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 Title: |
US4539751:
Barbeque forks
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Chan, Siu-Por; Kowloon, Hong Kong
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1985-09-10
/ 1983-10-25
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| Application Number: |
US1983000545096
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A47J 37/06;
A47J 43/28;
Core:
A47J 43/00;
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IPC-7:
A47J 43/28;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
030/322;
030/323;
099/421.A;
Original:
030/322;
030/323;
099/421.A;
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| Field of Search: |
030/322,323,327,137
403/300,307
016/115,114 R
099/421 A
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| Priority Number: |
| 1982-11-01 |
GB1982000031191 |
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| Abstract: |
Because barbeque forks tend to be rather unwieldy items a barbeque fork is provided which can be separated into a number of shorter pieces or lengths for storage and the pieces then assembled end to end by connecting means before use. Preferably such connecting means comprise a screw-threaded spigot on one piece and a corresponding screw-threaded socket on the adjacent piece. To avoid difficulties in unscrewing the connection means with greasy hands, however, when there are more than three pieces or sections, gripping means such as outwardly projecting lugs are provided the or each section which is not one containing the handle or the prongs. Also to assist in propping up the fork a supporting member, axially slidable along the shaft, can be provided, the supporting member comprises a pair of domed plates placed back to back and each plate having a number of outwardly projecting arms.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Kice, Warren B. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Peters, Jimmy C.;
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A barbeque fork comprising a shaft, a handle at one end of said shaft, prongs for supporting food at the other end of said shaft, said shaft being capable of being separated into a number of shorter lengths for storage, connecting means for holding said lengths assembled end-to-end for use, said connecting means comprising a screw-threaded spigot formed by screw-threading on one end of one length and a corresponding internally screw-threaded socket formed in a collar joined on the end of an an adjacent length, and a flange attached to said end of said one length, said flange abutting said socket to limit the extent to which said screw-thread can enter said corresponding socket so that the end of said one length does not touch the end of said adjacent length.
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