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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1999
Howard Jay Frantz, Irvine, CA (US);
Christopher Paul Lojacono, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
In-N-Out Burgers, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
An ergonomically-designed, operator manipulated scraper means for contacting a cooking surface for the purpose of dislodging and/or removing unwanted material therefrom. A griddle scraper has a platform member, the downwardly distending forward portion of which comprises a cleaning means terminating in a blade edge, and the rear portion of which extends in an upwardly direction. A support member connects at its lower end to said platform and extends upwardly, having a rearwardly inclined end portion. A “handshake grip” handle positioned above said platform interconnects the support member to said upwardly extending rear portion of said platform. A knob handle is mounted on the support member upper end. In operation, the operator positions the blade edge to engage the griddle surface, the platform being elevated above the grill in a non-touching relationship, the scraper is moved in a forward direction by exertion of normal force by the operator on both the grip handle and the knob until static friction is overcome, after which the device continues in a gliding motion propelled by tangential force as the rear portion of the platform descends downwardly until in substantially touching relationship to the griddle surface, during which motion the operator removes one hand from the knob, and the device is guided by the remaining hand on the handle until it reaches the end of its travel, whereby the cleaning operation is completed.