# US 2017/0280899 A1 · Hybrid skewer

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- Number: US 2017/0280899 A1
- Document ID: US20170280899A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/476,846
- Filed: 2017-03-31
- Published: 2017-10-05
- Earliest claimed: 2016-04-01
- Assignees: Edible Arrangements, LLC
- Applicants: Edible Arrangements, LLC
- Inventors: Cynthia Mockler; Tariq Farid
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170280899A1

## CPC

- A47F 7/0071: {for perishable goods}
- A47J 43/18: Holding or clamping devices for supporting fowl, venison, or other meat, or vegetables, during cooking or during subsequent cutting
- A47J 43/28: Other culinary hand implements, e.g. spatulas, pincers, forks or like food holders, ladles, skimming ladles, cooking spoons; Spoon-holders attached to cooking pots
- A22C 17/006: {Putting meat on skewers}
- A47J 37/04: Roasting apparatus with movably-mounted food supports or with movable heating implements; Spits
- A47J 37/049: {Details of the food supports not specially adapted to one of the preceding types of food supports}
- A47J 43/283: {Tongs; Devices for picking, holding or rotating food}
- A47F: SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
- A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
- A22C: PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH (preserving A23B; obtaining protein compositions for foodstuffs A23J1/00; fish, meat or poultry preparations A23L; disintegrating, e.g. chopping meat, B02C18/00; preparation of proteins C07K1/00)

## Abstract

Disclosed herein is a hybrid skewer comprising an elongated rod that in turn comprises a handle portion and a skewer portion. The skewer portion and handle portion are separated by a circular shoulder element. The skewer portion comprises a plurality of raised longitudinal fins running the length of the skewer portion and the fins are of sufficient size to engage a food or non-food item and prevent the item from rotating about the axis of the skewer portion. The handle portion comprises a surface pattern, the surface pattern covering at least a portion of the circumference of the handle portion. The handle portion terminates in a tapered tip for facilitating the insertion of the handle portion into a support platform or base.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A skewer, comprising:
an elongated rod having a handle portion and a skewer portion, the handle portion and the skewer portion being separated by a raised protrusion,
wherein the skewer portion comprises a plurality of raised longitudinal fins running the length of the skewer portion, the fins being of sufficient size to engage a food or non-food item and prevent the item from rotating about the axis of the skewer portion,
wherein the handle portion comprises a surface pattern, the surface pattern covering at least a portion of the circumference of the handle portion, and
wherein the handle portion terminates in a tapered tip for facilitating the insertion of the handle portion into a support platform or base.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The skewer of claim 1, wherein the skewer portion further comprises one or more rupture points located in a groove between two adjacent longitudinal fins.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The skewer of claim 1, wherein the skewer portion further comprises two to six rupture points.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The skewer of claim 1, wherein the skewer portion comprises three to six longitudinal fins.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The skewer of claim 1, wherein the skewer portion comprises at a sharpened tip at one end to allow easy insertion of the tip into the food or non-food item.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The skewer of claim 1, wherein the skewer portion has a length that is shorter than that of the handle portion.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The skewer of claim 1, wherein handle portion encompasses about 60-70% of the length of the elongated rod.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The skewer of claim 1, wherein the raised protrusion comprises a raised circular shoulder, the raised circular shoulder serving to prevent the item from sliding down the length of the skewer.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The skewer of claim 1, wherein the region of the handle portion connecting to the raised protrusion has a dimension that is smaller than that of the region of the skewer portion connecting to the raised protrusion.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The skewer of claim 1, wherein the surface pattern covers approximately the entire circumference of the handle portion.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The skewer of claim 1, wherein the skewer is manufactured from plastic, wood, metal, or a combination thereof.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The skewer of claim 1, wherein a cross section of the skewer portion has a cross-shaped pattern, Y-shaped pattern, or a star-shaped pattern.