US 9,918,587 B2Granted

Asador spit

OwnerWilliam Douglas Oatisinventor

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Abstract

An improved roasting spit comprising a frame and a handgrip. The frame comprises a frame head portion and a frame handle portion mortised in the handgrip. The head portion comprises a base portion and at least one blade, preferably three blades, extending from the base portion with each blade having a notch for interlocking with a like spit. The frame is resistant to deformation under heavy loads at high temperatures. The spit is employed vertically using a suspension hole in the handgrip or impaled in a ground surface. The spit can also be employed horizontally by interlocking the notches with a like spit, inserting the spit in a stand, or propping the spit on rocks. A tip portion of each blade tapers to a tip point along a plurality of triangular faces forming a plurality of cutting edges that allow the spit to easily impale a large mass of meat.

Claims15

Dependent claims

An asador spit comprising:

a frame and a handgrip;
said frame comprising a frame handle portion, a base portion, one or more blades, and a suspension hole;
said one or more blades each having a tip portion tapering to a tip point;
said one or more blades each comprising a mid portion and the tip portion;
said mid portion located between the base portion and the tip portion;
said one or more blades each having a forward tie-down hole and a rear tie-down hole;
said forward tie-down hole and said rear tie-down hole located in the mid portion;
said forward tie-down hole between the rear tie-down hole and the tip portion of each of the one or more blades;
said frame handle portion extending from the base portion opposite the one or more blades;
said handgrip attached to the frame handle portion;
said one or more blades each having a notch;
said notch of the one or more blades on a notch line;
said notch line perpendicular to a longitudinal axis;
said forward tie-down hole located between said rear tie-down hole and the tip portion;
said suspension hole located on the handgrip.

12 more elements

An asador spit comprising:

a frame and a handgrip;
said frame comprising a frame handle portion, a base portion, one or more blades, at least on forward tie-down hole, at least on rear tie-down hole, and a suspension hole;
said one or more blades each having a tip portion;
said tip portion tapering to a tip point;
said one or more blades each comprising a mid portion and the tip portion;
said one or more blades each having a notch;
said notch on a notch line perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the asador spit;
said mid portion located between the base portion and the tip portion;
said frame handle portion extending from the base portion opposite the one or more blades;
said forward tie-down hole located between the rear tie-down hole and the tip portion;
said handgrip attached to the frame handle portion.

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An asador spit comprising:

a frame and a handgrip;
said frame comprising an frame handle portion, a base portion, a forward tie-down hole, a rear tie-down hole, a suspension hole, a first outer blade, a second outer blade, and a center blade;
said first outer blade, said second outer blade, and said center blade each having a tip portion that is identical;
said tip portion tapering to a tip point;
said first outer blade and said second outer blade each comprising a blade corner portion, an outer-mid portion, and the tip portion;
said outer-mid portion located between the blade corner portion and the tip portion;
said center blade comprising a center-mid portion and the tip portion;
said center-mid portion located between the base portion and the tip portion of the center blade;
said outer-mid portion of the first outer blade, the outer-mid portion of the second outer blade, and said center-mid portion of the center blade each have a rectangular cross section, with the center-mid portion being somewhat longer than each of the outer-mid portion of the first outer blade and the second outer blade, and the tip point of the center blade being forward of the tip point of the first outer blade and the tip point of the second outer blade;
said outer-mid portion of the first outer blade and the outer-mid portion of the second outer blade being parallel to the center-mid portion of the center blade, and the outer-mid portion of the first outer blade and the outer-mid portion of the second outer blade each being evenly spaced from the center-mid portion of the center blade, and the tip point of the center blade being forward of the tip point of the first outer blade and the tip point of the second outer blade;
said first outer blade, said second outer blade and said center blade each having a notch;
said notch of the first outer blade, said notch of the second outer blade and said notch of the center blade aligned on a notch line perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the asador spit;
said notch of the first outer blade, said notch of the second outer blade and said notch of the center blade sized to allow the asador spit to interlock with a like spit thereby allowing the asador spit to hold the like spit generally perpendicular to the asador spit when the asador spit is impaled in a ground surface;
said forward tie-down hole and said rear tie-down hole located in the center-mid portion of the center blade;
said forward tie-down hole between the rear tie-down hole and the tip portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/685,644Filed 14 Apr 2015
Published: US 2016/0302615 A120 Oct 2016
Granted: 20 Mar 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

A47J 37/041
Roasting apparatus with movably-mounted food supports or with movable heating implements; Spits: with food supports rotating about a horizontal axis
A01D 9/02
Forks: with tines rigidly connected to the handle
A22C 17/006
Other devices for processing meat or bones: putting meat on skewers
A47J 43/18
Implements for preparing or holding food, not provided for in other groups of this subclass: holding or clamping devices for supporting fowl,…