This invention stems from the need to cut a cake cleanly, conveniently, and safely without a knife. Cutting cake with a knife leaves behind a trail of frosting and cake bits, regardless of the special design of the knife for this purpose. The inspiration for this invention was found in the string wound around mailing envelopes, as well as the dispenser for dental floss.
The invention eliminates the mess that is created with a cake knife. It is also convenient, cheap to manufacture, easy to use, disposable. It can be packaged within the cakebox on the cakeboard wherever cakes are sold. It is an improvement in convenience, safety as well as cleanliness over a standard cake cutter knife.
This invention is comprised of cakeboards with string cake cutters for different shapes of the cakes, one is a string attached to a button at the center of a circular cakeboard to cut the round cake, and the other is several strings attached to dowels on the length and width of a rectangular cakeboard to cut the square cake.
This invention relates to an improved cake cutter that are comprised of string(s) and dowels attached to cakeboards. There are several advantages of using these types of cutter over a few previous inventions indicated in references: 1). Convenience: the cutter is already included in the product, thus eliminates the inconvenience caused by the need to use extra tool; 2). Safety: this invention avoids using a knife, thus eliminates the potential danger associated with it; 3) Low cost: the this invention uses strings, dowels, and button, all of which are cost effective for both manufacturers and consumers; 4).Speed: using strings to cut cake is faster than using a knife, especially for the rectangular cake; 5). Neatness: cutting cakes using strings avoid the mess of using knife, and the disposability of the invented product eliminates the need to clean the knife and utensils.
This invention is comprised of two types of cutters: 1) a string attached to the center of a circular cakeboard to cut the round cake, and 2) strings attached to dowels on the length and width of a rectangular cakeboard to cut the square cake. There are total of 6 Figures.
The invention relates to the use of string(s) that are attached to a cakeboard (circular or rectangular) using rings or dowels, which can be used to cut cake into pieces without using conventional tools, such as knives. For the circular cakeboard, the invention comprises of such parts as a standard cakeboard with markings around the edges that divide the cakeboard, graphically, into eighths or any number as desired, a button with a small hole drilled into the center of the cakeboard, and a piece of string strung through the button in the center with a plastic ring tied to the end of the string strung out of the top of the cakeboard. The length of the string above the cakeboard is four inches longer than the radius of the cakeboard. For the rectangular cakeboard, the invention is a modified piece of rectangular cakeboard, with four dowels on each of the four edges of the rectangular cakeboard. One horizontal dowel and one vertical dowel are stapled into the cakeboard, while the other two are free to be moved by hand. Strings run horizontally across the cakeboard, tied from dowel to dowel, as well as vertically down the cakeboard, also tied from dowel to dowel. The strings are oriented so that all of the vertical strings are below the horizontal strings. The positions of the strings on either side of the cakeboard are adjustable, so as to change the size of each individual cut piece.