Patent ID: 8672373
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A method for turning a food item, comprising the steps of: a) providing a housing having first and second end portions and upper and lower portions, the housing being held in the hand of a user; b) providing a spin tube having first and second end portions being rotatably disposed in the housing, the spin tube having a bore therein; c) providing a push rod having first and second end portions being slidably disposed in the bore of the spin tube; d) providing a front handle on the housing, the front handle being movable by being squeezed in the hand of the user; e) whereby the spin tube rotates in response to the front handle being squeezed in the hand of the user; f) providing a rear handle on the housing, the rear handle being movable by being squeezed in the hand of the user; g) connecting the rear handle to the push rod so that the push rod slides in the spin tube in response to the rear handle being squeezed in the hand of the user; h) providing first and second reciprocating spatula portions on the first end portion of the housing wherein the first and second spatula portions reciprocate toward and away from each other in response to the rear handle being squeezed in the hand of a user, wherein the food item is held between the first and second spatula portions; i) placing the food item on one of the spatula portions and capturing the food item between said first and second spatula portions by squeezing said rear handle to reciprocate the first and second spatula portions toward each other; j) rotating the first and second spatula portions with said food item captured therebetween by squeezing said front handle; and k) separating said first and second spatula portions by releasing said rear handle for releasing said food item in a turned position.