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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2014
Tonoga Inc., Petersburgh, NY (US);
John F. Cooper, Barrington, IL (US);
Sherry Wong, Honolulu, HI (US);
TONOGA INC., Petersburgh, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a utensil that can be used to manipulate batter. In one embodiment, the utensil is a slotted batter spatula that comprises: (i) an elongated handle comprising a front end and a back end; (ii) a fork-shaped head attached to the front end of the elongated handle, said fork-shaped head having at least two substantially parallel tines; and (iii) a slotted head cover mounted over the fork-shaped head so that a slot of the head cover extends between each of the substantially parallel tines of the fork-shaped head. The present disclosure also relates to a method of manipulating batter with the slotted batter spatula. This method involves using the slotted batter spatula to lift, spread, stir, scrape, move, and/or remove batter from one or more surface.