first end of the handle member includes a pressure enhancing structure. One or more blade elements are in direct or indirect contact with the second end of the handle member. In o... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7117778 | Corrugated knife fixture with variable pitch and amplitude A corrugated knife fixture is provided for cutting vegetable products or the like particularly such as potatoes, wherein the knife fixture includes one or more knife blades each having a cutting edge with a variable pitch and variable amplitude geometry. The knife f... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7080454 | Devices and methods for use in preparing certain fruits for consumption Devices for removing and/or slicing a meat of fruit are disclosed. In one embodiment, the device has a handle portion and a working portion having an elongated blade and a pair of lateral extensions. The elongated blade has a cross-sectional shape adapted to facilit... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073260 | Knife assembly A knife assembly for use in a food cutting apparatus includes a compression ring adapted for threaded engagement with a base ring. The compression ring includes a threaded collar that tapers thinner towards its leading edge. The blade support ring tapers thinner tow... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7065880 | Hot dog slicer A housing with elongate chambers for hot dogs and transverse guide channels extending all the way through the chambers, a longitudinal blade assembly having sets of four radially arranged longitudinal blade sections positioned within the chambers and connected to ea... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055247 | Avocado slicer An avocado slicer having a handle, a curved blade, and a plurality of internal cutting blades. The blade separates the meat of the avocado from the peel while the internal cutting blades simultaneously slice the meat into separate slices. In a preferred form, the av... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052059 | Fruit skewer A fruit skewer having an elongated central shaft for receiving and securing fruit, food or non-food items thereon for display or cooking. The portion of the shaft upon which the fruit or other item is to be situated has a cross-sectional area designed to prevent the... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6923104 | Tensive cutting assembly A tensive cutting assembly includes a tensionable cutting member formed of a strip of material, typically metal, which is formed having a serpentine configuration. The tensionable cutting member is removably mounted on a tensive cutting head. The tensive cutting hea... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6799495 | Tensionable blade and blade assembly for a wedge cut product A blade assembly for cutting a food product such as potatoes or vegetables in a wedge configuration. The blade assembly includes a blade head to which a blade is attached and tensioned by a tensioning assembly. The blade is attached to the blade head with a first en... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6785970 | Electrical cutting utensil An electric cutting utensil adapted to receive a variety of shaped attachments for cutting any of a variety of foods into fanciful shapes is disclosed. The cutting utensil includes a housing having an ergonomically designed external shape adapted to comfortably fit ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6276918 | Dough cutting apparatus Dough cutting apparatus including a plurality of spaced apart blades the lower edges of which are uniformly curved from one end of said blades to the other and a plurality of intersecting spaced apart blades the lower edges of which are straight. The blad... | 08/21/2001 |
| 5983503 | Round food cutter A cutting utensil for flat, round foodstuffs comprises a cruciform blade mechanically coupled to a shaft and handle for pushing the blade into the food. A housing encloses the upper and top surfaces of the blade and is coupled to the shaft and handle via ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5873294 | Semi-automatic tool for cutting pizzas into pieces of the same size A semi-automatic tool cuts pizzas into pieces of the same size. A platform has a supporting column provided with a cantilever arm terminating with a sleeve and a slidable rod is within the sleeve. The rod has a base with a series of radial blades on its l... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5848470 | Impact actuated bakery grid device An impact actuated bakery grid device 10 for producing uniform portions of baked goods wherein the grid device 10 includes a force generating unit 13 operatively associated with a handle member 30 which is connected at widely spaced locations on a grid me... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5774990 | Apparatus for cutting and serving baked goods A cutting and serving apparatus for cutting and serving baked goods comprising a front isosceles triangular hollow section; an angled back segment coupled to the front isosceles triangular hollow section wherein the angled back segment cuts a back portion... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5749145 | Egg cutter An egg cutter comprising a rectangular base plate which has webs running parallel to a first lateral edge and separated by gaps, the profile of which webs forms an elliptical depression in which to place an egg, and comprising a cutting frame which is piv... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5732616 | Device for separating moist, fatty ground meat A hand-operated device for separating moist, fatty ground meat while said meat is being cooked on a heated cooking surface. Said device includes an elongated handle having a distal blade attachment end and a proximal free end. Four non-metallic separating... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5446965 | Cake divider A cake slicer and divider includes a core with a plurality of arms detachably securable thereto to project radially from the core. The core includes locators, such as slots to support the arms, the locators being positioned in an array on the core whereby... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5303472 | Card dicer apparatus An apparatus to effect the dicing of credit cards to prevent their inadvertent and unauthorized use is provided to include confronting faces, with the first face of a first housing having a matrix of lug members in a parallel relationship received within ... