MAGNETIC PEELER SET

• US 20110167645A1
• Filed: 01/13/2011
• Published: 07/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Progressive International Corporation
• Original Assignee: Progressive International Corporation
• Inventors: Bagley, Justin, Kaposi, Sascha
• Granted Patent: US 8,726,525 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 30/142
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 17/02 Hand devices for scraping or peeling vegetables or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 21/52 Handles, e.g. tiltable, flexible handles and attaching handles in general B25G

Abstract

A fruit or vegetable peeler includes a handle with a blade, in which the peeler is shaped such that a first peeler can nest with or be secured to a second peeler. In some versions, the peeler includes a magnet secured to the peeler such that a first peeler is magnetically attracted to a second peeler having a similar attached magnet.

Claims

1. A vegetable peeler, comprising:

a handle having a distal end and a proximal end;

a tool head secured to the proximal end of the handle, the tool head having a blade mounted on the tool head; and

a magnet secured to one of either the handle or the tool head.

2. The vegetable peeler of claim 1, wherein the magnet is secured to the handle.

3. The vegetable peeler of claim 2, wherein the magnet is embedded within the handle.

4. The vegetable peeler of claim 2, wherein the blade is aligned axially with the handle.

5. The vegetable peeler of claim 4, wherein the tool head further comprises a first prong and a second prong, each of the first prong and the second prong having a first end attached to the proximal end of the handle, the first prong and the second prong diverging from one another adjacent a central portion of the first prong and the second prong, whereby the first prong, the blade, and the second prong form an interior space configured to receive a second blade from a second peeler.

6. The vegetable peeler of claim 5, wherein the first prong, the blade, and the second prong substantially form a V-shape.

7. The vegetable peeler of claim 5, wherein the handle further comprises an upper side and a lower side, the handle being bowed upwardly between the distal end and the proximal end.

8. The vegetable peeler of claim 4, wherein the handle further comprises an upper side and a lower side, the handle being bowed upwardly between the distal end and the proximal end, the handle being configured to nest with a second handle of a second peeler, whereby when the peeler is nested with the second peeler, the lower surface of the handle is in contact with an upper surface of the second handle substantially along the entire length of the handle.

9. The vegetable peeler of claim 3, wherein the handle further comprises an upper side and a lower side, the upper side of the handle being formed with a notch and the lower side of the handle being formed with a projection positioned opposite the notch.

10. The vegetable peeler of claim 9, further comprising a second peeler, the second peeler comprising:

a second handle having an upper side having a second notch and a lower side having a second projection;

a second tool head secured to the second handle, the second tool head having a second blade mounted on the second tool head; and

a second magnet secured to one of either the handle or the tool head;

wherein the projection of the peeler is configured to be received within the second notch.

11. The vegetable peeler of claim 10, wherein the magnet and the second magnet are each positioned to be adjacent one another when the peeler is nested against the second peeler.

12. The vegetable peeler of claim 2, wherein the second blade is oriented orthogonal to the second handle.

13. A vegetable peeler set, comprising:

a first peeler, comprising;

a first handle having a first distal end and a first proximal end;

a first tool head secured to the first proximal end of the first handle, the first tool head having a first blade mounted on the first tool head; and

a first magnet secured to one of either the first handle or the first tool head; and

a second peeler, comprising;

a second handle having a second distal end and a second proximal end;

a second tool head secured to the second proximal end of the second handle, the second tool head having a second blade mounted on the second tool head; and

a second magnet secured to one of either the second handle or the second tool head;

whereby the first magnet and the second magnet are each positioned such that the first magnet lies adjacent the second magnet when the first peeler is nested against the second peeler.

14. The vegetable peeler of claim 13, wherein the first magnet is secured to the first handle and the second magnet is secured to the second handle

15. The vegetable peeler of claim 13, wherein the first magnet is embedded within the first handle and the second magnet is embedded within the second handle.

16. The vegetable peeler of claim 13, wherein the first blade is aligned axially with the first handle.

17. The vegetable peeler of claim 16, wherein the first blade is aligned orthogonal to the first handle.

18. The vegetable peeler of claim 17, wherein the first handle further comprises a projection and the second handle comprises a notch, the projection being received within the notch when the first peeler is nested against the second peeler.

19. The vegetable peeler of claim 18, wherein the first projection is formed at the proximal end of the first handle, and the notch is formed at the proximal end of the second handle.

20. The vegetable peeler of claim 17, wherein the second handle further comprises a projection and the first handle comprises a notch, the projection being received within the notch when the first peeler is nested against the second peeler.