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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:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas W. Stein, Chicago, IL (US);
Bruce E. Ancona, New York, NY (US);
Daniel Winigrad, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ekco Housewares, Inc., Franklin Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 4/328 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 4/328 ;
Abstract
A collapsible barbecue tool assembly includes a barbecue tool, a handle and a latch mechanism mounted in the handle. The handle includes an elongated cavity for slidably receiving a blade portion of the barbecue tool. The blade portion of the tool has one or more locating elements. The latch mechanism releasably engages one of the locating elements so that the tool is movable to and between a collapsed position and an extended position.