Rolling pin with counterweighted eccentric handles
AssigneeWKI Holding Company, Inc.
InventorsGoeran Jerstrom, Allen Zadeh, Mark D. Prommel
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Abstract
A rolling pin has a hollow cylindrical metal roller rotatable relative to an elongated shaft assembly extending axially through the roller, the shaft assembly having two rods respectively rotatably journaled in bushing portions of end caps on the roller, the two rods having their inner ends fitted in recesses in a weighted coupler disposed within the roller, and having outer ends offset from the rotational axis and connected to handles, each of which handles has a rounded side and a flattened side. The weight causes the handles to be disposed in an at-rest position with most of each handle disposed above the rotational axis and with the flattened sides of the handles facing downwardly.
Claims13
A rolling device comprising:
- an elongated roller having a longitudinal axis,
- two handles respectively coupled to the roller at opposite ends thereof for rotation relative thereto about the axis,
- each of the handles being coupled to the roller eccentrically with respect to the axis so as to be rotatable between a first position wherein most of the handle is disposed above the axis and a second position wherein most of the handle is disposed below the axis, and
- a counterweight disposed within the roller discrete from and coupled to the handles for biasing the handles to the first position.
A rolling device comprising:
- an elongated roller having a longitudinal axis,
- two handles and,
- an elongated shaft assembly extending longitudinally through the roller for rotation relative thereto,
- the shaft assembly including two end parts coupled together independently of the roller and respectively connected to the handles,
- each of the handles being coupled to the shaft assembly eccentrically with respect to the axis so as to be rotatable between a first position wherein most of the handle is disposed above the axis and a second position wherein most of the handle is disposed below the axis
- the shaft assembly including a counterweight disposed within the roller for biasing the handles to the first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.