Double-sided scraping blade tool
OwnerFrank Salvatore Marulloinventor
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Abstract
The invention claims a scraping tool for facilitating the effective cleaning of hot or cold grill grates utilizing a 304 stainless-steel, double-sided, elliptical-slotted blade head which is removable and replaceable. One side of the blade head having six elliptical-shaped slots cleaning the right side, top and underside right bottom of the grill grate rods and when the blade head is rotated 180 degrees to the opposite side, the six elliptical-shaped slots, cleans the left side, top and underside left bottom of the grill grate rods, effectively cleaning all six rods without having to remove the grill grate to clean the underside. The long handle/shaft has a shape and texture to safely and comfortably fit the hand while cleaning hot or cold grill grate rods.
Claims11
A grill grate scraping blade tool comprising:
- a rectangular plate include a first edge, a second edge opposite to the first edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge opposite to the third edge;
- a handle extending from a center of the rectangular plate, said handle extending perpendicularly to said rectangular plate;
- wherein the first edge includes a first plurality of elliptically-shaped slots configured to simultaneously scrape a plurality of grill grate rods,
- wherein the second edge includes a second plurality of elliptically-shaped slots configured to simultaneously scrape a plurality of grill grate rods,
- wherein the second plurality of elliptically-shaped slots are oriented as a mirror image of the first plurality of elliptically-shaped slots along a longitudinal axis of the rectangular plate,
- wherein the first plurality of elliptically-shaped slots are configured for use in:
- a first orientation where the elliptically-shaped slots are inserted onto the grill grate rods from a position above the grill grate rods wherein each elliptically-shaped slot is configured to scrap a side portion of a circumference of respective grill grate rod and simultaneously scrape a top portion of a circumference of said respective grill grate rod while the grill grate scraping tool is in the first orientation;
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- a second orientation where the rectangular plate is rotated 180 degrees around a longitudinal axis of the handle and the first plurality of elliptically-shaped slots are inserted onto the grill grate rods from a position below the grill grate rods, wherein each elliptically-shaped slot is configured to scrape a second side portion of a circumference or a respective grill grate rod and simultaneously scrap a bottom portion of a circumference of said respective grill grate rod while the grill grate scraping tool in in the second orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.