Patent ID: 8695491
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A23N,A47J,B26F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for splitting apart a pomegranate comprising: a plurality of elongated splitting levers; wherein said plurality comprises four elongated splitting levers and wherein each one of said plurality of elongated splitting levers has a penetrating end; and a pivoting connecting mechanism for hingedly interconnecting said plurality of elongated splitting levers at said penetrating ends, said pivoting connecting mechanism defining a fulcrum about which said elongated levers pivot; wherein each one of said plurality of elongated levers has a shape configured to enable the plurality of elongated levers to be arranged in a substantially closed configuration in contact or contiguous lengthways with one another to form a penetrating structure to enable said plurality of elongated levers to be at least partially inserted into the pomegranate; and wherein said pivoting connecting mechanism is configured to outwardly pivot a first directly adjacent pair of said elongated levers outwardly in a substantially closed configuration from a second directly adjacent pair of said elongated levers in a substantially closed configuration in response to forcing pulling apart said first pair of elaborated levers from said second pair of elongated levers; wherein said pivoting connecting mechanism is further configured to outwardly pivot apart said first pair of said elongated levers from one another in response to forcing apart said first pair of elongated levers; wherein said pivoting connecting mechanism is further configured to outwardly pivot apart said second pair of said elongated levers from one another in response to forcing apart said second pair of elongated levers; whereby, when said plurality of elongated splitting levers arranged in said substantially closed configuration are at least partially inserted into said pomegranate, forcing apart said first pair of elongated levers from said second pair of elongated levers gently splits a rind of the pomegranate apart to expose intact arils within the pomegranate; and forcing apart said first pair of elongated levers from one another and forcing apart said second pair of elongated levers from one another gently further splits the rind into quarters to expose intact arils within said pomegranate.