Patent ID: 9743807
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A47J

Claim:
1. Tongs for gripping and peeling a cooked or raw fruit or vegetable, the tongs comprising: a pair of tong arms joined at a spring-biased hinge, each tong arm terminating in a concave grasping surface bounded by a peripheral grasping edge, each tong arm having a grasping surface extension that extends longitudinally from the peripheral grasping edge, each grasping surface extension having at least one gripping spike that projects perpendicularly inward from the grasping surface extension, each gripping spike being configured to non-destructively penetrate the fruit or vegetable when the pair of tong arms are squeezed towards each other, each gripping spike being configured to securely grip the fruit or vegetable while leaving most of the surface of the fruit or vegetable accessible for peeling.