Patent ID: 7775157
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: A23C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for removing excess moisture from blocks of tofu as commonly sold in grocery and health food stores, said apparatus comprising: (a) an open top container member for holding at least one block of tofu, said container member having a first predetermined shape and a predetermined inner surface area; (b) a pair of arm like projections disposed on upper surfaces and on opposite sides of said container member; (c) a first substantially flat plate member having a predetermined surface area which is less than said predetermined inner surface area of said container member by an amount at least sufficient to allow moisture to flow to a surface above an upper surface of such blocks of tofu, said first substantially flat plate member disposed inside said container member and placed on top of at least one block of tofu, said first substantially flat plate member having at least one raised portion on an upper surface thereof; (d) a second substantially flat plate member for engagement with said pair of arm like projections; (e) a handle member disposed on an upper surface of said second substantially flat plate member; and (e) at least one biasing means caged between an inner surface of said handle member and said upper surface of said first substantially flat plate member for pressing excess moisture out of such at least one block of tofu.