Potato chip lifter
OwnerDonald P. Berryinventor
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Abstract
A potato chip lifting apparatus has a elongated handle with a front side and a back side, the back side having a plurality of catching mechanisms extending from the back side of the elongated handle and away from the elongated handle, the catching mechanisms configured to engage a can in which potato chips are stored. The foot portion extends from a bottom portion of the elongated handle in a direction of the front side of the handle and generally orthogonal to the elongated handle and the front side thereof. Finally, the potato chip apparatus has a support extending upward from a top surface of the foot portion upward and parallel to the elongated handle to support potato chips resting on the potato chip lifting apparatus.
Claims13
A potato chip lifting apparatus comprising:
- a single elongated handle, the single elongated handle having a front side and a back side, the back side having a plurality of catching mechanisms extending from the back side of the single elongated handle and away from the single elongated handle, the catching mechanisms configured to engage a can in which potato chips are stored;
- a foot portion extending from a bottom portion of the single elongated handle in a direction of the front side of the single elongated handle and generally orthogonal to the single elongated handle and the front side thereof;
- a support extending upward from a top surface of the foot portion upward and parallel to the elongated handle to support potato chips resting on the potato chip lifting apparatus;
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- a stability element, the stability element connected to the single elongated handle at the front side and the foot portion.
A method of using a potato chip lifting apparatus comprising the steps of:
- providing a potato chip lifting apparatus having an elongated handle, the elongated handle having a front side and a back side, the back side having a plurality of catching mechanisms extending from the back side of the elongated handle and away from the elongated handle, the catching mechanisms configured to engage a can in which potato chips are stored, a foot portion extending from a bottom portion of the elongated handle in a direction of the front side of the handle and generally orthogonal to the elongated handle and the front side thereof, and a support extending upward from a top surface of the foot portion upward and parallel to the elongated handle to support potato chips resting on the potato chip lifting apparatus;
- providing a can with a stack of potato chips therein;
- orienting the can such that the stack of potato chips are not in a substantially vertical position;
- sliding the potato chip lifting apparatus between the can and the stack of potato chips;
- rotating the potato chip lifting apparatus such that the foot portion is under the stack of potato chips;
- lifting the stack of the potato chips toward a top of the can.
A potato chip lifting apparatus comprising:
- a single elongated handle, the single elongated handle having a front side and a back side, the back side having a plurality of catching mechanisms extending from the back side of the single elongated handle and away from the single elongated handle, the catching mechanisms configured to engage a can in which potato chips are stored and wherein the single elongated handle has a plurality of spaced projections extending from the front side;
- a foot portion extending from a bottom portion of the single elongated handle in a direction of the front side of the single elongated handle and generally orthogonal to the single elongated handle and the front side thereof;
- and
- a stability element, the stability element connected to the single elongated handle at the front side and the foot portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.