US 6,598,297 B1Granted

Combination knife, turning hook and bottle de-capper, with animal shape

OwnerShane Michael Mattinventor

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Abstract

A combination food preparation and handling tool comprises a handled main blade body, a turning hook, and a pair of legs protruding from the main blade body. In the preferred embodiment, the turning hook is integrally formed from an extended and pointed tip of the main blade body formed into the desired shape and bent at an angle to the main blade body. One edge of the main blade body is preferably arcuate in shape and sharpened to form a primary cutting edge. The legs can form a bottle de-capper and a secondary cutting edge. The preferred arrangement of the main blade body, the turning hook and the legs forms a likeness of a legged animal, such as an alligator. Further enhancement of the animal appearance may be had through etchings or engravings on the main blade body to represent other features of the animal.

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Dependent claims

A combination food preparation and handling tool depicting a legged animal, comprising:

a) a main blade body having opposing ends and opposing side surfaces, a major portion of said main blade body being in a single plane, a handle being attached at one end, the other end having a semi-circular curved and pointed hook;
b) said hook being connected to said major portion by a transitional curved portion having opposing side surfaces which said opposing side surfaces of said major portion extend into so that one side surface of said transitional portion is concave and the other side surface is convex, said main blade body further comprising a top edge and a bottom edge;
c) at least two legs extending from said bottom edge of said main blade body opposite said primary cutting edge, said hook having a first section connected to said transitional portion that extends in the same direction as said legs, wherein said main blade body, said semi-circular curved and pointed hook, and said legs form a likeness of a legged animal.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.