Fruit cutting device with pusher
AssigneeHelen of Troy Limited
InventorsJeremy Donald O'Halloran, Dino Anthony Mariano, Gregoire Aby-Eva, Michael Laskowski, Mark Steven Drayer
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Abstract
A fruit cutting device includes a divider and a pusher. The divider includes a closed-shaped divider frame, blades connected with and positioned within the divider frame, and divider handles on opposing sides of the divider frame. The blades include an upper edge and a lower cutting edge. The divider is configured to be pushed in a cutting direction through a fruit to divide the fruit into sliced segments. The pusher is configured to push the sliced segments through gaps between blades in a pushing direction, which is away from the cutting edges of the blades, and is configured to connect with the divider.
Claims19
A fruit cutting device comprising:
- a divider including a closed-shape divider frame, blades connected with and positioned within the divider frame, and divider handles on opposing sides of the divider frame, wherein the blades include an upper edge and a lower cutting edge and the divider is configured to be pushed in a cutting direction through a fruit to divide the fruit into sliced segments;
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- a pusher configured to push the sliced segments through gaps between blades in a pushing direction, which is away from the cutting edges of the blades, and further configured to connect with the divider.
A method of cutting a fruit comprising:
- pushing a divider through a fruit toward a surface upon which the fruit is resting;
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- after pushing the divider nearly through the fruit, pushing a pusher against sliced segments of the fruit through gaps between blades of the divider away from cutting edges of the blades.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.