IP Library Granted Patent US 12,220,077
Granted Patent B2
US 12,220,077 · App. 17/712,534 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Pumpkin scraping and scooping tool

Inventor: Eric Georges Duvauchelle (Temecula, CA)
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Patent No.
US 12,220,077
App. No.
17/712,534
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pumpkin scraping and scooping tool is described. The pumpkin scraping and scooping tool may include a body, a handle, a front portion, a rear portion, a right-side portion, and a left-side portion. The body may include a convex top surface and concave bottom surface. The handle may extend from the top surface of the body in an inverted “U” shape. The front portion and/or the rear portion may include a rounded tip. The left-side portion and/or the right-side portion may include wings that protrude from the concave bottom surface. The tool may be used for various purposes, such as carving melons or other fruits, gardening or digging, and/or other appropriate activities.

Claims (22)

1. A scraping and scooping tool comprising:

a scoop body with a first surface having a concave shape and an opposite second surface having a convex shape, the first surface and the second surface defining a front portion, a rear portion, a proximate portion, and a distal potion, wherein the proximate portion comprises a first curved edge and the distal portion comprises a second curved edge, wherein the first curved edged and the second curved edge define the concave shape and the convex shape; and

a handle coupled to the second surface.

2. The scraping and scooping tool of claim 1 , wherein the handle is U-shaped.

3. The scraping and scooping tool of claim 1 , wherein the front portion comprises a rounded point.

4. The scraping and scooping tool of claim 3 , wherein the rear portion comprises a rounded point.

5. The scraping and scooping tool of claim 4 , wherein at least one of the first curved edge or the second curved edge is a blade edge.

6. A scraping and scooping tool comprising:

a body comprising:

a first surface having a concave shape; and

an opposite second surface having a convex shape, wherein the first surface and the second surface define:

a front portion;

a rear portion;

a proximate portion, wherein the proximate portion comprises a first curved edge; and

a distal portion, wherein the distal portion comprise a second curved edge,

wherein the first curved edged and the second curved edge define the concave shape and the convex shape, and

wherein the first surface and the second surface taper such that the front portion is narrower than the rear portion; and

a handle coupled to the second surface.

7. The scraping and scooping tool of claim 6 , wherein the handle is U-shaped.

8. The scraping and scooping tool of claim 6 , wherein the front portion comprises a rounded point.

9. The scraping and scooping tool of claim 8 , wherein the rear portion comprises a rounded point.

10. The scraping and scooping tool of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the first curved edge or the second curved edge is a blade edge.

Continuity (1)
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