Bread lame

• US 10,638,763 B2
• Filed: 07/05/2018
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Masontops IP Holdings Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Masontops, Inc.
• Inventors: Bacher, Michael, Baron, Philip, Molnar, Brett
• Primary Examiner(s): Prone, Jason Daniel
• Application Number:
  US16/027,868
• Publication Number:
  US 20190008168A1
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• Field of Search: 30299, 30329-339
• CPC Class Codes: A21C 11/12 Apparatus for slotting, slitting or perforating the surface of pieces of dough
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 29/025 Knife sheaths or scabbards
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 5/006 specially adapted for using razor blades as blades B26B5/001 takes precedence

Abstract

A lame, for example a bread lame, is provided which may be used to score bread dough. The lame may include blade holders that may securely hold a razor blade in a curved or a straight profile, and may cover one or more corners of the razor blade. The blade holders may be securable to and removable from a handle of the bread lame. The lame may include a removable cover for the blade holders to cover exposed edges of the razor blades.

Claims

1. A lame comprising:

a handle including a first mating portion; and

a blade holder including a first end comprising a second mating portion and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first end further includes a blade-receiving slot configured to receive a blade including a plurality of corners, and wherein the second mating portion is configured to removably engage with the first mating portion;

wherein;

when the first mating portion is engaged with the second mating portion, the first end of the blade holder is proximate the handle and the second end of the blade holder is distal from the handle; and

when the blade has been received by the blade-receiving slot, the blade holder is configured to hold the blade, such that only one of the plurality of corners extends beyond an outer perimeter of the blade holder.

2. The lame of claim 1, wherein the first mating portion and the second mating portion define a slot and tongue arrangement.

3. The lame of claim 2, wherein the first mating portion and second mating portion define a male-female connection.

4. The lame of claim 1, wherein at least one of the handle or the blade holder comprises at least one indicator configured to indicate a secure engagement between the first mating portion and the second mating portion.

5. The lame of claim 1, wherein the blade holder includes at least one rail to guide the blade as it is inserted into the blade-receiving slot.

6. The lame of claim 1, wherein the blade holder is configured to retain the blade in a curved profile.

7. The lame of claim 1, wherein the handle comprises a third mating portion, and further comprising a second blade holder including a fourth mating portion configured to removably engage with the third mating portion.

8. The lame of claim 7, wherein the second blade holder is engaged with the handle, the second blade holder comprises an end proximate to the handle and an end distal from the handle, and wherein the end proximate to the handle comprises a second blade-receiving slot configured to receive a second blade.

9. The lame of claim 7, wherein the handle has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first mating portion is positioned at the first end, and the third mating portion mating portion is positioned at the second end.

10. The lame of claim 7, wherein the second blade holder is configured to retain a second blade in a curved profile.

11. The lame of claim 1, further comprising a cover configured to removably engage the blade holder to cover the exposed corner of the first blade.

12. The lame of claim 11, wherein the removable engagement between the cover and the blade holder is implemented via a male-female connection.

13. A lame comprising:

a blade including a plurality of corners;

a handle including a first mating portion; and

a blade holder including a first end comprising a second mating portion and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first end further includes a blade-receiving slot configured to receive the blade, and wherein the second mating portion is configured to removably engage with the first mating portion;

wherein;

when the first mating portion is engaged with the second mating portion, the first end of the blade holder is proximate the handle and the second end of the blade holder is distal from the handle; and

when the blade has been received by the slot, the blade holder is configured to hold the blade such that only one of the plurality of corners of the blade extends beyond an outer perimeter of the blade holder.

14. The lame of claim 13, wherein the handle comprises a third mating portion, the lame further comprising:

a second blade including a plurality of corners; and

a second blade holder including a fourth mating portion, configured to removably engage with the third mating portion;

wherein the second blade holder is configured to hold the second blade such that only one of the plurality of corners of the second blade extends beyond the outer perimeter of the second blade holder.

15. The lame of claim 14, wherein the second blade holder is configured to retain the second blade in a curved profile.

16. The lame of claim 14, further comprising at least one cover configured to cover the exposed blade corner on the blade holder or the second blade holder.

17. The lame of claim 14, wherein the handle includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first mating portion is positioned at the first end, and wherein the third mating portion is positioned at the second end.

18. The lame of claim 14, wherein the second blade holder is engaged with the handle, the second blade holder comprises an end proximate to the handle and an end distal from the handle, and wherein the end proximate to the handle comprises a second blade-receiving slot configured to receive the second blade.