Patent ID: 9565962
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A47J

Claim:
1. A multi-functional fruit and vegetable shaping tool comprising: a main body having a main wall that surrounds a receiving space, and a plurality of cutters that have different functions and are formed in said main wall at angularly spaced-apart positions, said main wall having a converging open end, a diverging open end that is opposite to said converging open end, and an inner wall surface that extends divergingly from said converging open end to said diverging open end, said cutters extending from said diverging open end to said converging open end; and a separation member removably disposed in said receiving space to isolate at least one of said plurality of cutters that is selected for performing a desired function from the rest of said plurality of cutters, said separation member being connected non-rotatably to said main wall and dividing said receiving space into an unshielded operative region that is proximal to said at least one of said plurality of cutters, and a shielded inoperative region that is proximal to the rest of said plurality of cutters, said separation member having a supporting surface that bounds said unshielded operative region and that is opposite to said shielded inoperative region, said supporting surface having an inner tapering end that is proximal to said at least one of said plurality of cutters and said converging open end, and an outer enlarged end that is opposite to said inner tapering end and extending away from said at least one of said plurality of cutters to said diverging open end of said main wall.