Self-sharpening ticket scratcher
OwnerWilliam L. Steinmetz, Gordon J. Waligorski +1inventors
InventorsWilliam L. Steinmetz, Gordon J. Waligorski, Robert J. Kennedy
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Abstract
A scratcher, especially suitable for use in scraping a lottery ticket, has a housing with a and a gripping device thereon. The has both a large scraping surface and a small scraping surface, which may be used efficiently due to the ergonomic gripping surface.
Claims22
A scraping device, being adapted to remove an opaque cover from a surface, comprising:
- (a) the scraping device having a housing with a gripping device and at least one scraping edge therewith;
- (b) the at least one scraping edge having a long lasting scraping ability;
- (c) the gripping device being adapted to permit efficient scraping;
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- (d) the scraping device being portable.
A method of scraping a lottery ticket, the lottery having an opaque cover concealing a surface, the opaque cover being removable from the surface, comprising:
- (a) providing a scraping device with a housing, and a scraping edge and a gripping device cooperating therewith;
- (b) providing fibers dispersed in the scraping edge;
- (c) wearing down the fibers as the scraping edge is used;
- (d) exposing additional fibers as the scraping edge is used;
- (e) the housing having a generally triangular shape;
- (f) the triangular shape including an obtuse angle;
- (g) the gripping area being adjacent to the obtuse angle;
- (h) the scraping edge having a straight edge and an arcuate edge;
- (i) the arcuate edge providing a small scraping surface;
- (j) the straight edge providing a large scraping surface;
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- (k) the gripping area protruding above a surface of the housing.
A lottery tool apparatus for scraping lottery card coating comprised of:
- (a) a housing for the lottery tool apparatus;
- (b) a glass impregnated plastic material facts that any edge has a knife like characteristics relevant to the scraping function;
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- (c) gripping material co-molded with the housing and used to permit slippage associate with a users exact anxiety of a potential winning ticket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.