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US 7,065,883 B2Granted
Device to lift, move and flip foods
AssigneeRonco Marketing Corporation
InventorsRonald M. Popeil, Alan L. Backus
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Abstract
Double hooked device with the hooks being transversely positioned on the end of a shaft having a handle at its opposite end. The hooks may snag, lift, move and/or flip food or other articles by the hooks being rotated generally about the shaft's axis until one of the double hooks penetrates into the article to be lifted. A shield at the base of the handle is a guard to cover the tips of the hooks.
Claims29
A device for snagging food comprising:
- a handle;
- a shaft extending from the handle;
- an upward bend at the end of the shaft opposite the handle, wherein the end of the upward bend extends in a direction that is approximately at a right angle to the axis of the shaft;
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- a bent downward double pointed member linked crosswise generally at its center to the end of the upward bent end of the shaft, wherein the ends of the bent downward double pointed member extend in a direction that is generally opposite to the direction in which the end of the upward bend of the end of the shaft extends.
2 more elements
A device to lift foods comprising:
- a handle;
- a shaft extending from the handle having an upwardly bent end, wherein the terminus of the upwardly bent end extends in a direction that is approximately at a right angle to the axis of the shaft;
- a first pointed hook and a second pointed hook crosswise linked to the upwardly bent end of the shaft opposite the handle, wherein the ends of the first and second pointed hooks extend in a direction that is generally opposite to the direction in which the terminus of the upwardly bent end of the shaft extends;
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- a shield mounted between an end of the handle and the first hook and the second hook.
2 more elements
A device to lift and move foods and other articles comprising:
- a rod having an upwardly bent end, wherein the terminus of the upwardly bent end extends in a direction that is approximately at a right angle to the axis of the rod, and wherein the rod has a double ended hook positioned on the upwardly bent end transverse to the rod axis, wherein the ends of the double ended hook extend in a direction that is generally opposite to the direction in which the terminus of the upwardly bent end of the rod extends, and the rod having at an opposite end a handle with a gripping section;
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- a shield located between the hook and the gripping section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.