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US 4,054,969 AGranted
Fishing tool
OwnerJames E. Vogtinventor
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Abstract
This disclosure concerns a utility tool for removing skin from fishes, particularly catfish. The tool has a generally pliers-like configuration with a flat underblade with a sharpened edge and a curved upper blade which comes into engagement with the underblade adjacent to the sharpened edge. The sharpened edge is used to loosen the skin and the skin is then gripped between the curved blade and the flat blade and pulled from the flesh of the fish.
Claims7
A tool for removing skin from fish comprising
- a. first and second members each having jaw and handle portions, and
- b. pivot means connecting the two members intermediate the jaw and handle portions,
- c. the first of said members having the jaw portion and handle portion in substantial alignment through the pivot,
- d. the second of said members having a convexly curved jaw portion with a straight handle portion in substantial alignment and tangent to one end of the convexly curved jaw, the free end of said convexly curved jaw member engaging the free end of the first jaw member,
- e. the handle portions being angularly diverging from the pivot whereby a rearward pull on the handles will urge the jaw members together,
- f. said jaw members having substantial width to grip the skin of the fish in a substantial linear engagement at the said free ends.
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A tool for removing skin from fish comprising
- a. first and second members each having jaw and handle portions, and
- b. pivot means connecting the two members intermediate the jaw and handle portions,
- c. the first of said members having the jaw portion and handle portion in substantial alignment through the pivot,
- d. the second of said members having a convexly curved jaw portion with a straight handle portion in substantial alignment and tangent to one end of the convexly curved jaw, the free end of said convexly curved jaw member engaging the free end of the first jaw member, and
- e. a crushing device formed on said handles behind the said pivot means,
- f. said jaw members having substantial width to grip the skin of the fish in a substantial linear engagement at the said free ends.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.