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US20040006876A1:
Device to lift, move and flip foods
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Popeil, Ronald M.; Beverly Hills, CA, United States of America
Backus, Alan L.; Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
2004-01-15
/ 2002-07-15
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| Application Number: |
US2002000196585
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A47J 43/28;
Core:
A47J 43/00;
IPC-7:
A47J 43/28;
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| ECLA Code: |
A47J43/28D;
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| U.S. Class: |
030/323;
030/322;
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| Priority Number: |
| 2002-07-16 |
US2002000196585 |
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| Abstract: |
Double hooked device with the hooks being transversely positioned on the end of a shaft having a handle at its opposite end. The hooks may snag, lift, move and/or flip food or other articles by the hooks being rotated generally about the shaft's axis until one of the double hooks penetrates into the article to be lifted. A shield at the base of the handle is a guard to cover the tips of the hooks.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
CHRISTIE, PARKER & HALE, LLP ; 350 WEST COLORADO BOULEVARDSUITE 500
, PASADENA
, CA
91105 United States of America
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What is claimed is:
1. A method to lift foods using a device having: a handle, opposing first and second pointed hooks, and a shaft connecting the opposing first and second pointed hooks to the handle, with the axis of the shaft being mainly transverse to the general plane of the opposing hooks, and the method comprising the steps of: grasping the handle and rotating the hooks in a predetermined direction generally about the axis of the shaft until a first of the hooks penetrates into the food to be lifted; lifting the food using the engagement of the first hook penetrating the food; and disengaging the first hook from the food by rotating the first hook generally about the axis of the shaft, in a direction opposite the predetermined direction, until the first hook disengages the food.
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