Patent ID: 7261627
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. A multi-use seafood utensil for opening shellfish and crustacean seafood having outer shells for the removal of meat, the utensil comprising: a head portion having a prying blade for prying a seafood shell open and a bifurcated ripping blade for cutting a seafood shell open for the removal of meat; the ripping blade divided at least in part from the head portion so that the ripping blade can be inserted underneath a seafood shell to cut the shell open for the removal of meat; a handle portion carried by the head portion having a first arm and a second arm to be manually grasped by a user; at least one of the first arm and second arm being pivotally carried by the head portion; and a shell cracking surface provided by interior opposing portions of the first and second arms of the handle portion for cracking a seafood shell when the first and second arms are grasped and squeezed together by the user.