STEAK KNIFE WITH ANGULARLY OFFSET HANDLE

COUTEAU A MANCHE DECALE EN ANGLE, POUR LE STEAK

English Abstract

A B S T R A C T

A table knife in the form of a hockey stick providing
a straight cutting edge which engages the food to be cut over its
entire length when the handle is held at a normal angle. Cutting
efficiency is increased.

Claims

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY
OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A steak knife for table use comprising a single-
piece blade and shank, made of flat stock, said blade being elongated,
having a blunt outer end, an inner end joined to the inner end of said
shank, a substantially straight top edge and a substantially straight
bottom cutting edge, the cutting edge being provided with serrations
throughout its length and extending from the outer end to the inner
end of said blade, said shank being elongated with substantially parallel
top and bottom straight edges, said shank bottom edge merging with said
cutting edge and making an included angle of about 140 degrees therewith,
and an elongated handle fixed to and surrounding the outer end portion of
said shank, said handle having its longitudinal axis substantially co-
axial with the longitudinal axis of said shank.

2- A steak knife as claimed in claim 1, wherein said outer
end of said blade defines a straight outer edge substantially perpendicular
to said cutting edge.

Description

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This invention relates to cutlery and more particularly to
a table knife useful for cutting food, more particularly meat.
Traditional knives have the disadvantage of rsstricting
the active cutting edge to the point area of the knife because of the
orientation of the handle. The prior art teaches a knife incorporating
a curved blade in U.S. patent 2,538,442 but this knife i~ for a special
application, specifically cutting off and trimming the ribs of a carcass.
The present invention provides a knife specifically adapted to eating.
A primary object of the present invention i8 to pro~ide a

lt~ knife ~or cutting food such as steak with greater ease and speed than
is possible within an ordinary table knife and which is Qafer to use
especially be blind persons.
The knife of the present invention includes a blade with
a straight, bottom cutting sdge and an upwardly inclined shank and
handle so that the cutting edge can be applied on the meat over
substantially its entire length with ths handls held in the userts
hand in normal pnsition. Preferably~ the outer end of the blade is
blunt and does not include a pointed tip.
The above will be more clearly understood by referral

to the following preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated
by way of the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the knife;
Figure 2 i9 a front edge view of the knife; and
Figure 3 is a side view of the knife showing a userts

hand in dashed outline.
Like numerals refer to like elements throughout the
drawings.
Revering now to the drawinns, knife 1 includes a handls 2

a shank 3 and a blade 4. Handls 2 is mads conventionally of metal
plastic or wood. ûbviously shank 3 and handle 2 can be made in a

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single piece. Shank 3 lie5 on the sams axis as handls 2 and can be
made integral therewith. Shank 3 is integral with blade 4 and makes
an angle X therewith as shown in Figurs 3 such that the configuration
ofshank 3 and blade 4 is that of a hockey stick.
81ade 4 has a straight bottom cutting edge 5 preferably
formed by serrations 6 extending from the heel 7 where the shank 3
merges with blade 4 to the front outer edga 8. Front edge a is
blunt and substantially perpendicular to cutting edge 5 , rejoining
the top edge 9 which is blunt and straight and ~ubstantially parallel
O to cutting edge 5. Shank 3 and blade 4 are made of flat stock and
A are co-planar;angle X is preferably about 40 so that when cutting
edge is horizontal~ handle 2 is upwardly inclined at an appropriate
angle for ease in handling the knife.
It is to be noted that th0 present invention is of
particular valus to blind persons as the angular orientation of
the shank and handle precludes any accidental injury as well as
affording greater ease of use as the entire bottom edge 5 i~ brought
into cutting use when the knife is hand hsld in normal position.




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