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US 3,991,466 AGranted
Dual purpose spoon and oyster knife
AssigneeThe Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
InventorHoward H. Smith
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Abstract
A utensil for opening an oyster which also serves to cut the oyster umbilical cord and lift the oyster out of its shell. The utensil is fitted with a handle to which the blade is fixed, with the blade being formed of metal, preferably stainless steel. The blade is shaped with a curved spoon section serrated at opposed sides of the spoon for the severing of the oyster umbilical cord, with a knife section projecting along the axis of the blade, from the spoon.
Claims4
A utensil for opening the shell of an oyster, cutting the oyster from attachment to the shell, and lifting the oyster out of the shell, comprising
- a blade member fixed to a handle member,
- said blade member formed with a spoon-shaped section joined at one end to a shank section that terminates as a knife edge and joined at its opposed end to a shank section fixed to the handle member, with an edge of a side section of the spoon-shaped section formed with serrated teeth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.