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Granted Patent B1
US 9,273,991 · App. 14/519,384 · Granted Mar 1, 2016

Device to assist in cutting accurate portions of meat

Inventor: David R Reece, III (Navarre, FL)
Assignee: David R. Reece, III
G01G23/206A22B5/0029
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,273,991
App. No.
14/519,384
Granted
Mar 1, 2016
Kind
B1
Abstract

A device to assist in cutting accurate portions of meat will measure the height of a loin of meat of known density and width while being wrapped around the loin, and will instruct the user how thick to slice a portion from the loin so that the portion weighs the desired weight.

Claims (15)

1. A measuring device for determining the thickness of a cut of meat necessary to produce a desired weight of meat comprising:

a. a flexible strap having a first end and a second end;

b. a measuring scale printed proximate to said first end of said flexible strap;

c. a cut-width scale printed proximate to said second end of said flexible strap;

d. wherein, when said flexible strap is wrapped around a loin of meat said first end of said flexible strap intersects with said cut-width scale thereby indicating a meat cut width necessary to achieve a desired weight of cut meat.

2. The measuring device of claim 1 wherein said measuring scale is used to determine said meat cut width.

3. A method for determining the thickness of a cut of meat necessary to produce a desired weight of meat comprising:

a. wrapping a flexible strap having a first end and a second end around a loin of meat, wherein said first end includes a measuring scale proximate to said first end and said second end of said flexible strap includes a cut-width scale printed proximate to said second end;

b. determining a point of intersection between said first end of said flexible strap and said cut-width scale;

c. reading a meat cut width from said point of intersection.

4. A method for cutting a desired weight of meat from a loin of meat comprising:

a. wrapping a flexible strap having a first end and a second end around said loin of meat, wherein said first end includes a measuring scale proximate to said first end of said flexible strap and said second end includes a cut-width scale printed proximate to said second end of said flexible strap;

b. determining a point of intersection between said first end of said flexible strap and said cut-width scale;

c. reading a meat cut width from said point of intersection;

d. cutting a thickness of said loin of meat equal to said meat cut width.