Patent ID: 7000531
Filing Date: 2006-02-21
Classification: A23N

Abstract:
1. A nutcracker system comprising in combination: a base having a bottom interconnecting two similar sides, a back and a front all interconnected with each other to define an open top base chamber, said front having a medial slot extending vertically therethrough; at least one spacer having a peripheral configuration to fit in immediate adjacency with the vertical sides of the base defining the base chamber, said at least one spacer defining a medial cracking chamber orifice and having a tab-like protuberance extending outwardly from the periphery to fit in and through the slot defined in the front of the base; and a striker plate having a plate-like body defining a lower substantially planar surface, having at least one dimension greater than the greatest dimension of the cracking chamber orifice defined in the at least one spacer and carrying a medially positioned upwardly extending handle to aid manual manipulation of the striker plate to impact upon the upper surface of the at least one spacer.