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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2013
Applicants:
Richard S Smith, Hot Springs, AR (US);
Louis Chalfant, Hot Springs, AR (US);
Inventors:
Richard S Smith, Hot Springs, AR (US);
Louis Chalfant, Hot Springs, AR (US);
Assignee:
Smith's Consumer Products, Inc., Brentwood, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 17/02 (2006.01); A47J 43/25 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 17/02 (2013.01); A47J 43/25 (2013.01);
Abstract
A zester having an elongated body with a handle portion at one end and a cutting portion form by a plurality of raised cutting elements at the other end portion. A lower member is moveably mounted on said body beneath said plurality of cutting elements to form a collection chamber. A flexible squeegee is affixed to said lower member to scrape zest material from beneath the cutting elements as the lower member is extended outward from the housing after use of the zester.