Patent ID: 6052906
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A nutcracker comprising:two handles which are pivotally connected to one another at distal ends thereof;a basket of one of the handles being configured to hold a nut, the basket having an aperture and being provided adjacent the distal end of one of said handles;a nut pressing part of the other of said handles provided adjacent the distal end of the other of said handles, wherein the nut pressing part is configured to extend directly through the aperture and into the basket to crack a nut therein when the handles are moved toward one another; andan insert part removably mountable to one of said handles and having another nut pressing part positioned so as to extend directly through the aperture and into the basket to crack a nut therein when the insert part is mounted and the handles are moved toward one another.