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US 8,944,355 B2Granted
Stirring and chopping device
OwnerEric Paul Roseinventor
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Abstract
A kitchen utensil device comprising of an elongated handle and tapered silicone fins. The kitchen utensil device is useful for effectively stirring foods and liquids and also has a sharp cutting edge on the bottom. This makes the kitchen utensil device useful for both stirring and chopping, potentially replacing two separate common kitchen tools.
Claims13
A kitchen utensil device comprising:
- an elongated handle;
- and
- a fin assembly;
- wherein said fin assembly consists of three fins;
- wherein a top end of said elongated handle and a bottom end of said elongated handle form endpoints of a central axis;
- wherein a handle end of said fin assembly is detachably connected to said bottom end of said elongated handle;
- wherein said fin assembly is a unitary structure, such that said three fins are permanently affixed to said fin assembly;
- wherein said three fins are spaced substantially equidistant from each other around said central axis;
- wherein each of said three fins extends outward from said central axis and comprises a blade portion, a handle end, a tip end, and a distal edge;
- wherein said distal edge of each of said three fins comprises a complete curvature from said handle end to said tip end, such that said distal edge has no substantially flat portions;
- wherein said blade portion of each of said three fins is curved in the direction of an adjacent fin;
- and
- wherein said three fins are tapered from said central axis to said distal edge of each of said three fins, such that said tapering along said distal edge of said three fins causes said distal edge of said three fins to be narrower than a proximal of each of said three fins.
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A kitchen utensil device, comprising:
- a handle;
- and
- a fin assembly;
- wherein said fin assembly consists of three identical fins that are spaced substantially equidistant from each other around a central axis defined by said handle;
- wherein said fin assembly is a single structure, such that said three fins are permanently affixed to said fin assembly;
- wherein said handle has a bottom end and a top end;
- wherein said fin assembly has a handle end and a tip end;
- wherein said bottom end of said handle and said handle end of said fin assembly detachably connect;
- wherein each of said three fins extends outward from said central axis and comprise a blade portion, handle end, a distal edge, and a tip end;
- wherein said distal edge of each of said three fins comprises a complete curvature from said handle end to said tip end, such that said distal edge has no substantially flat portions;
- wherein said blade portion of each of said three fins is curved in the direction of an adjacent fin;
- wherein said blade portion of each of said three fins all curve in the same direction;
- and
- wherein said three fins are tapered from said central axis to said distal edge of said three fins, such that said tapering to said distal edge of said three fins causes said distal edge of said three fins to be narrower than a proximal end of each of said three fins.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.