# US 2017/0280911 A1 · Rebound Garlic Peeling Apparatus and Method

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- Number: US 2017/0280911 A1
- Document ID: US20170280911A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/474,664
- Filed: 2017-03-30
- Published: 2017-10-05
- Earliest claimed: 2016-04-02
- Inventors: Neal David Coyle
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170280911A1

## CPC

- A47J 17/02: Hand devices for scraping or peeling vegetables or the like
- A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES

## Abstract

A rebound garlic peeling apparatus is presented having an elastomeric, rubberlike, spherical member separable into halves. A first hemispherical section is therefore securable to a second hemispherical section to encapsulate a hollow center. An interior layer, disposed bounding the hollow center when each of the first and second hemispherical members are secured together, is forced to contact garlic cloves enclosed therein when the spherical member is accelerated against a proximal surface. Tractive engagement of the interior layer against the garlic cloves effects separation of the garlic tunic and sheath from the cloves whereby the cloves are expediently peeled by bouncing the spherical member previous to culinary preparation. Force of impact is absorbed predominantly into the spherical member whereby any bruising of the cloves is minimized.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A rebound garlic peeling apparatus comprising a rubberlike, polymeric, hollow, spherical member separable into halves, said spherical member having an interior layer disposed thereupon having a high coefficient of friction wherein at least one garlic clove placed interiorly encompassed within the spherical member is stripped of a tunic and sheath when the spherical member is bounced by a user against a surface to reveal at least one peeled clove when the spherical to member is subsequently separated into halves.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The rebound garlic peeling apparatus of claim 1 wherein the spherical member comprises:
a first hemispherical section, said first hemispherical section including a nested interior hemisphere presenting a male threaded section disposed above a sealable rim of the first hemispherical section; and
a second hemispherical section, said second hemispherical section including a nested interior hemisphere having a female threaded section disposed below a sealable rim of the second hemispherical section;
wherein the male threaded section engages into the female threaded section and the first hemispherical section is rotationally securable to the second hemispherical section to effect conjunction of each sealable rim.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The rebound garlic peeling apparatus of claim 2 wherein the interior layer includes a plurality of protuberances.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The rebound garlic peeling apparatus of claim 2 wherein the interior layer includes a plurality of ridges.

### Claim 5

A rebound garlic peeling apparatus comprising a rubberlike, polymeric, hollow, spherical member separable into halves, said spherical member having:
a first hemispherical section including a nested interior hemisphere presenting a male threaded section disposed above a sealable rim of the first hemispherical section;
a second hemispherical section including a nested interior hemisphere having a female threaded section disposed below a sealable rim of the second hemispherical section; and
an interior layer disposed concavely upon each of the interior hemispheres of each of the first and second hemispherical sections, said interior layer having a high coefficient of friction;
wherein at least one clove is positionable interior to the spherical member when the first and second hemispherical sections are rotationally engaged and secured together by threadable engagement to effect conjunction of each sealable rim and a tunic and sheath of the at least one clove is separable by frictional engagement against the interior layer when the spherical member is bounced by a user against a surface whereby at least one peeled clove is retrievable by a user when the first and second hemispherical sections are subsequently separated.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The rebound garlic peeling apparatus of claim 5 wherein the interior layer to includes a plurality of protuberances.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The rebound garlic peeling apparatus of claim 5 wherein the interior layer includes a plurality of ridges.

### Claim 8

A method of peeling garlic comprising the steps of:
placing a bulb of garlic into a hollow center of an elastomeric, rubberlike, hollow spherical member, said hollow center bounded by an interior layer having a high coefficient of friction; and
forcing impact of the spherical member against a surface;
wherein the bulb is loosened by said impact and each of a plurality of cloves comprising the bulb is separable thereby, whereby a tunic and sheath of each of the plurality of cloves is forcible from each of the plurality of cloves by tractive contact against the interior layer.