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US 5,335,591 AGranted
Tea bag squeezer
OwnerJosef Pozarinventor
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Abstract
The invention is a tea bag or coffee bag squeezer that uses a pair of flat, opposed perforated plates in connection with a pair of pivotally mounted arms that pivot the plates together. The plates are of substantially flat construction and preferable made of perforated stainless steel.
Claims9
Squeezers for handling and squeezing a tea bag in the hot water of a cup on a saucer, said squeezers comprising:
- a pair of arms each having first and second ends;
- said arms overlapping at a corresponding location between said first and second ends;
- means pivotally connecting said arms together at said corresponding location;
- said first arm ends being formed into oppositely extending cooperating handle means;
- an upper and lower plate member approximately two inches square each having drainage holes wherein each member is connected to each arm at its second end;
- said plate members further comprising a front, rear and side edges;
- said squeezers having a closed position for gripping a tea bag wherein said upper and lower plate members spacedly overlie one another in a parallel generally superimposed orientation at a distance of approximately 0.125 inch and an open position;
- said handle means for pivotally moving said arms about said pivot connecting means;
- said lower plate member further comprising a spout, thereby allowing drainage therefrom from said tea bag during squeezing when said lower plate member is substantially parallel to the ground.
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Squeezers for handling and squeezing a tea bag in the hot water of a cup on a saucer, said squeezers comprising:
- a pair of arms each having first and second ends;
- said arms overlapping at a corresponding location between said first and second ends;
- means pivotally connecting said arms together at said corresponding location;
- said first arm ends being formed into oppositely extending cooperating handle means;
- an upper and lower plate member approximately two inches square each having drainage holes wherein each member is connected to each arm at its second end;
- said plate members further comprising a front, rear and side edges;
- said squeezers having a closed tea bag gripping position wherein said upper and lower plate members spacedly overlie one another in a parallel generally superimposed orientation at a distance of approximately 0.125 inch and an open position;
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- said handle means for pivotally moving said arms about said pivot connecting means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.