Patent Application
20140033543
The present invention relates to kitchen scissors and, more particularly, to kitchen scissors that are hooked and curved with a single pair or multiple pairs of curved blades for grabbing/gripping and faster slicing of food into more convenient bite sizes.
Using knives in cooking will most certainly always be around but there are specific situations while cooking and eating where a knife/fork is primitive, slower and can even be an unnecessary risk of injury.
Typical kitchen scissors are only good for trimming fat from meat and such and would not usually be used for quick cutting methods, like cutting carrots for soup, chopping up a salad, etc. Moreover, as mentioned above, knives can be risky and slow to use. Additionally, in a family setting at the dinner table, knives are again slow and a risky item to have around children.
As can be seen, there is a need for an improved kitchen scissors that can be used for quick, convenient, time saving cutting methods.
In one aspect of the present invention, scissors comprise an upper hook tipped blade; a lower hook tipped blade; a pivot point pivotably connecting the upper hook tipped blade with the lower hook tipped blade; and handles attached to one end of the upper hook tipped blade and the lower hook tipped blade, wherein a curve is disposed in the blades between the pivot point and an end of the blades.
In another aspect of the present invention, scissors comprise an upper hook tipped blade; a lower hook tipped blade; a screw passing through the upper hook tipped blade and the lower hook tipped blade, the screw pivotably connecting the upper hook tipped blade with the lower hook tipped blade, the screw being secured by a nut; and handles attached to one end of the upper hook tipped blade and the lower hook tipped blade, wherein a curve is disposed in the blades between the pivot point and an end of the blades, the curve being from about 45 to about 90 degrees.
In a further aspect of the present invention, scissors comprise a primary upper hook tipped blade; a secondary upper hook tipped blade; a primary lower hook tipped blade; a secondary lower hook tipped blade; a screw passing through the primary and secondary upper hook tipped blades and the primary and secondary lower hook tipped blades, the screw pivotably connecting the primary and secondary upper hook tipped blades with the primary and secondary lower hook tipped blades, the screw being secured by a nut; and handles attached to one end of the upper hook tipped blade and the lower hook tipped blade, wherein a curve is disposed in the blades between the pivot point and an end of the blades.
These and other features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings, description and claims.
The following detailed description is of the best currently contemplated modes of carrying out exemplary embodiments of the invention. The description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merely for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention, since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.
Broadly, an embodiment of the present invention provides kitchen scissors that are hooked and curved and have a single pair or multiple pairs of blades for gripping/grabbing and safer, faster and more efficient slicing of food, for example. The scissors can be used for various items, such as for cutting meat, vegetables and a wide array of other food products. The curved design of the scissor blades allows a user to easily operate the scissors to cut items disposed against a horizontal surface without having to uncomfortably and unsafely twist one's wrist as would be required with conventional straight-blade scissors. The scissors can have multiple pairs of blades spaced apart at a desired “bite-sized” length, to make cutting food products even faster. Such “bite-sized” spacing may vary depending on age groups such as babies, tots, kids, teens, adults and even the elderly and handicapped.
The hooked tip not only improves the slicing action by lifting the food ever so slightly during cutting but such hooked tips also have the additional advantage of grabbing food with a tong effect prior to slicing. For example, these hooked scissors can be used to grab a chicken breast or piece of steak from a serving plate in the same fashion as a pair of traditional tongs thereby combining two utensils into one.
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The scissors of the present invention can be used, for example, to quickly, easily and safely cut a child's food, for example, a hot dog, into bite-sized pieces.
While the figures show a single and a double blade configuration, multiple blades, for example, a triple blade or even a quadruple blade configuration is contemplated within the scope of the present invention.
The scissors can be made from various materials. Typically, the blades can be made of a metal, such as stainless steel, and the handles can be made of any suitable material, such as plastic, steel, wood, composite, or the like. In some embodiments, the blades can be made of other materials, such as a hard plastic. Such hard plastic scissors may be useful for cutting lighter food items, for example, or food items that could wilt, such as lettuce, if cut by a metal blade.
It should be understood, of course, that the foregoing relates to exemplary embodiments of the invention and that modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.
