Y-bone fish fillet knife, knife blade and method of deboning
OwnerTadd McBrideinventor
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Abstract
The invention is a Y-bone fish fillet knife, a specialized Y-bone fish fillet knife blade and methods of using same to debone fish having Y-bones. Features of the novel Y-bone fish fillet knife and its specialized knife edge include an intentionally unsharpened, or rounded edge, notched groove and an arcuate cutting edge. The rounded notched groove tracks and slides along the Y-bones during cutting. The cutting edge may have other shapes and be dual-edged according to other embodiments. The knife and its handle are designed for ambidextrous use.
Claims15
A Y-bone knife blade, comprising:
- a knife shank having a proximal end and a distal end and a top edge and a bottom edge;
- a notched groove disposed into the bottom edge of the shank near the distal end, wherein edges inside the notched groove are rounded;
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- a cutting tang disposed at the distal end of the shank, the cutting tang bounded by the notched groove, a cutting edge, the distal end of the knife shank and the top edge of the knife shank.
A Y-bone fish fillet knife comprising:
- a knife shank having a proximal end, a distal end, a top edge and a bottom edge;
- a notched groove disposed into the bottom edge of the shank near the distal end of the shank, wherein edges inside the groove are rounded;
- a cutting tang disposed at the distal end of the shank, the cutting tang bounded by the notched groove, a cutting edge, the distal end of the knife shank and the top edge of the knife shank;
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- a handle connected to the proximal end of the knife shank.
A method of deboning a fish, the fish having Y-bones inside, comprising:
- providing a Y-bone fish fillet knife, the Y-bone fish fillet knife comprising:
- a knife shank having a proximal end, a distal end, a top edge and a bottom edge;
- a notched groove disposed into the bottom edge of the shank near the distal end of the shank and extending to a groove end, wherein edges inside the groove are rounded;
- a cutting tang disposed at the distal end of the shank, the cutting tang bounded by the notched groove, a cutting edge, the distal end of the knife shank and the top edge of the knife shank;
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- a handle connected to the proximal end of the knife shank;
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- gripping the handle;
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- cutting adjacent and parallel to skeletal structure of the fish, wherein the Y-bones are guided into the notched groove and slide along the groove end during cutting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.