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US 7,607,706 B2Granted
Folding pizza peel
AssigneeWilton Industries, Inc.
InventorsChris Cunningham, Paul Christman
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Abstract
A pizza peel features a blade and a handle that are pivotally-connected by a fastening arrangement featuring a knob. The handle may be moved between a storage position and a deployed position and may be locked in the selected position by manipulation of the knob. When the handle is in the stored position, the pizza peel may be easily stored.
Claims22
A pizza peel comprising:
- a handle having a blade mounting end and a grip end, the handle having a longitudinal axis that extends from the blade mounting end to the grip end;
- a blade having a mounting portion and a blade edge configured to support a pizza wherein the mounting portion and the blade edge are configured to lie in different planes;
- a bolt engaging the blade mounting end of the handle and the mounting portion of the blade, the bolt having a longitudinal axis that is generally perpendicular to a plane of the blade edge and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the handle;
- a knob configured to be gripped by a user's hand and engaging the bolt so that the blade mounting end of the handle is secured to the mounting portion of the blade, wherein the handle is configured to rotate about 180 degrees between a deployed position, wherein the grip end extends away from the blade edge, and a storage position, wherein the grip end is adjacent to the blade edge, further wherein the handle may be locked in a selected position by tightening the knob with respect to the bolt;
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- the mounting end of the handle comprises an indentation that is configured to receive the mounting portion of the blade when the handle is in the deployed position.
3 more elements
A pizza peel comprising:
- a handle having a blade mounting end and a grip end having a longitudinal axis that extends from the blade mounting end to the grip end;
- a blade having a mounting portion and a blade edge, the blade sized and configured to support a pizza and wherein the mounting portion of the blade and the blade edge are connected with a bent portion such the mounting portion and the blade edge lie in different planes;
- a mechanical fastener engaging the blade mounting end of the handle and the mounting portion of the blade, the mechanical fastener having a longitudinal axis that is generally perpendicular to a plane of the blade edge and the longitudinal axis of the handle;
- a knob engaging the mechanical fastener so that the blade mounting end of the handle is secured to the mounting portion of the blade, wherein the handle is configured to rotate about 180 degrees between a deployed position and a storage position, wherein the grip end is adjacent to the blade edge, further wherein the handle may be locked in a selected position by tightening the knob with respect to the mechanical fastener;
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- the mounting end of the handle comprises an indentation that receives the mounting portion of the blade when the handle is in the deployed position.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.