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US 5,206,998 AGranted
Barbeque utensil kit
OwnerJack P. Oriente, Joanie Orienteinventors
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Abstract
A utensil kit is arranged to include a spatula, bifurcated fork, and tong structure, each having telescopingly mounted heads secured to forward tooth portions telescopingly received within support tubes. Spring members are arranged to bias the forward tubes in an extended orientation relative to the support tube structure.
Claims4
A barbeque utensil kit, comprising,
- a spatula member, a fork member, and a tong member, the spatula member including a first handle mounting a first support tube, with the first handle and the first support tube coaxially aligned about a first axis, and the first support tube telescopingly receiving a first forward tube therewithin, and
- the first forward tube having a spatula plate fixedly mounted to a forward distal end of the first forward tube spaced from the first handle, and
- the first support tube including a first tube opening directed through the first support tube adjacent a first support tube free distal end, and
- the first forward tube including an interior face positioned within the first support tube, and
- spring means mounted between the first forward tube interior face and the first handle tube bias the first forward tube in an extended orientation relative to the first support tube, and
- the first support tube including spaced first and second detent spheres mounted within the first forward tube cooperative with the first support tube opening to secure the first forward tube in a predetermined orientation relative to the first support tube, and
- the fork member including a second handle, the second handle including a coaxially mounted second support tube, the second support tube mounting slidably a second forward tube telescopingly within the second support tube, and the second forward tube having a bifurcated fork head mounted to a forward distal end of the second forward tube, with the second forward tube including respective third and fourth detent spheres mounted from the second forward tube, and
- the second support tube having a second support tube opening cooperative with the third and fourth detent spheres selectively, and
- the tong member including a U-shaped tubular base having tong first and second legs telescopingly received within the U-shaped tubular base, and
- the tong first leg and the tong second leg including respective first and second engaging heads for securement of a food component therebetween, and
- the tong first leg including respective tong first leg first and second detent abutment flanges, and a tong second leg including tong second leg first and second detent abutment flanges cooperative with the U-shaped tubular base to permit selective extension and retraction of the tong first leg and tong second leg within the U-shaped tubular base. and
- at least the first handle includes a first handle cavity directed coaxially into the first handle, with the first handle including a first handle rear wall having a first handle cavity directed into the first handle from the first handle rear wall, and a first handle cavity plug removably mounted relative to the first handle rear wall, and a halon gas cylinder complementarily received within the first handle cavity, and the first handle including a first handle conduit in pneumatic communication with the halon gas cylinder, and the first support tube including a first support tube conduit in pneumatic communication with the first handle conduit, and the first forward tube including a first forward tube conduit in pneumatic communication with the first support tube conduit.
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A barbeque utensil, comprising,
- a spatula member, the spatula member including a first handle mounting a first support tube, with the first handle and the first support tube coaxially aligned about a first axis, and the first support tube telescopingly receiving a first forward tube therewithin, and
- the first forward tube having a tubular plate fixedly mounted to a forward distal end of the first forward tube spaced from the first handle, and
- the first support tube including a first tube opening directed through the first support tube adjacent a first support tube free distal end, and
- the first forward tube including an interior face positioned within the first support tube, and
- spring means mounted between the first forward tube interior face and the first handle tube bias the first forward tube in an extended orientation relative to the first support tube, and
- the first support tube including spaced first and second detent spheres mounted within the first forward tube cooperative with the first support tube opening to secure the first forward tube in a predetermined orientation relative to the first support tube, and
- at least the first handle includes a first handle cavity directed coaxially into the first handle, with the first handle including a first handle rear wall having a first handle cavity directed into the first handle from the first handle rear wall, and a first handle cavity plug removably mounted relative to the first handle rear wall, and a halon gas cylinder complementarily received within the first handle cavity, and the first handle including a first handle conduit in pneumatic communication with the halon gas cylinder, and the first support tube including a first support tube conduit in pneumatic communication with the first handle conduit, and the first forward tube including a first forward tube conduit in pneumatic communication with the first support tube conduit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.