Patent ID: 6990892

Claim:
An enhanced stamper device that functions to emboss images onto foods comprising: an upper assembly comprising a handle attached to a shaft housing, the handle of sufficient size and configuration to allow the user to comfortably grip and operate the stamp device, a generally cylindrical shaft oriented vertically within the handle, the shaft comprising a first diameter located at a top portion thereof, and a second diameter located at a bottom portion thereof, the first and second diameters functioning to create a means to limit downward movement, the first diameter functioning to create a seat for a spring, which allows the shaft to be forced downward, a shaft housing attached to a lower base cover assembly on the bottom portion of the housing assembly, the lower base cover assembly comprising an inner cavity which houses an embossing pattern assembly, the embossing assembly comprising an embossing pattern thereon, the base cover comprises a cavity that matches planar dimensions of the embossing pattern assembly with greater depth than the pattern for upward movement, the embossing pattern located on a bottom surface of the assembly, a shaft on the top of the embossing pattern attaches to the upper shaft located in the shaft housing assembly, with attachment of the embossing shaft located at an inner cavity in the upper shaft, the embossing pattern assembly able to be changed for different embossing patterns to create different previously-determined images upon the food, including incused images raised above the surface of the food.