US3213779A
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Spatula
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-06-19
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Granted: 1965-10-26
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Expires: 1983-06-19
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Lois H First
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 22:40
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47J; A47J43/00; A47J43/28; A47J43/288
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
178 words
IN COMBINATION, A GRILL AND A SPATULA, SAID GRILL BEING ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED OVER A HEATING MEANS TO RECEIVE FOOD THEREON, SAID GRILLE HAVING GENERALLY PARALLEL, SPACED FOOD SUPPORTING RODS THEREON, SAID SPATULA HAVING A PLATE-LIKE BODY, INTEGRALLY ATTACHED, RELATIVELY LONG TEETH ATTACHED TO SAID BODY ALONG ONE EDGE THEREOF, SAID BODY BEING BENT ALONG A LINE EXTENDING GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID SPATULA AND SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE EDGE OF SAID BODY WHICH IS INTEGRALLY ATTACHED TO SAID TEETH, SAID TEETH EXTENDING GENERALLY AT AN ANGLE TO SAID BODY AND CURVING UPWARDLY THEREFROM ON SAID BODY ON THE OPPOSITE END FROM SAID TEETH, SAID TEETH HAVING SPACES THEREBETWEEN TO FREELY RECEIVE SAID RODS OF SAID GRILL WHEREBY SAID TEETH MAY PASS BETWEEN SAID RODS TO LIFT A PIECE OF COOKED FOOD THEREFROM, SAID TEETH BEING SUFFICIENTLY LONG TO EXTEND BELOW SAID GRILL RODS A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE, SAID TEETH BEING SUFFICIENTLY LONG TO EXTEND UNDER FOOD SUPPORTED UNDER SAID GRILL RODS WHEN A HANDLE ON SAID BODY IS ROCKED DOWNWARDLY AND TO LIFT FOOD FROM SAID GRILL RODS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
178 words
IN COMBINATION, A GRILL AND A SPATULA, SAID GRILL BEING ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED OVER A HEATING MEANS TO RECEIVE FOOD THEREON, SAID GRILLE HAVING GENERALLY PARALLEL, SPACED FOOD SUPPORTING RODS THEREON, SAID SPATULA HAVING A PLATE-LIKE BODY, INTEGRALLY ATTACHED, RELATIVELY LONG TEETH ATTACHED TO SAID BODY ALONG ONE EDGE THEREOF, SAID BODY BEING BENT ALONG A LINE EXTENDING GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID SPATULA AND SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE EDGE OF SAID BODY WHICH IS INTEGRALLY ATTACHED TO SAID TEETH, SAID TEETH EXTENDING GENERALLY AT AN ANGLE TO SAID BODY AND CURVING UPWARDLY THEREFROM ON SAID BODY ON THE OPPOSITE END FROM SAID TEETH, SAID TEETH HAVING SPACES THEREBETWEEN TO FREELY RECEIVE SAID RODS OF SAID GRILL WHEREBY SAID TEETH MAY PASS BETWEEN SAID RODS TO LIFT A PIECE OF COOKED FOOD THEREFROM, SAID TEETH BEING SUFFICIENTLY LONG TO EXTEND BELOW SAID GRILL RODS A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE, SAID TEETH BEING SUFFICIENTLY LONG TO EXTEND UNDER FOOD SUPPORTED UNDER SAID GRILL RODS WHEN A HANDLE ON SAID BODY IS ROCKED DOWNWARDLY AND TO LIFT FOOD FROM SAID GRILL RODS.
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