Patent ID: 6898857

Claim:
A hand utensil for peeling and pitting a fruit, such as a mango, comprising: a spoon-shaped bowl having a proximal end and a distal end and defining an axis extending from the proximal end to the distal end, said bowl having a convex surface and concave surface, and wherein said bowl defines a plurality of elongated slots extending therethrough in a lower region of the concave surface and between the proximal end and distal end of the bowl and oriented generally perpendicularly to said axis and generally parallel to one another; and a series of arcuate ridges projecting from the concave surface of the bowl, wherein a first arcuate ridge in the series of arcuate ridges is formed at the distal end of the bowl, and a last arcuate ridge in the series of arcuate ridges is formed between the proximal end and distal end of the bowl, and further wherein the last arcuate ridge is spaced apart from the plurality of elongated slots extending through the bowl.