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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arnim B Jebe, Weston, CT (US);
Frank D Flagg, Westport, CT (US);
Harold W Danser, III, New Canaan, CT (US);
William Kobernus, New Milford, CT (US);
George Schick, Easton, CT (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25F / ; B26B / ; D06M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
30124 ; 30250 ; 7132 ;
Abstract
A kitchen tool for handling disposable food containing bags in described. The took includes first and second pivotally-connected members which have bag-gripping edges between which a bag is gripped. At least one such edge and as described both bag-gripping edges have slots through which a knife can move to cut a bag as it is held. A bag cutter is mounted on one member to cut a bag along the slots. A lock mechanism is described with which the members cannot be opened unless the cutter is moved to a safe position.