Patent ID: 7854696

Claim:
A rolling pin comprising: a rolling pin body and end caps, the end caps adapted to engage and be partially received within the rolling pin body, each end cap having a top, a bottom, and a peripheral side wall extending from the top to the bottom, wherein the bottom of each end cap is received within an inner cavity of the rolling pin body, while the top of each end cap faces outwardly from an end of the rolling pin body; a removable offset system for maintaining the rolling pin body a predetermined distance above a surface; a handle in communication with each end cap, each handle including an open upper end, an open lower end, and a peripheral side wall extending from the open upper end to the open lower end, the peripheral side wall defining a cavity within the handle; a locking system for temporarily maintaining the offset system adjacent the rolling pin body, wherein the locking system includes the interplay of a handle receiving extension of each end cap and the cavity within the handle, wherein the handle receiving extension of each end cap extends outwardly from the top of each end cap, the handle receiving extension is adapted to receive the handle, the handle receiving extension including a plurality of locking catches positioned at an outwardly extending end of the handle receiving extension, and wherein the cavity within the handle has a channel varying in diameter, a first portion of the channel sized to cooperate with the locking catches of the handle receiving extension such that they do not temporarily maintain the offset system adjacent the rolling pin body, and a second portion of the channel having a lower seat, arranged so that when the locking catches of the handle receiving extension enter the second portion of the channel, the lower seat temporarily engages the locking catches, and temporarily maintains the offset system adjacent the rolling pin body; and a triggering mechanism for disengaging the locking system during the addition or removal of the offset system.