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US 4,067,559 AGranted
Utensil for holding boiled eggs
OwnerJohn J. McGann, Jr.inventor
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A utensil for holding boiled eggs to be cut and eaten, includes a base having an annular upper surface, with at least a pair of spaced apart depressions therein each having a shape and size substantially complemental to the shape and size of one end half of an egg, and an upstanding egg support is disposed between the pair of depressions for supporting an egg, whereby when the egg is cut, a half thereof falls into each of the depressions to thus simplify removal of boiled eggs from their shells with little or no loss of yolk, and also providing a holder from which eggs may be eaten directly out of the half shells. The annular surface surrounds a central bowl-shaped depression and channels extend from the depressions in the annular surface to the bowl-shaped depression, whereby egg yolk and the like spilled from cracked or improperly cut eggs can flow or be scooped into the bowl-shaped depression to be eaten, and where the interior of the eggs may be placed for mixing and eating.
A utensil for holding boiled eggs while they are cut and eaten, comprises a base having an upper surface with at least one pair of adjacent depressions therein each having a size and shape to receive and hold therein one end half of an egg, egg supporting means on the upper surface between the depressions of the pair for supporting an egg while it is cut and wherein the portions of the cut egg will fall into the respective depressions, and a generally bowl-shaped depression in the upper surface adjacent the egg receiving depressions for catching any yolk which is spilled, whereby the yolk may be eaten, and whereby the egg yolk and egg white may be mixed with salt, pepper, butter or the like prior to eating.
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