Tea bag compressor
OwnerReginald D. Wilsoninventor
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Abstract
A one-piece spring material finger-operated tongs for compressing tea bags is sized for convenient holding in one hand with broad upwardly convergent tea bag compressing jaw plates projecting forwardly of a pair of finger grip tabs near the center of the device. When the compressor is closed on the tea bag, the bag is progressively squeezed from top-to-bottom across its full width to drain downwardly into a tea cup. The greatest compression on the tea bag is at its bottom.
Claims4
A tea bag compressor comprising a one-piece spring member having a rear spring loop sized for convenient holding in one hand, a pair of laterally opposing finger grip tabs on said spring member at the forward end of the spring loop and near the longitudinal center of said member, and a pair of laterally opposing flat plate-like compression jaws on said member forwardly of the finger grip tabs and extending to the forward end of said member and being convergent upwardly in two planes extending from the bottom edge of the spring loop to an elevation substantially above the upper edge of the spring loop.
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