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 Title: |
US4231128:
Cooking utensil with integrally formed pot attaching means
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
James, Donald E.; Fayetteville, NC 28306
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1980-11-04
/ 1979-01-29
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| Application Number: |
US1979000007772
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A47J 43/28;
A47J 45/10;
Core:
A47J 43/00;
A47J 45/00;
IPC-7:
B25F 1/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A47J43/28F; A47J45/10;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
007/112;
007/167;
0D7/688;
Original:
007/112;
007/167;
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| Field of Search: |
007/110,112,167
016/110 A,114 B
030/327
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| Priority Number: |
| 1979-01-29 |
US1979000007772 |
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| Abstract: |
A cooking utensil or tool basically characterized as having a handle end, a working end, and an intermediate shank portion extending between said handle and working ends. Attaching means is formed about the intermediate shank portion of the cooking tool that enables the cooking tool to be secured or rested in a firm and stationary position about the upper edge of practically all cooking pots and pans known. In addition, an associated wall hanger assembly is provided for supporting a plurality of said cooking utensils in side-by-side relationship when not in use.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Mills & Coats ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Smith, James G.;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A cooking tool provided with means for enabling the same to be secured or rested in a balanced position about the upper edge of the wall structure of a pot or pan, said cooking tool comprising a handle end, a working end and an intermediate shank portion extending between said handle end and said working end; attaching means formed about said intermediate shank portion for enabling said cooking tool to be secured about the upper edge of a pan or pot's retaining wall, said attaching means including at least one transverse groove formed across one side of said intermediate shank portion; a holding member having one end secured to said intermediate shank portion and extending therefrom to where a terminal end thereof terminates in spaced apart relationship with said intermediate shank portion so as to define an open area between the intermediate shank portion of said cooking tool and said holding member; and means projecting downwardly from said intermediate shank portion, forwardly of the at least one transverse groove, towards said terminal end of said holding member wherein said downwardly projecting means, said holding member, and said intermediate shank portion define a receiving area for receiving the upper edge of a pot or pan's retaining wall and wherein said holding member is cooperable with either the at least one groove or said downwardly projecting means to secure said cooking tool about the upper edge of a respective pot or pan's retaining wall.
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| Forward References: |
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