Patent ID: 6789468
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A device for forming fruit kabobs, comprisingan elongate shaping tube having front and rear ends, said shaping tube having a cutting edge at its front end, an elongate plunger having a front end positioned within and engaging said shaping tube and moveable therein and having a end rear positioned exteriorly of the shaping tube, said front end of the plunger having an axially extending opening therein, said plunger having a channel-shaped passage therein, said channel-shaped passage being unobstructed between the rear and front ends of the plunger and communicating with the axial opening in the front end of the plunger, said shaping tube when successively pressed into fruits including melons forming fruit sections of uniform cross-sectional size within the shaping tube, and an elongate skewer insertable into the rear end of the shaping tube and through the side of the plunger along the channel-shaped passage and through the axial opening in the front and of the plunger to impale the cut fruit sections on the skewer whereby when the plunger is moved in a forward direction the impaled fruit sections and skewer will be expelled from the shaping tube to form a fruit kabob.