US 5,937,524 A · Tool for cutting melon from rind

Abstract

A tool for cutting and thereby separating the pulp or edible portion of a melon from the rind portion thereof comprising an elongated flexible material blade capable of being selectively disposed into either a first operative position or a second operative position. The first or second operative position into which the blade is positioned for cutting engagement with a melon is dependent upon the configuration and size of the melon which typically varies between a substantially round configuration or an elongated configuration. The first and second operative positions are respectively defined by a substantially closed loop orientation of the blade wherein the opposite ends are disposed for concurrent gripping by a single hand of the user and alternately an elongated substantially curvilinear orientation of the blade wherein the opposite ends are disposed in spaced apart relation to facilitate gripping of each opposite end by a different hand of the user, during the cutting stroke as the blade is applied to the melon.

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Dependent claims

A cutting tool assembly designed to separate an edible portion of a melon from a rind portion thereof, said cutting tool assembly comprising:

a) a cutting blade having an elongated configuration and terminating at opposite ends, each opposite end dimensioned and configured to be gripped by a different hand of a user,
b) said cutting blade being formed of a material of sufficient flexibility to be selectively disposed between a first operative position and a second operative position,
c) said first operative position configured to cut melons having a substantially spherical configuration and at least partially defined by said cutting blade disposed into a substantially closed looped configuration having said opposite ends correspondingly disposed in adjacent relation such that both said opposite ends may be concurrently gripped by a single hand of a user,
d) said second operative position configured to cut melons having a substantially elongated configuration and at least partially defined by said cutting blade disposed into a substantially elongated, curvilinear configuration having said opposite ends disposed in spaced apart relation such that each opposite end of said cutting blade is gripped by a different hand of a user, and
e) said cutting blade including at least one longitudinal edge extending along a portion of the length thereof and being structured to define a cutting edge when said cutting blade is in either said first or second operative position.

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A cutting tool assembly designed to separate an edible portion of a melon from a rind portion thereof, said cutting tool assembly comprising:

a) a cutting blade having an elongated configuration and terminating at opposite ends,
b) said cutting blade formed of a material of sufficient flexibility to be selectively disposed between a first operative position and a second operative position,
c) said cutting blade disposed in said first operative position to cut melons of a first predetermined configuration and disposed in said second operative position to cut melons of a second predetermined configuration,
d) said first operative position at least partially defined by said cutting blade disposed into a substantially closed looped configuration,
e) each of said opposite ends of said cutting blade being structured and dimensioned to be held by a different hand of a user, and
f) said cutting blade including at least one longitudinal edge extending along at least a portion of the length thereof and being structured and disposed to define a cutting edge of said cutting blade.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Tool for cutting melon from rind

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