Patent ID: 6589108
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
A skinning blade assembly, comprising,a shoe support having an upper substantially flat support surface and a forward edge, a clamp having a forward edge and a bottom flat surface portion engaging and superimposed over the flat support surface of the shoe support, the clamp having a tapered slot extending from its forward edge downwardly and rearwardly towards its flat support surface and terminating in an elongated vertical wall, said slot forming a truncated tapered recess with respect to the flat support surface of the shoe adjacent its forward edge, an elongated blade having an elongated forward cutting edge, a rearward edge, and a tapered truncated body compatible with the shape of at least a portion of the tapered recess, whereby the blade will be permitted only partial penetration of the recess so as to create a space with open ends forwardly of the vertical wall to permit an elongated tool to be inserted therein to pry the blade forwardly out of the tapered truncated recess using the vertical wall as a fulcrum for the tool during the prying operations.