Device for removing grease from the surface of a food item
OwnerBrian G. Turtzoinventor
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Abstract
A device for absorbing or blotting grease from the surface of foods such as pizza comprising a support member having a handle for manually gripping the device and an absorbent or oligiophilic pad attached to such support member for blotting the surface of a food item.
Claims16
A device for absorbing unwanted liquids from the surface of a food item wherein the physiologically safe, oleophilic pad is temporarily secured to the substantially planar support member by a suitable adhesive and the tab is usable to strip the pad from support member preparatory to mounting a new pad on the support member and discarding the stripped off pad.
A grease blotting device for removing grease and oil from the surface of a recently cooked food item by contacting the food item with an absorbent pad, comprising:
- an absorbent pad;
- a support member having a first and second side, said support member being secured on the first side to the absorbent pad, the support member having an integral outwardly pivotable handle for gripping the device during blotting use on the second side;
- at least one holding tab secured to the absorbent pad to facilitate removal of the pad from the support member;
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- a clamping means on the support member for securing the holding tabs to the support member.
A device for absorbing unwanted liquids from the surface of a food item comprising:
- a substantially planar support member having first and second sides;
- a physiologically safe, oleophilic pad secured to the first side of the support member;
- a handle for gripping the device secured to the second side of the support member;
- the support member having sufficient rigidity to support the weight of the absorbent pad when said pad is substantially completely saturated with unwanted liquids.
- wherein the pad is temporarily securable to the support member
- and wherein at least one tab is secured the oleophilic pad to facilitate removal of the pad from the support member without touching the pad.
A method of removing grease from the surface of a heated foodstuff comprising providing a grease absorbent pad material in planar orientation attached to a handling and support member having a foldable handle section and dimensions similar to that of the absorbent pad material and proceeding thereafter in the steps of pivoting the handle portion into an extended position and grasping the grease absorbing device by the handle portion, contacting the grease absorbing pad with the surface of the food for a sufficient period of time to allow grease and oils to be absorbed from the surface of the food into the grease absorbing pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.