IP Library Granted Patent US 8,806,759
Granted Patent B2
US 8,806,759 · App. 13/364,519 · Granted Aug 19, 2014

Avocado tool

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Patent No.
US 8,806,759
App. No.
13/364,519
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An avocado tool includes a handle having a first end and a second end, with a different tool head on each end. At the first end, the tool head is in the form of a tool configured for slicing avocados. At the second end, the tool head is in the form of a masher.

Claims (17)

1. An avocado tool, comprising:

a handle having a first end and a second end;

an avocado slicing tool head secured to the first end of the handle, the avocado slicing tool head having a peripheral blade forming an interior region and a plurality of slicing tines within the interior region; and

a mashing tool head secured to the second end of the handle, the mashing tool head further having a central hub and a plurality of spokes extending radially outward from the central hub, each one of the plurality of spokes having an upper surface facing toward the handle and a lower surface facing away from the handle, each of the spokes being tapered as they extend from the upper surface toward the lower surface.

2. The avocado tool of claim 1 , wherein the central hub is secured to the second end of the handle.

3. The avocado tool of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the plurality of spokes includes an elongated main body terminating in a bulbous end opposite the central hub.

4. The avocado tool of claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of spokes includes an elongated main body terminating in a bulbous end opposite the central hub, and further wherein each of the spokes is adjoined to an adjacent one of the plurality of spokes only at the central hub.

5. The avocado tool of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of spokes lie in a common plane.

6. The avocado tool of claim 5 , wherein the plane is perpendicular to an axis defined by the handle.

7. The avocado tool of claim 1 , wherein the lower surface of each of the plurality of spokes is curved upward in a direction toward the handle.

8. The avocado tool of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral blade and the plurality of slicing tines are integrally formed from plastic.

9. An avocado tool, comprising:

a handle having a first end and a second end;

an avocado slicing tool head secured to the first end of the handle, the avocado slicing tool head having a peripheral blade and a plurality of slicing tines secured between the first end of the handle and the peripheral blade; and

a mashing tool head secured to the second end of the handle, the mashing tool head further having a central hub and a plurality of spokes extending radially outward from the central hub, each one of the plurality of spokes being attached to the central hub but otherwise not being attached to any other ones of the plurality of spokes, each one of the plurality of spokes further having an upper surface facing toward the handle and a lower surface facing away from the handle, each of the spokes being tapered as they extend from the upper surface toward the lower surface.

10. The avocado tool of claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of spokes includes an elongated main body terminating in a bulbous end opposite the central hub.

11. The avocado tool of claim 10 , wherein the lower surface of each of the plurality of spokes is curved upward in a direction toward the handle from the central hub to the bulbous end.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 29, 2024
From: BASE4 VENTURES, LLC; EXCITE USA, LLC; PROGRESSIVE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
To: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 066836/0803 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2024
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: PROGRESSIVE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066366/0813 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2017
From: PROGRESSIVE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 043479/0304 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2012
From: COTTER, JENNIFER K.; HOOD, LANCE L.
To: PROGRESSIVE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027640/0748 →