# US 11,297,969 B2 · Processing device for use with fruits and/or vegetables > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,297,969 B2 - Document ID: US11297969B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/516,508 - Filed: 2019-07-19 - Published: 2020-01-23 - Granted: 2022-04-12 - Earliest claimed: 2018-07-20 - Applicants: Nathan Neryah Peleh Pam - Inventors: Nathan Neryah Peleh Pam - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11297969B2 ## CPC - A47J 17/02: Hand devices for scraping or peeling vegetables or the like - B26B 11/00: Hand knives combined with other implements, e.g. with corkscrew, with scissors, with writing implement (combined table-ware A47G21/06) - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES - B26B: HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (for harvesting A01D; for horticulture, for forestry A01G; for butchering or meat treatment A22; for manufactering or repairing footwear A43D; nail clippers or cutters A45D29/02; kitchen equipment A47J; {vegetable slicers, julienne cutters and similar devices and holders therefor, B26D3/28}; for surgical purposes A61B; for metal B23D; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; plier-like tools with cutting edges B25B7/22; pincers B25C11/02; handles for hand implements, in general B25G; guillotine-type cutters B26D; {perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet, B26F1/26}; for erasing B43L19/00; for textile materials D06H) ## Abstract A processing device for processing fruit and/or vegetables. The processing device may have a lip and at least one blade. The processing device may be mounted on cup or bowl. A user of the processing device will move the fruit and/or vegetable against the lip of the processing device. The skin or rind of the fruit or vegetable will be removed via the motion of the fruit and/or vegetable against the lip of the processing device. When there are blades present the blades can also slice the fruit or vegetable during the same movement that removes the skin from the fruit and/or vegetable. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A processing device for fruits or vegetables comprising: a lip forming a portion of a circular-shaped perimeter of the processing device; an arc-shaped blade support structure extending and bridging from one portion of the circular-shaped perimeter to another portion of the circular-shaped perimeter; and at least three blades, wherein at least two of the three blades are differently sized, wherein each of the at least three blades extends from the arc-shaped blade support structure to the lip forming the portion of the circular-shaped perimeter of the processing device; and a crescent-shaped opening formed by the arc-shaped blade support structure and the circular-shaped perimeter of the processing device when viewed from a top-down view of the processing device, wherein the crescent-shaped opening has no blades located therein, wherein the crescent-shaped opening comprises at least a third of the processing device, and a base portion secured to the circular-shaped perimeter, wherein the circular-shaped perimeter is adapted to fit on a rim of a cup when the base portion is located within an interior space of the cup. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The processing device of claim 1, wherein the processing device is adapted to be secured to the cup, wherein the cup is a glass. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The processing device of claim 1, wherein the at least three blades each extend at an angle from the arc-shaped blade support structure to the lip. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The processing device of claim 1, wherein the cup is a glass, and wherein each of the at least three blades extends in an angled direction, towards a bottom of the glass when the processing device is secured to the glass, from the arc-shaped blade support structure to the lip. ### Claim 5 A processing system for fruits or vegetables comprising: a cup; a processing device comprising: a lip forming a portion of a circular-shaped perimeter of the processing device; a base portion secured to the circular-shaped perimeter, wherein the circular-shaped perimeter is secured to the cup when the base portion is located within an interior space of the cup; an arc-shaped blade support structure extending and bridging from one portion of the circular-shaped perimeter to another portion of the circular-shaped perimeter; at least three blades, wherein at least two of the at least three blades are differently sized, wherein each of the at least three blades extends from the arc-shaped blade support structure to the lip forming the portion of the circular-shaped perimeter of the processing device; and a crescent-shaped opening formed by the arc-shaped blade support structure and the circular-shaped perimeter of the processing device when viewed from a top-down view of the processing device, wherein the crescent-shaped opening has no blades located therein, and wherein the crescent-shaped opening comprises at least a third of the processing device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The processing system of claim 5, wherein the cup is formed from glass. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The processing system of claim 5, wherein the cup is pint-sized. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The processing device of claim 5, wherein the at least three blades each extends at an angle from the arc-shaped blade support structure to the lip. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The processing device of claim 8, wherein the cup is a glass, and wherein each of the at least three blades extends in an angled direction, towards a bottom of the glass when the processing device is secured to the glass, from the arc-shaped blade support structure to the lip. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The processing system of claim 5, wherein each of the at least three blades is parallel to each other. ### Claim 11 (depends on 5) The processing system of claim 5, wherein the arc-shaped blade support structure extending from one portion of the circular-shaped perimeter to another portion of the circular-shaped perimeter is a distance that is less than a diameter of a circle formed by the circle-shaped perimeter.