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US 9,173,527 B2Granted
Ice cream scoop
AssigneeBelle-V, LLC
InventorsKarl T. Ulrich, Jeffrey Allen Salazar, Alan J. Cook, Jeff Smith, Kevin John Augustyniak, Gerard Furbershaw, Kenneth D. Wood
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an ergonomically designed solid single piece ice cream scoop emerging from a die-cast or forged tool made out of a metal that is finished and polished to eliminate the rough edges from the die casting or forged process with superior mechanical leverage to scoop out the hardest ice cream from a container.
Claims20
An ergonomically designed ice cream scoop, comprising:
- a handle;
- and a scoop head integrally attached to the handle having an irregular bowl for receiving an ice cream therein with a generally spade-shaped leading edge integral with a portion of the bowl and extending outwardly therefrom for scooping an ice cream out of a container, wherein the bowl is generally an oblong shaped scoop member attached at one end of the handle at an approximately 45 degree angle from a longitudinal axis running the length of the handle.
An ice cream scoop, comprising:
- a handle die-cast or forged from metal, said handle having a curved shape;
- and
- a scoop member integral with the handle and die-cast or forged from metal having a generally irregularly shaped bowl, said bowl having a generally spade-shaped leading edge or lip integral with a portion of the bowl and extending outwardly therefrom for digging into a container with a frozen ice cream;
- wherein the bowl is generally an oblong shaped scoop member attached at one end of the handle at an approximately 45 degree angle from a longitudinal axis running the length of the handle.
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An ice cream scoop, comprising:
- a sculpted, weighted and balanced handle in a generally polygonal solid shape, said handle die-cast or forged from a metal in a curved configuration to provide an ergonomic design;
- and
- a scoop member having a generally oblong bowl or cupped head integrally connected to the handle die-cast or forged from the same metal to form a single piece scoop with a generally spade-shaped leading edge at one portion of the bowl and said spade-shaped leading edge of the scoop member angled from a longitudinal axis of the handle in a right-hand or a left-hand configuration or in a non-angled straight ahead configuration;
- wherein the bowl is generally an oblong shaped scoop member attached at one end of the handle at an approximately 45 degree angle from a longitudinal axis running the length of the handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.