IP Library Granted Patent US 8,281,437
Granted Patent B2
US 8,281,437 · App. 12/692,484 · Granted Oct 9, 2012

Multi-purpose tool

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Patent No.
US 8,281,437
App. No.
12/692,484
Granted
Oct 9, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multi-purpose tool includes a tool handle and any combination of a bottle opener, a corkscrew, a zester, a lemon/lime peeler, a cutting blade and a wine bottle opener provided on the tool handle.

Claims (24)

1. A multi-purpose tool, comprising:

a tool handle having opposite first and second handle sides and opposite first and second handle ends;

a zester, a cutting blade and a wine bottle opener pivotally carried by the handle at the first handle end, wherein the zester comprises a zester blade carried by the tool handle and a plurality of zester openings and a plurality of zester rims provided in the zester blade;

a lemon/lime peeler carried by the zester;

a peeler cavity provided in the zester blade of the zester and wherein the lemon/lime peeler is extendable from the peeler cavity;

a bottle opener carried by the tool handle at the second handle end; and

a corkscrew carried by the tool handle generally between the first and second handle ends.

2. The multi-purpose tool of claim 1 further comprising a garnish spear provided in the cutting blade.

3. The multi-purpose tool of claim 1 further comprising a corkscrew cavity provided in the tool handle and wherein the corkscrew is retractable into the corkscrew cavity.

4. The multi-purpose tool of claim 1 wherein the bottle opener comprises a bottle opener frame carried by the tool handle and a bottle opener aperture extending through the bottle opener frame.

5. The multi-purpose tool of claim 1 wherein the wine bottle opener comprises an opener base carried by the tool handle and an opener blade having a blade tip and a blade protuberance carried by the opener base.

6. A multi-purpose tool, comprising:

a generally elongated tool handle having a pair of generally elongated and spaced-apart handle plates, a handle interior, opposite first and second handle sides and opposite first and second handle ends;

a zester having a zester blade pivotally carried by the handle at the first handle end and a plurality of zester openings and a plurality of zester rims provided in the zester blade;

a cutting blade pivotally carried by the handle at the first handle end;

a garnish spear and a wine defoiler provided in the cutting blade;

a wine bottle opener pivotally carried by the handle at the first handle end;

a peeler cavity provided in the zester blade of the zester and a lemon/lime peeler extendable from the peeler cavity;

a bottle opener carried by the tool handle at the second handle end; and

a corkscrew carried by the tool handle generally between the first and second handle ends.

7. The multi-purpose tool of claim 6 wherein the cutting blade has a first blade edge and a second blade edge generally parallel to the first blade edge and further comprising a plurality of blade serrations provided in the first blade edge and wherein the wine defoiler is provided in the second blade edge.

8. The multi-purpose tool of claim 6 wherein the peeler cavity is disposed in generally perpendicular relationship with respect to a longitudinal axis of the zester blade.

9. The multi-purpose tool of claim 6 further comprising a corkscrew cavity provided in the tool handle and wherein the corkscrew is retractable into and extendable from the corkscrew cavity.

10. The multi-purpose tool of claim 6 wherein the wine bottle opener comprises an opener base pivotally carried by the tool handle and an opener blade having a blade tip and a blade protuberance carried by the opener base.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2015
From: HUNKELE, PETER GERARD, MR.
To: LEFTE, LLC
Reel/Frame 035643/0325 →
Continuity (1)
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