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US 8,474,354 B2Granted
Method of cutting food
OwnerMark Hortoninventor
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Abstract
A cutting device for food products having a handle, a neck portion, and a circular cutting blade. The handle is generally curved relative to its longitudinal axis and includes a top surface with a finger stop, the finger stop engaging a user's index finger during use. The handle length is sized in proportion to a typical user's hand so that a free end of the handle is proximate the user's palm. During use, the user's index finger engages a finger stop and top and bottom surfaces of the handle. A method of using such a flat food item cutting device is also disclosed.
Claims4
A method of cutting substantially flat foods comprising:
- providing a cutting device having a cutting wheel attached to a first end of a handle having a curved top surface and curved bottom surface extending between the first end and a second end, said handle further including a pair of parallel side surfaces extending from the first end to the second end, with said second end being tapered, said top surface extending away from the second end with a first portion being curved in a first direction and a finger stop being curved in a direction opposite the first portion, with said finger stop including an insert extending from a top surface of the finger stop and being aligned substantially parallel to said pair of parallel side surfaces;
- placing an index finger of a user longitudinally along the curved top surface of the handle with a tip of the index finger engaging the insert of the finger stop, with the index finger curving along the second portion of the handle and a user's palm containing the second end of the handle while the tip of the index finger is maintained against the finger stop;
- engaging one of the pair of side surfaces with a thumb finger of the user while maintaining the tip of the index finger against the finger stop;
- engaging the other of the pair of side surfaces with one or more fingers of the user adjacent to the user's index finger;
- and
- rolling the cutting wheel across the flat food item to cut the food item with the index finger tip engaging the stop structure, a portion of the index finger engaging the top surface and the second end of the handle engaging the palm of the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.