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5160148 | Broadhead arrowhead A broadhead arrowhead includes an elongated ferrule to which are removably attachable a plurality of separate blade members. Each blade comprises an enlarged main portion preferably exhibiting a sharpened outer edge, and a longitudinally extending mountin... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5129159 | Cake divider with ornament support A cake divider having a plurality of blades evenly spaced around a central member in a radial pattern for cutting equal sized wedges of cake. The central member may be cylindrical with a cap that may replaced with a large diameter plate to serve as a plat... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5119562 | Hand tool for splitting straw into strips A hand tool for splitting straw into strips has a pot-shaped element with a bottom and an open side opposite the bottom. A tube is mounted in the bottom coaxially with the pot-shaped element and has an end face which is flush with the outer side of the bo... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5074777 | Apparatus for making a split pie A pie dividing assembly adapted to be inserted into a conventional circular pie pan once it is covered with a bottom sheet or layer of pie dough for separating the pie into a plurality of separate and distinct pie sections, preferably two, each adapted to... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5063674 | Vegetable slicer A vegetable cutting device (1) moulded in at least three discrete parts, a main body member (2), at least one intermediate member (6) and a bottom member (10), each of which are adapted to engage together and retain a set of blades therebetween. At least ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5018419 | Used ink ribbon cutting apparatus An apparatus for cutting a used ink ribbon wound in a pancake form, comprising a ribbon holder for setting a position of the ink ribbon, and a plurality of cutting blades extending radially on one surface of a base member movable relative to the ink ribbo... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4998348 | Toddler meal processor A cutting implement and method for subdividing sandwiches such as hamburgers into pieces that a toddler or small child can handle. The food processor includes a circular frame approximately two inches in height which is attached to five equally spaced par... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4841642 | Cutter A cutter for cutting an object to be cut has cutting edges for cutting the object to be cut, a holding member for holding the cutting edges, and a guide member for guiding the cutting edges so as to be along the object to be cut when the cutting edges are... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4807362 | Hidden belt weapon The present invention is a hidden belt weapon which, by means of a simple twisting motion on the part of its wearer, detaches from a belt and simultaneously deploys to a "throwing-star" or "Ninja star" configuration. The operative belt-fastening means (th... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4643435 | Hunting arrow An arrow for hunting includes a razor-type arrowhead comprising two crossed blades removably insertable within a pair of crossed slots in the forward portion of either a tubular or solid shaft. The forward point of the shaft itself is formed with a reduce... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4625404 | Cheese segmenter The cheese knife is constructed with a rectangular frame having four blades with cutting edges on the bottom and with a pair of crossing blades within the frame having cutting edges on the bottom. In one pass through a cheese block, the block can be cut i... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4580343 | Fruit slicing aid A fruit slicing aid for use with non-drupaceous fruit of various sizes utilizes a hollow conical upright member within which the fruit is held. The walls of the upright member have vertical slots cooperatively aligned such that a knife-like slicing member... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4570941 | Broadhead assembly for arrow An improved broadhead assembly for an arrow includes a lightweight hollow hub which is affixed to the arrow shaft through a mounting shaft and sleeve retainer. The lightweight hub is tapered toward the front and includes a broadhead blade receiving slot o... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4516460 | Method and apparatus for slitting shotgun shell wads The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for cutting a series of uniformly spaced longitudinal slits in a cylindrical shotgun shell wad. The wad slitting apparatus, with which the method can be performed, is a cylindrical member having uppe... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4468038 | Broadhead assembly for arrow An improved broadhead assembly for an arrow includes a lightweight hollow hub which is affixed to the arrow shaft through a mounting shaft and sleeve retainer. The lightweight hub is tapered toward the front and includes a broadhead blade receiving slot o... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4383365 | Egg slicer with interchangeable components This device is a combination device, for slicing eggs, stick butter, soft cheeses and other foods, and it consists primarily of interchangeable cutting blades and food support members, the support members being slideable in the base of the device. It furt... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4349202 | Arrowhead with readily replaceable blades An arrowhead assembly is provided in which the blades are readily removed manually, and are easily replaced. The arrowhead is effective in use, and is produced with desirable levels of facility and economy. A core member is fitted within a longitudinal sl... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4312129 | Cutting device for use in kite fighting A cutting device comprising one or more cutting elements is configured for connection to a kite string for use in a game of kite fighting. Each of the cutting elements has at least one blade for snagging and cutting an opposing player's kite string. Each ... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4250618 | Pizza cutter A pizza cutter wherein the plunger is mounted for vertical reciprocation within a guard sleeve by an open spider fixed to the sleeve to expose a cutter mounted on the plunger below the spider for cleaning and visual observation during use. The cutter incl... | 02/17/1981 |
