Tomato scoring device
OwnerNancy Christophersoninventor
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Abstract
A tomato scoring device includes a base, a support projection, and four blades. The base has a top surface, a bottom surface, and a perimeter surface connecting the top surface and the bottom surface. The support projection is positioned on the top surface of the base. Four blades are mounted in the support projection. The blades are positioned in a cross shape such that the blades are arranged in two aligned intersecting pairs perpendicular to one another. Each of the blades includes an exposed portion projecting out of the support projection a distance sufficient only to pierce a skin of a tomato when the tomato is pressed into the blades to create a cross-shaped cut.
Claims20
A tomato scoring device comprising:
- a base having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a perimeter surface connecting said top surface and said bottom surface;
- a support projection being disposed on said top surface of said base;
- and
- four blades being mounted in said support projection, said blades being positioned in a cross shape such that said blades are arranged in two aligned intersecting pairs perpendicular to one another, each of said blades including an exposed portion projecting out of said support projection a distance sufficient only to pierce a skin of a tomato when the tomato is pressed into said blades to create a cross-shaped cut.
A method of scoring a tomato, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a tomato scoring device comprising:
- a base having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a perimeter surface connecting said top surface and said bottom surface;
- a support projection being disposed on said top surface of said base;
- and
- four blades being mounted in said support projection, said blades being positioned in a cross shape such that said blades are arranged in two aligned intersecting pairs perpendicular to one another, each of said blades including an exposed portion projecting out of said support projection a distance sufficient only to pierce a skin of a tomato when the tomato is pressed into said blades to create a cross-shaped cut;
- placing a bottom of the tomato on said blades;
- and
- pressing said tomato into said blades and thereby piercing only the skin of the tomato and thereby creating a cross-shaped cut in the tomato.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.