Patent ID: 9635983
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A47J,F16B

Claim:
1. A countertop device, comprising: a kitchen utensil having a manipulation end and a retaining end, the retaining end including a retaining ball; and a retention member, the retention member having a retention body including a mounting surface that retainably mounts the retention member to a flat surface and wherein the retention body includes a socket mount defining a circular cavity, the circular cavity including an opening, said opening being defined by an external opening connected to an interior opening with an angled opening surface therebetween, the circular cavity having a cavity diameter, the external opening having an external opening diameter and the interior opening having an interior opening diameter, wherein the cavity diameter is larger than the interior opening diameter and the external opening diameter is larger than the cavity diameter, and wherein the retaining ball has a ball diameter essentially equal to the cavity diameter, wherein the retaining ball is inserted through the external opening and past the angled opening surface such that the retaining ball is forced through the interior opening diameter and into the circular cavity for coupling and retaining the kitchen utensil to the retention member such that the kitchen utensil is rotatably positionable relative to the retention member.