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US 4,255,854 AGranted
Grapefruit cutting knife
OwnerFrancisco Bilbaoinventor
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Abstract
A grapefruit cutting knife which is composed of a handle and a bifurcated working end with terminal ends which are serrated and which overlay one another for a scissor-type action in cutting the membranes between sections of grapefruit and there is provided an upstanding pair of knife-like members for slicing the grapefruit section from the membrane.
Claims1
A grapefruit knife comprising:
- a handle, and
- a working end comprising;
- an arcuate bifurcated end defining first and second legs, each leg having rearwardly serrated edges and a pointed terminal end, each leg having an inner portion, one inner portion in overlaying relation to the other, and a cutting tower extending vertically a predetermined distance in a perpendicular direction from the overlaying inner portions comprising a U-shaped member having forwardly facing vertically extending serrated leading edges, one vertical leading edge being slightly higher than the other, and a bridge member joining the vertical leading edges, the bridge member being recessed and defining a seed removal means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.