Kitchen utensil and method of making
OwnerSascha Kaposiinventor
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Abstract
A kitchen utensil and method of making the head portion of the utensil coated with a nonstick coating extending onto an adjacent handle area. A curved groove is formed into each face of the handle portion and the coating extends into the groove, creating a well defined and regularly shaped line of demarcation between the coated and uncoated areas of the utensil. The coating does not fill the grooves, creating the appearance of a mechanical joint so that the head and handle portions look as though they are separate pieces. The grooves are also used to guide trimming masking tape applied prior to dipping the utensil into coating material.
Claims8
A kitchen utensil of one piece construction including a unitary head portion and handle portion;
- a darkly colored nonstick coating applied over the head portion and a contiguous adjacent area of the handle portion, said nonstick coating having a crisp well defined border edge extending across said adjacent handle portion comprising a corresponding groove in said handle portion extending along said coating border edge, said coating extending into said groove to create a well defined regularly shaped border having the appearance of separate head and handle pieces for the regions of exposed metal and nonstick coating of said utensil.
A method of providing a nonstick coating on the head portion of a kitchen utensil having a working head portion and a handle portion, comprising the steps of:
- forming said kitchen utensil head and handle portion of a single piece of metal;
- forming a groove extending across said handle portion at a location adjacent said head portion;
- coating said head portion with a contrasting nonstick coating extending across said adjacent handle portion and into said groove, whereby a seam having some depth produced is separating said coated and uncoated areas of said utensil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.