Patent ID: 7862408

Claim:
A meat tenderizer assembly that completely eliminates contamination from one use to the next, said tenderizer assembly comprising: a head with at least one table, said table having a substantially planar outer surface; a handle integral with said head; a series of disposable table covers configured to be quickly and easily snapped onto and removed from said at least one table and to remain attached to said at least one table during use, each of said table covers having a differently configured obverse surface for contact with the meat and a substantially smooth planar reverse surface for contact with the substantially planar outer surface of the at least one table; means for quickly and easily snapping said table covers onto and removing said table covers from said at least one table, said means comprising; a first set of opposing side walls integral with the at least one table, a transverse downwardly facing grove disposed proximate to and upwardly spaced from the bottom of the table in each opposing side wall, a first set of opposing flanges integral with and curving upwardly from the obverse surface of the disposable table covers, said flanges terminating in inwardly and downwardly extending portions configured to cooperate with said grooves such that when a table cover is brought in contact with the at least one table the inwardly facing portions of the flanges of said table cover may quickly and easily snapped into the grooves in the side walls of said at least one table, the tenderizer used in the intended manner, and said portions may be easily removed from said grooves after use; and means for prohibiting material from entering a space between the table covers and the at least one table during use; whereby one table cover may be snapped onto the at least one table, the tenderizer used on a piece of meat, the used table cover quickly and easily removed and permanently discarded and a clean unused table cover snapped unto the at least one table for the next use thereby completely eliminating cross contamination from one use to the next.