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US 9,550,305 B2Granted
Bakery cutting guide
OwnerMary L. Caputoinventor
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Abstract
A bakery cutting guide includes a rim for surrounding baked goods with a plurality of spaced apart pins extending upwardly from the rim. A bar is provided and postionable for engaging pairs of opposing pins for guiding a knife or scorer across the baked goods in order to cut or mark the baked goods in a selected geometric pattern and a plurality of legs extend downwardly from the rim for supporting the rim in an elevated position above a top of the baked goods.
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A bakery cutting guide comprising:
- a rim configured for surrounding baked goods;
- a plurality of spaced apart pins affixed to and extending upwardly from said rim, wherein four of said plurality of pins are disposed at corners of the rim and a remainder of said plurality of pins are evenly disposed between the rim corners;
- a bar positionable for engaging pairs of opposing pins configured for guiding a knife or scorer across said baked goods in order to cut or mark said baked goods in a selected geometric pattern;
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- a plurality of legs comprising at least three legs extending downwardly from said rim configured for supporting said rim in an elevated position above a top of said baked goods;
- wherein each leg of the plurality of legs comprises a first leg element only pivotably connected to the rim at one end and the first leg element at another end is also only pivotably connected to a second leg element, wherein the second leg element is configured to removably engage a feature on the rim, thereby forming the plurality of legs extending downwardly;
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- wherein each leg of the plurality of legs comprises a torsion spring, wherein each torsion spring is defined as having a spring center with a first spring extension opposite a second spring extension, where the spring center is pivotably coupled to the rim aligned with the pivotable connection of the one end of the first leg element, and wherein the first spring extension is configured to directly engage the rim and the second spring extension is configured to directly engage the first leg element, where the torsion spring biases the first leg element to pivot towards the rim.
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A bakery cutting guide comprising:
- a rim configured for surrounding baked goods;
- a plurality of spaced apart pins affixed to and extending upwardly from said rim, wherein four of said plurality of pins are disposed at corners of the rim and a remainder of said plurality of pins are evenly disposed between the rim corners;
- a bar positionable for engaging pairs of opposing pins configured for guiding a knife or scorer across said baked goods in order to cut or mark said baked goods in a selected geometric pattern;
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- a plurality of legs comprising at least three legs extendable downwardly for said rim configured for supporting said rim in an elevated portion above a top of said baked goods;
- wherein each leg of the plurality of legs comprises a first leg element only pivotably connected to the rim at one end and the second leg element at another end is also only pivotably connected to a second leg element, wherein the second leg element is configured to removably engage at least two different features on the rim, thereby forming the plurality of legs extending downwardly, and each leg of the plurality of legs comprising a torsion spring biased directly against the rim and the first leg element which biases the plurality of legs in a fixed position, where the torsion spring is not directly biased against the second leg element.
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A bakery cutting guide comprising:
- a rim configured for surrounding baked goods;
- a plurality of spaced apart pins affixed to and extending upwardly from said rim, wherein four of said plurality of pins are disposed at corners of the rim and a remainder of said plurality of pins are evenly disposed between the rim corners, the pins enabling a bar to be positioned for engaging pairs of opposing pins configured for guiding a knife or scorer across said baked goods in order to cut or mark said baked goods in a selected geometric pattern;
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- a plurality of legs comprising at least three legs extending downwardly from said rim configured for supporting said rim in an elevated position above a top of said baked goods, wherein each of the legs are foldable, and wherein each leg of the plurality of legs comprises a first leg element only pivotably connected to the rim at one end and the first leg element at another end is also only pivotably connected to a second leg element, wherein the second leg element is configured to removably engage a plurality of laterally extending pins connected to the rim, and each leg of the plurality legs comprising a torsion spring biased directly against the rim and the first leg element biasing the first leg element to pivot towards the rim which also then biases the plurality of legs in a fixed position.
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A bakery cutting guide comprising:
- a rim configured for surrounding baked goods;
- a plurality of spaced apart pins affixed to and extending upwardly from said rim, wherein four of said plurality of pins are disposed at corners of the rim and a remainder of said plurality of pins are evenly disposed between the rim corners;
- a bar positionable for engaging pairs of opposing pins configured for guiding a cutting implement across said baked goods in order to cut or mark said baked goods in a selected geometric pattern;
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- a plurality of legs comprising at least three legs extending downwardly from said rim configured for supporting said rim in an elevated position above a top of said baked goods;
- wherein each leg of the plurality of legs comprises a first leg element only pivotably connected to the rim at one end and the first leg element at another end is also only pivotably connected to a second leg element, wherein the second leg element is configured to removably engage a plurality of laterally extending pins connected to the rim, and each leg of the plurality of legs including a torsion spring biased directly against the rim and the first leg element which biases the first leg element to pivot towards the rim which then also biases the plurality of legs in a folded position or a raised position.
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A bakery cutting guide comprising:
- a rim configured for surrounding baked goods;
- a plurality of spaced apart pins affixed to and extending upwardly from said rim, wherein four of said plurality of pins are disposed at corners of the rim and a remainder of said plurality of pins are evenly disposed between the rim corners, the pins enabling a bar to be positioned for engaging pairs of opposing pins configured for guiding a cutting implement across said baked goods in order to cut or mark said baked goods in a selected geometric pattern;
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- a plurality of legs comprising at least three legs extending downwardly from said rim configured for supporting said rim in an elevated position above a top of said baked goods, wherein each leg of the plurality of legs comprises a two leg element and a torsion spring, the two leg element comprising a first leg element only pivotably connected to the rim at one end and also the first leg element at another location is only pivotably connected to a second leg element, where the plurality of legs are foldable and each leg of the plurality of legs includes the torsion spring biased directly against the rim and biased against each of the first leg elements of the plurality of legs thereby biasing the plurality of legs in a folded position or a raised position.
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