# US 2018/0020862 A1 · Watermelon slicer > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0020862 A1 - Document ID: US20180020862A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/682,197 - Filed: 2017-08-21 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2012-10-24 - Assignees: Daniel Schwartz - Inventors: DANIEL SCHWARTZ - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180020862A1 ## CPC - A47J 17/00: Household peeling, stringing, or paring implements or machines (for foodstuffs in bulk A23N) - 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 - B26D 1/553: with a plurality of wire-like cutting members - B26D 3/26: specially adapted for cutting fruit or vegetables, e.g. for onions - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES - B26D: CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (for growing crops or plants A01D, A01G; for fodder or straw A01F; for bulk butter A01J; for dough A21C; slaughtering A22B; for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes A24; marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; brushmaking A46D; surgery A61B; disintegrating, mincing or shredding in general B02C; cutting wire, making pins or nails B21F, B21G; of the kind used formetal B23; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B; perforating, cutting-out, stamping-out or punching, or severing by means other than cutting B26F; for wood B27; for stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00; for leather or upholstery B68, C14B; for glass C03B; making matches C06F; for peat C10F; for sugar C13B45/00; for textile materials D06H; civil engineering, building, mining, see Section E; for light guides G02B6/25; cutting processed photographic material G03D15/04) ## Abstract A slicer device and a method of using a slicer device for slicing and removing a fleshy part of a watermelon surrounded by a rind. The device includes an elongated handle and a scraper head with a scraping portion having at least one scraping edge configured to follow the contour of the watermelon while scraping the fleshy interior of the watermelon. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fruit scraping device configured to cut and remove flesh of a fruit attached to the fruit's rind, comprising: a handle having a first end and a second end; a scraper head comprising a curved scraping portion having a top surface, a bottom surface, and an edge; and a connecting portion that connects the curved scraping portion to the second end of the handle, wherein the connecting portion and the curved scraping portion at least partially define a first aperture. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fruit scraping device of claim 1, wherein the scraper head further comprises a first wall surface and a second wall surface, wherein the first wall surface and second wall surface are connected to opposing ends of the curved scraping portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fruit scraping device of claim 1, wherein the first aperture has an aperture axis that is non-perpendicular to a handle axis. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fruit scraping device of claim 1, wherein the connecting portion comprises a first leg and a second leg. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The fruit scraping device of claim 4, wherein the first aperture is defined by the first leg, the second leg, the curved scraping portion, and the second end of the handle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The fruit scraping device of claim 5, further comprising a second aperture at least partially defined by the first leg and the curved scraping portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The fruit scraping device of claim 6, further comprising a third aperture at least partially defined by the second leg and the curved scraping portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The fruit scraping device of claim 1, wherein a portion of the handle is bent at an angle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The fruit scraping device of claim 1, wherein the curved scraping portion has a curve defined by a radius which allows a user to align the edge of the curved scraping portion with the flesh of the fruit remaining attached to the fruit's rind after a fruit cutting device cuts and removes an inner cylinder of the flesh of the fruit. ### Claim 10 A system for cutting and removing flesh of a fruit from within the fruit's rind, comprising: a fruit cutting device configured to cut and remove flesh of the fruit from within the fruit's rind; and a fruit scraping device configured to cut and remove flesh of the fruit attached to the fruit's rind, comprising: a handle having a first end and a second end; a scraper head comprising a curved scraping portion having a top surface, a bottom surface, and an edge; and a connecting portion that connects the curved scraping portion to the second end of the handle, wherein the connecting portion and the curved scraping portion at least partially define a first aperture. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the fruit cutting device cuts and removes an inner cylinder of the flesh of the fruit. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the curved scraping portion has a curve defined by a radius which allows a user to align the edge of the curved scraping portion with the fleshy part of the fruit remaining attached to the fruit's rind after the fruit cutting device cuts and removes the inner cylinder of the fleshy part of the fruit. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the scraper head further comprises a first wall surface and a second wall surface, wherein the first wall surface and second wall surface are connected to opposing ends of the curved scraping portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the connecting portion comprises a first leg and a second leg. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the fruit scraping device further comprises a second aperture at least partially defined by the first leg and the curved scraping portion. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein a portion of the handle is bent at an angle. ### Claim 17 A fruit scraping device configured to cut and remove flesh of a fruit attached to the fruit's rind, comprising: a handle having a first end and a second end; a scraper head comprising a curved scraping portion having a top surface, a bottom surface, and an edge; and at least one leg coupled to the second end of the handle and to the top surface of the curved scraping portion to connect the scraper head to the handle. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The fruit scraping device of claim 17, further comprising a first aperture at least partially defined by the at least one leg and a first portion of the curved scraping portion. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The fruit scraping device of claim 18, further comprising a second aperture at least partially defined by the at least one leg and a second portion of the curved scraping portion. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The fruit scraping device of claim 19, wherein the scraper head further comprises a first wall surface and a second wall surface, wherein: the first wall surface and second wall surface are connected to opposing ends of the curved scraping portion; and the first aperture is further defined by the first wall surface and the second aperture is further defined by the second wall surface.