BREAD LAME

• US 20190008168A1
• Filed: 07/05/2018
• Published: 01/10/2019
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 10,638,763 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 central portion including a first mating portion; and

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

wherein the blade holder is configured to hold a razor having a plurality of corners, such that only one of the corners extends beyond the outer perimeter of the first blade holder when the first blade holder is engaged with the central portion.

2. The lame of claim 1, wherein the first mating portion and the second mating portion are configured to removably engage via a slot and tongue arrangement.

3. The lame of claim 2, wherein the first mating portion and second mating portion are removably secured together via a male-female connection.

4. The lame of claim 1, further comprising at least one indicator to indicate a secure engagement between the first mating portion and the second mating portion.

5. The lame of claim 1, wherein the first blade holder includes a slot for inserting and removing the razor.

6. The lame of claim 5, wherein the first blade holder includes at least one rail to guide the razor inserted into the slot into position.

7. The lame of claim 1, wherein the first bladed is configured to retain the razor in a curved profile.

8. The lame of claim 1, wherein the first blade holder comprises a first portion and a second portion, and wherein the first portion and the second portion are non-destructively separable.

9. The lame of claim 1, wherein the first blade holder comprises a first portion and a second portion, and wherein the first portion and the second portion are connected by a hinge.

10. The lame of claim 1, wherein the central portion 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.

11. The lame of claim 10, wherein the central portion 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.

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

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

14. The lame of claim 13, wherein the cover has one of an aperture or a recess.

15. The lame of claim 13, wherein the cover and the first blade holder are removably secured together via a male-female connection.

16. A lame comprising:

a first razor having a plurality of corners;

a central portion including a first mating portion; and

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

wherein the first blade holder is configured to hold the first razor such that only one of the plurality of corners of the first razor extends beyond the outer perimeter of the first blade holder when the first blade holder is engaged with the central portion.

17. The lame of claim 16, wherein the central portion comprises a third mating portion, the lame further comprising:

a second razor having 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 razor such that only one of the plurality of corners of the second razor extends beyond the outer perimeter of the second blade holder when the second blade holder is engaged with the central portion.

18. The lame of claim 17, wherein the second blade holder is configured to retain the second razor in a curved profile.

19. The lame of claim 17, further comprising at least one cover configured to cover an exposed razor edge on the first blade holder or the second blade holder.

20. The lame of claim 17, wherein the central portion has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first mating portion positioned at the first end, and the third mating portion mating portion positioned at the second end.