Patent ID: 9101240
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A garlic press comprising: a grip member including a housing body and an upper handle extending backward from the housing body, with an opening formed in an upper end of the housing body, with a chamber formed in the housing body for accommodating garlic, with the upper handle including two lateral walls formed on a front end thereof and defining a pivotal space between the two lateral walls, with the housing body including two sides extending from the two lateral walls and terminating in a bottom having an arcuate shape in planes parallel to the two sides, with the two sides and the bottom defining the chamber, with holes formed in the bottom; and a crush member including a crush body and a lower handle extending backward from a rear end of the crush body, with a rear section of the lower handle disposed below the upper handle, with a front end of the lower handle disposed inside the pivotal space of the grip member and pivotally connected between the two lateral walls of the upper handle, with the crush body having an arcuate shape corresponding to the arcuate shape of the bottom and movably received in the chamber of the housing body for crushing the garlic, wherein the crush body is formed as a hollow ring having an axis parallel to but spaced from a pivotal connection between the upper and lower handles.