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US 4,569,103 AGranted
Crab leg knife
OwnerDavid Taurinskasinventor
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Abstract
A table utensil is used to cut open a crab leg in a smooth and continuous manner. The utensil includes a handle and a blade with the blade having a pair of prong sections separated by a slot. The prong sections have inwardly facing curved edges, curved in a like direction.
Claims20
A device for opening a shell of a crab leg and similar objects, the device comprising:
- a handle portion;
- and
- a blade portion extending from the handle portion and having an upper and lower prong with each prong having an inwardly facing curved edge, curved in a like direction defining a shell receiving slot wherein the curved edge of the upper prong has a convex configuration, and the curved edge of the lower prong has a concave configuration.
A device for opening a shell of a crab leg, the device comprising:
- a handle portion;
- and
- a blade portion attached to the handle portion and having first and second distal prong sections with the first prong section having an inwardly facing convexly curved edge and the second prong section having an inwardly facing concavely curved edge defining a slot therebetween with the convexly curved edge acting as a fulcrum and the handle portion acting as a lever and the concavely curved edge acting as a cutter to cut the shell of the crab leg.
A device for opening a shell of a crab leg and similar objects, the device comprising:
- a handle portion;
- and
- a blade portion extending from the handle portion and having an upper and lower prong with each prong having an inwardly facing curved edge, curved in a like direction defining a shell receiving slot wherein the upper and lower prongs each have rounded end portions and the slot extends from the rounded end portions inwardly terminating at a junction of the upper and lower prongs.
A device for opening a shell of a crab leg and similar objects, the device comprising:
- a handle portion;
- and
- a blade portion extending from the handle portion and having an upper and lower prong with each prong having an inwardly facing curved edge, curved in a like direction defining a shell receiving slot wherein the lower prong has an outwardly facing convex edge on a side opposite from the inwardly facing concave edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.