Patent ID: 7402099
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: A22B

Abstract:
1. A crushing device for a bird's head, comprising: (a) means for retaining a bird's head in said device and wherein said means for retaining a bird's head includes a first upper member and a second lower member that are pivotally attached with respect to each other and adapted to pivot about an axis and wherein said first upper member includes a first inner arcuate recess area and wherein said second lower member includes a second inner arcuate recess area that is disposed under said first inner arcuate recess area, and wherein said first inner arcuate recess area includes a concave shape and wherein said second inner arcuate recess area includes a concave shape and wherein when said first upper member and said second lower member are pivoted about said axis into a first closed position, a generally oval-shaped opening is provided therein between said first inner arcuate recess area and said second inner arcuate recess area, and wherein when said first upper member and said second lower member are disposed in said first closed position said oval-shaped opening is open at each opposite side of said device sufficient to allow at least a portion of beak of said bird's head to extend from said opening and to allow a neck of said bird to extend from an opposite end of said opening and wherein said beak is not crushed and said beak is not cleaved when said device is disposed in said first position; (b) means for crushing said head sufficient to kill said bird when said head is disposed between said first inner arcuate recess and said second inner arcuate recess area and said first upper member and said second lower member are disposed in said first closed position, and wherein said means for crushing does not include cleaving of said head of said bird or a cleaving of said neck of said bird; and (c) wherein said crushing device for a bird's head is hand-held during use and wherein said crushing device for a bird's head is not fixedly mounted to any other structure, and wherein when said crushing device for a bird's head is disposed in said first position, it is adapted for portage and it includes an overall size that is adapted for placement in a pocket of a garment, and wherein when said first upper member and said second lower member are disposed in said first closed position, said device includes an overall shape that resembles a beak of a bird and a head of a bird and a neck of a bird, and wherein when said first upper member and said second lower member are disposed in said first closed position said second lower member is disposed in a recessed area provided in said first upper member, and wherein when said first upper member and said second lower member are disposed in said first closed position an outer bottom surface of said second lower member rearward linearly along a bottom portion of said second lower member, and wherein a front portion of said device includes a front-most distal point and wherein said front portion of said device resembles said beak of a bird and wherein said front portion of said device that resembles said beak of said bird is attached to said first upper member and wherein an upper surface of said device is disposed on said first upper member on an opposite side of said device with respect to said bottom surface when said device is disposed in said first position and wherein when said device is disposed in said first position and is viewed from the side and extending from said front-most distal point toward an opposite rear portion of said device said front portion includes a gradual upward first curvature that begins at said front-most distal point and wherein said upward curvature rises to a peak elevation at a second end of said first curvature and wherein a portion of said first upper member that is disposed forward of said peak elevation resembles a top and forward half of said head of a bird and said beak of a bird, and wherein said peak elevation is maximally disposed away from said bottom portion of said device in relation to the rest of said first upper member when said device is disposed in said first position, and wherein said peak elevation is disposed forward of a center of said second inner arcuate recess area and wherein when continuing said viewing of said device from the side extending rearward from said peak elevation toward said opposite rear portion of said device a second curvature begins and extends downward from said peak elevation in a direction that is both rearward and toward said bottom portion, and wherein said device includes a third curvature that is attached at one end thereof to said second curvature and curves in an opposite direction with respect to said second curvature, and wherein said second curvature and said third curvature include a generally S-shape thereto, and wherein said first upper member extends rearward from an end of said third curvature in a generally parallel orientation with respect to said bottom portion of second lower member when said device is in said first position, and wherein said peak elevation is disposed on said device at a location that resembles said top of said head of a bird and wherein said remaining amount of said upper portion that is disposed rearward of said third curvature resembles said neck of a bird, wherein the lower surface of the first upper member comprising a flat portion extending from said front most distal point and said flat portion connects directly to a first lower curved portion curving upward from said flat portion, said first lower curved connected directly to a second lower curved portion extending upwardly from said first lower curved portion, said second lower curved portion partially forming said first inner arcuate recess area, said second lower member comprising an enlarged front distal end which is adapted to fit into said first lower curved portion of said first upper member when the device is in the first position, said second lower member comprising a top concave surface portion directly connected to said enlarged front distal end, said top concave surface of said second lower member forming said second inner arcuate recess area, and wherein said first upper member includes at least one protrusion and wherein said at least one protrusion is disposed in said first inner arcuate recess area and wherein said at least one protrusion extends away from said first upper member toward said second inner arcuate recess, wherein said at least one protrusion includes a generally pyramid shape.