Patent ID: 8408614
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A sifting scoop comprised of a handle carrying a sifting cup formed of an endless sidewall having a mouth at one end, a perforate bottom at an opposite end, and a perforate sifting region formed in a granular material contacting face of the sidewall opposite the handle that is disposed toward granular material in a container during sifting, wherein the granular material contacting face has a generally flat central section adjacent the mouth and extends from adjacent the perforate bottom to adjacent a scoop tongue that forms a leading scoop edge extending along the mouth adjacent the perforate sifting region guiding granular material into the sifting cup onto the perforate sifting region downstream of the mouth during scooping and sifting, and wherein the endless sidewall necks down toward the perforate bottom generally imparting a funnel shape to the sifting cup such that the mouth is wider than the perforate bottom.