Patent ID: 6128823
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A kernel buster for piercing the tough husks of kernels on an ear of corn comprised of:a roller handle, said roller handle having a Y-shaped construction made from a semi-flexible material forming a pair of articulating structural members for allowing one to expand a gap between a set of tips of said structural members and for inserting therebetween an ear of corn and wherein the distance between the tips of said structural members would be a minimum of six inches; anda rolling board, wherein said rolling board provides a surface against which the surface of a cob may be firmly pressed;and wherein said Y-shaped handle is further comprised of:a pair of cups, said cups rotatably attached at ends of the tips of the Y-shaped handle for securably receiving ends of the corn cob and wherein said cups having a conical parabolic shape and being attached at vertex of their outer surface to the tips of said Y-shaped handle thereby aligning the cups such that a concave inner surface of each face each other; anda pair of knobs, said pair of knobs located on said tips of said Y-shaped handle's outer side for providing user with points to grasp when expanding said Y-shaped handle when inserting said ear of corn.