Patent Application
20230190027
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The disclosure relates to juicer devices and more particularly pertains to a new juicer device for squeezing juice from a piece of fruit. The device includes a spear and a juicer, shaped like an umbrella, which is disposed on the spear. Each of the spear and the juicer is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to inhibit the juice from being absorbed. In this way the juice can run down the spear to be deposited into a cocktail.
The prior art relates to juicer devices including a juicer comprising a cup that insertably receives a piece of fruit and a lid that is hingedly coupled to the cup for squeezing juice from the piece of fruit. The prior art discloses a juicer comprising a first handle that is hingedly coupled to a second handle which can be compressed together for squeezing juice from a piece of fruit. The prior art discloses a juice which includes a reamer that insertably receives a knife blade for dissecting juicing a piece of fruit. The prior art discloses a pineapple squeezer comprising a cup and a corrugated prominence in the cup for squeezing a pineapple.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a spear for penetrating a piece of fruit. The spear is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to facilitate juice from the piece of fruit to flow downwardly along the spear thereby facilitating the juice to be directed into a cocktail. A juicer is coupled to the spear and the juicer is urgeable into a closed position to compress the piece of fruit. In this way juice can be squeezed from the piece of fruit such that the juice runs down the spear and into the cocktail. The juicer is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to inhibit the juice from passing through the juicer.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A juicer 24 is coupled to the spear 12 and the juicer 24 is biased into an open position to accommodate the piece of fruit 14 when the piece of fruit 14 is positioned on the spear 12. The juicer 24 is urgeable into a closed position to compress the piece of fruit 14 thereby facilitating juice 18 to be squeezed from the piece of fruit 14. The juicer 24 is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to inhibit the juice 18 from passing through the juicer 24. Furthermore, the juicer 24 is comprised of a rigid material, such as plastic or the like, to resist being deformed by the piece of fruit 14 when the piece of fruit 14 is being squeezed.
The juicer 24 has a top surface 26, a bottom surface 28 and a perimeter edge 30 extending between the top surface 26 and the bottom surface 28, and the perimeter edge 30 is continuously arcuate about a center point 32 of the juicer 24 such that the juicer 24 has a disk shape. The juicer 24 has a plurality of fold lines 34 each extending between the center point and the perimeter edge 30 such that the plurality of fold lines 34 defines a plurality of sections 36 of the juicer 24. Additionally, the fold lines 34 are spaced apart from each other and radiate outwardly from the center point such that each of the sections 36 of the juicer 24 has a tapering width between the perimeter edge 30 and the center point 32.
The juicer 24 is folded along each of the fold lines 34 when the juicer 24 is urged into the closed position having perimeter edge 30 being directed downwardly along the spear 12. In this way the bottom surface 28 can compress the piece of fruit 14 when the juicer 24 is urged into the closed position. The juicer 24 is substantially unfolded along each of the fold lines 34 when the juicer 24 is biased into the open position such that the juicer 24 forms a cone on the spear 12 having the perimeter edge 30 being spaced outwardly from the spear 12. Furthermore, each of the sections 36 of the juicer 24 is oriented at an obtuse angle with an adjacent one of the sections 36 when the juicer 24 is in the open position, and each of the sections 36 alternately slopes upwardly and downwardly around the spear 12.
The top end 20 of the spear 12 is coupled to the bottom surface 28 of the juicer 24 and the top end 20 is aligned with the center point 32 of the juicer 24. A ball 38 is coupled to the juicer 24 and the ball 38 can be gripped. The ball 38 is positioned on the top surface 26 of the juicer 24 and the ball 38 is aligned with the center point 32 of the juicer 24. The ball 38 has a diameter that is sufficient to facilitate the ball 38 to be gripped with a person’s fingers.
In use, the spear 12 is extended through the piece of fruit 14 and the spear 12 is directed into the cocktail 16. The juicer 24 is urged into the closed position to compress the piece of fruit 14 thereby facilitating juice 18 to be squeezed from the piece of fruit 14. Thus, the juice 18 runs down the spear 12 and into the cocktail 16. In this way the juice 18 can be squeezed from the piece of fruit 14 and dispensed into the cocktail 16 without requiring a user to touch the piece of fruit 14. The spear 12 can be placed in the cocktail 16 to facilitate the piece of fruit 14 to garnish the cocktail 16 or the spear 12 can be discarded along with the piece of fruit 14.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
