Patent ID: 7806028
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: A47J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for cracking nuts or the shells of crabs and lobster, comprising: three or more cracking members, a connecting member, and means of attaching the cracking members to the connecting member, where each of the three or more cracking members is directly attached to the connecting member, where each cracking member additionally comprises a tip, an outside edge, a serrated cracking surface with an upper curvature and a lower curvature, where the serrated cracking surface is concave, where each cracking member additionally comprises a slot at the top portion of the cracking member, two eyelets projecting out from either side of the slot at the top of the cracking member, where the eyelet has a central hole and an outer countersunk cavity, where the countersunk cavity has an outer edge or lip of slightly lesser diameter than the main body of the countersunk cavity such that the outer edge can retain an object pushed past the outer edge.