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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nigel Wang, Taipei, TW;
Alison A. Roach, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Assignee:
Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G 2/110 ; A47J 4/328 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G 2/110 ; A47J 4/328 ;
Abstract
A barbecue tongs is provided wherein the arms are yieldingly outwardly biased. The tongs incorporate an arm pivot limiter for each of outward pivotal movement and inward pivotal movement as well as an arm lock that holds the arms in an almost fully jaws closed configuration for convenient storage. The tongs utilize a slidable U-shaped sleeve at the rear end which can have either one of two positions selected by a user. In one position, the arm lock is operational while in the second position the outward pivot limiter is operational.