Pizza cutting and serving utensil
AssigneeEnsar Corporation
InventorsJohn F. Chmela, Carl R. Fletcher, Norton Sarnoff
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Abstract
An improved utensil for cutting pizza or the like is disclosed having a sharpened cutting wheel and a planar blade with a sharpened edge, the edges of both the wheel and blade are aligned so that the cutting paths traversed by each coincide. The pizza crust edges and the pizza body can then be cut respectively by the blade and cutter wheel in one cutting stroke across the pizza. The blade end further includes angled corners for completely separating the pizza at the pan corners. The planar blade is of sufficient width to hold a piece of pizza thereon for serving, and includes a serrated cutting edge to aid in inserting the blade between the pizza and the pan.
Claims12
A utensil for cutting and serving pizza or the like, comprising:
- a handle;
- a cutting wheel;
- a blade having sufficient width and length to hold thereon a piece of pizza or the like, and having formed as a part thereof
- (i) a knife-like edge along one elongate edge thereof, and
- (ii) a bifurcated yoke with a pair of planar furcations between which said cutting wheel is journaled for rotation and thus disposed coplanar with said blade, each said furcation being smoothly merged into and forming a part of the blade surface whereby the serving surfaces of said utensil are continuous and effective as a server irrespective of which planar side thereof said pizza or the like is served.
A utensil for cutting and serving foodstuffs, comprising:
- a handle portion;
- a sharpened cutting wheel with a journal;
- and
- a generally planar elongate body portion for serving foodstuffs, said body portion having opposing elongate edges, a base integral to said handle, and an end, one elongate edge thereof having a knife-like cutting edge, and within the other elongate edge a slit forming a bifurcated yoke portion with bearings for rotation therein of said cutting wheel in planar alignment with said body portion;
- whereby foodstuffs can be partially sectioned in one cutting stroke with said cutting wheel and said knife-like cutting edge, and the resulting sectioned pieces served on the planar body portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.