Patent ID: 7677879
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: A21C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for docking dough, comprising: a base member defining an upper surface and a lower surface, said base member further having a curvature; a plurality of protrusions extending from the lower surface of said base member for engaging the dough, wherein each of the protrusions has a substantially frustoconical shape; and a handle extending from the upper surface of said base member; wherein the protrusions extending from the lower surface of the apparatus can be pressed into the dough, with the curvature of said base member allowing the apparatus to be rocked from side to side such that said plurality of protrusions dock the dough; and wherein said base member has a diameter, and said base member curves upwardly with a radius of curvature of approximately twice the diameter of the base member.