Multipurpose Tool for Mixologists

• US 20130160213A1
• Filed: 12/13/2012
• Published: 06/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: True Fabrications
• Original Assignee: Joshua Salles
• Inventors: Salles, Joshua
• Granted Patent: US 9,107,543 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 7/119
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 43/27 for mixing drinks; Hand-held shakers mechanically driven A47J43/042
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 1/04 wherein the elements are brought into working positions by a pivoting or sliding movement

Abstract

A multipurpose tool includes a handle with a plurality of tool arms connected with the handle. In one embodiment, one tool arm includes a muddler/reamer that includes an end portion that is rounded with a fluted outer periphery and that tapers in transverse cross-sectional dimension in a direction toward a distal end. In another embodiment, one tool arm includes at least one jigger including a cup configured to receive and retain a volume of liquid. In still another embodiment, the muddler/reamer is pivotally connected with the handle so as to extend between two jiggers when in a storage position and to be pivotally moved away from the two jiggers and from the space in relation to the handle when deployed in an operational position.

Claims

1. A multipurpose tool comprising:

a handle including a plurality of tool arms connected with the handle, wherein one tool arm comprises a muddler/reamer having an end portion that is rounded with a fluted outer periphery and that tapers in transverse cross-sectional dimension in a direction toward a distal end.

2. The multipurpose tool of claim 1, wherein at least some of the tool arms are pivotally connected with the handle so as to at least partially fit within a space defined within the handle when in a storage position and to be pivotally moved from the space in relation to the handle when deployed in an operational position.

3. The multipurpose tool of claim 1, wherein one tool arm comprises at least one jigger, each jigger comprising a cup configured to receive and retain a volume of liquid.

4. The multipurpose tool of claim 1, wherein the multipurpose tool further comprises two jiggers extending from an end of the handle, each jigger comprising a cup configured to receive and retain a volume of liquid.

5. The multipurpose tool of claim 4, wherein one jigger cup is configured to receive and retain a larger volume of liquid than the other jigger cup.

6. The multipurpose tool of claim 4, wherein the muddler/reamer is pivotally connected with the handle so as to extend between the two jiggers when in a storage position and to be pivotally moved away from the two jiggers and from the space in relation to the handle when deployed in an operational position.

7. The multipurpose tool of claim 6, wherein an opening of each cup is aligned in relation to the handle such that the cup openings of the two jiggers face away from each other and a space is defined between the jigger cups, and a portion of the muddler/reamer fits within the space defined between the jigger cups.

8. The multipurpose tool of claim 1, wherein the multipurpose tool further comprises at least one of a knife, a zester/channel knife, a strainer, a stirrer, a corkscrew and a bottle opener.

9. The multipurpose tool of claim 1, wherein the multipurpose tool further comprises a stirrer, the stirrer comprising a first arm member that pivotally connects with the handle and a second arm member that pivotally connects with the first arm member.

10. The multipurpose tool of claim 1, wherein the multipurpose tool further comprises a combined zester knife tool and a channel knife tool incorporated into a single tool arm, the zester knife tool comprising a plurality of spaced first holes in alignment with each other, and the channel knife tool comprising a second hole having a larger dimension than the first holes.

20. The multipurpose tool of claim 1, wherein the multipurpose tool further comprises a combined zester knife tool and a channel knife tool incorporated into a single tool arm, the zester knife tool comprising a plurality of spaced first holes in alignment with each other, and the channel knife tool comprising a second hole having a larger dimension than the first holes.

11. A multipurpose tool comprising:

a handle including a plurality of tool arms connected with the handle, wherein one tool arm comprises at least one jigger, each jigger comprising a cup configured to receive and retain a volume of liquid.

12. The multipurpose tool of claim 11, wherein the multipurpose tool further comprises two jiggers extending from an end of the handle, each jigger comprising a cup configured to receive and retain a volume of liquid.

13. The multipurpose tool of claim 12, wherein one jigger cup is configured to receive and retain a larger volume of liquid than the other jigger cup.

14. The multipurpose tool of claim 12, further comprising a tool that is pivotally connected with the handle so as to extend between the two jiggers when in a storage position and to be pivotally moved away from the two jiggers in relation to the handle when deployed in an operational position.

15. The multipurpose tool of claim 14, wherein an opening of each cup is aligned in relation to the handle such that the cup openings of the two jiggers face away from each other and a space is defined between the jigger cups, and a portion of the tool that is pivotally connected with the handle fits within the space defined between the jigger cups.

16. The multipurpose tool of claim 14, wherein the tool pivotally connected with the handle comprises a muddler/reamer.

17. The multipurpose tool of claim 11, wherein at least some of the tool arms are pivotally connected with the handle so as to at least partially fit within a space defined within the handle when in a storage position and to be pivotally moved from the space in relation to the handle when deployed in an operational position.

18. The multipurpose tool of claim 11, wherein the multipurpose tool further comprises at least one of a knife, a zester/channel knife, a strainer, a stirrer, a corkscrew and a bottle opener.

19. The multipurpose tool of claim 11, wherein the multipurpose tool further comprises a stirrer, the stirrer comprising a first arm member that pivotally connects with the handle and a second arm member that pivotally connects with the first arm member.