Device for manually perforating a sheet of aluminum foil and a method of use

A device for manually perforating a sheet of aluminum foil, comprising:

• a) a first member having a first surface and an oppositely aligned second surface with a thickness therebetween, said first member having an outer periphery, said first surface having a plurality of apertures formed therein, and each of said plurality of apertures extending completely through said thickness to said first member;
• b) first and second guide posts integrally formed on said first member which extend upwardly above said first surface;
• c) a second member having an upper surface and a lower surface, a first side and a second side, an outer periphery which is contiguous with said outer periphery of said first member, at least a portion of said upper surface of said second member having an ergonomically sculptured portion having a length and a width, and sized to fit a human hand and including a convex region which extends from said first side to said second side and which is contoured to allow either a person's left or right hand to grasp said ergonomically sculptured portion and manually press said second member downward toward said first member, said ergonomically sculptured portion being generally oval, having its widest portion where it connects to said second member and covering about 47% of said upper surface, and said lower surface of said second member having a plurality of projections extending downwardly therefrom, said second member having a periphery contiguous with said periphery of said first member, each of said plurality of projections being sized and configured to simultaneously be inserted into one of said plurality of apertures, each of said plurality of projections having a length greater than said thickness of said first member, and each of said plurality of projections having a sharp terminal end;
• d) first and second guide holes formed in said second member which are sized and configured to cooperate with said first and second guide posts, said first and second posts having no fasteners thus permitting said second member to move vertically relative to said first member and to be separated from said first member when being cleaned, whereby a sheet of aluminum foil placed between said first and second members, when they are spaced apart from one another, can be perforated by pressing said second member against said first member;
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• e) four spaced apart feet secured to said second surface of said first member.

A device for manually perforating a sheet of aluminum foil, comprising:

• a) a first member having a first surface and an oppositely aligned second surface with a thickness therebetween, said first member having a plurality of apertures formed therein, and each of said plurality of apertures having a depth which is equal to said thickness to said first member, and said first member having an outer periphery;
• b) first and second guide posts formed on said first member which extend upwardly above said first surface;
• c) a second member having an upper surface and a lower surface, a first side and a second side, an outer periphery which is contiguous with said outer periphery of said first member, at least a portion of said upper surface of said second member having an ergonomically sculptured portion having a length and a width, and sized to fit a human hand and including a convex region which extends from said first side to said second side and which is contoured to allow either a person's left or right hand to grasp said ergonomically sculptured portion and manually press said second member downward toward said first member, said ergonomically sculptured portion being generally oval, having its widest portion where it connects to said second member, and covering about 47% of said upper surface, and said lower surface having a plurality of projections extending downwardly therefrom, each of said plurality of projections being sized and configured to be simultaneously inserted into one of said plurality of apertures, and each of said projections having a length which is greater than said depth of each of said plurality of apertures, and each of said projections having a sharp terminal end;
• d) first and second guide holes formed in said second member which are sized and configured to cooperate with said first and second guide posts, said first and second guide posts having no fasteners thus permitting said second member to move vertically relative to said first member and to be separated from said first member when being cleaned, whereby a sheet of aluminum foil placed between said first and second members, when they are spaced apart from one another, can be perforated by pressing said second member against said first member;
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• e) at least two spaced apart feet secured to said second surface of said first member.