Hand held spiralizer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10434674-B2
Application number	US-201815923358-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 16, 2018
Priority date	Mar 16, 2017
Publication date	Oct 8, 2019
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019

Abstract

A hand held spiralizer includes two housing portions pivotally joined to one another to allow the housing to open and close. A pair of handle portions cooperate to form a unified handle in the closed position. A main slicing blade extends along an interior sidewall for spiral cutting, while a set of julienne blades is mounted for selective pivotal movement for optional use.

First claim

I claim:

1. A hand-held spiralizer, comprising:
a first housing portion pivotally connected to a second housing portion for movement between an open position in which the first housing portion is pivoted away from the second housing portion and a closed position in which the first housing portion is pivoted toward the second housing portion, the first and second housing portions cooperating to form a cone-shaped housing having an interior space defined by an interior sidewall in the closed position, each of the first and second housing portions having a base end and a vertex end, the base end forming an open upper rim of the housing and the vertex end forming a lower opening in the housing;
a first handle portion attached to and extending laterally away from the base end of the first housing portion;
a second handle portion attached to and extending laterally away from the base end of the second housing portion, the first handle portion and the second handle portion being positioned close to each other to form a handle when the first housing portion and the second housing portion are in the closed position;
a blade attached to the interior sidewall of the first housing portion and having a sharp edge extending in a direction from the base end to the vertex end.

2. The hand-held spiralizer of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of julienne blades mounted on a julienne blade post, the julienne blade post being pivotally attached to the housing for pivotal movement between an extended position in which the julienne blades extend into the interior space, and a retracted position in which the julienne blades are rotated away from the interior space.

3. The hand-held spiralizer of claim 2 , wherein the julienne blade post is pivotally attached to the first housing portion.

4. The hand-held spiralizer of claim 3 , wherein the julienne blade post is mounted to the first housing portion at the vertex end and at the base end for pivotal movement along the sidewall.

5. The hand-held spiralizer of claim 4 , further comprising a fastener positioned on at least one of the first handle portion and the second handle portion for retaining the first handle portion against the second handle portion.

6. The hand-held spiralizer of claim 5 , wherein the fastener comprises at least one magnet.

7. The hand-held spiralizer of claim 4 , further comprising a gripper having a handle and a plurality of spikes, the gripper being sized to fit within the upper rim of the housing.

8. The hand-held spiralizer of claim 7 , further comprising a rib formed on the upper rim of the sidewall of the housing, the rib being positioned to limit travel of the gripper into the housing.

9. The hand-held spiralizer of claim 3 , wherein the first housing portion includes a first edge and the second housing portion includes a second edge, the first edge being adjacent the second edge when the first and second housing portions are in the closed position, the first edge further having a cutout configured to support the julienne blade post for pivotal movement.

10. The hand-held spiralizer of claim 9 , wherein the second edge of the second housing portion includes a second cutout, the second cutout being configured to allow the plurality of julienne blades to extend into the second cutout when the julienne blades are rotated to the retracted position.

11. The hand-held spiralizer of claim 9 , wherein the julienne blade post further comprises a flange extending laterally away from the julienne blade post in a direction transverse to the direction in which the julienne blades extend from the julienne blade post.

12. The hand-held spiralizer of claim 9 , wherein the julienne blade post rotates 90 degrees between the extended position and the retracted position.

13. The hand-held spiralizer of claim 1 , wherein the first housing portion and the second housing portion divide the housing into equal halves.

Assignees

• Progressive Int Corp

Inventors

• Bagley Justin
• Heiberg Jacob

Classifications

• B26D3/11 Primary

  to obtain pieces of spiral or helical form · CPC title

• B26D2003/288

  making several incisions and cutting cubes or the like, e.g. so-called "julienne-cutter" · CPC title

• B26D3/283

  Household devices therefor · CPC title

• B26D2210/02

  for cutting food products, e.g. food slicers · CPC title

• B26D3/26

  specially adapted for cutting fruit or vegetables, e.g. for onions · CPC title