Patent ID: 7107691

Claim:
An electric pumpkin carving knife comprising: a housing forming a handle of the knife, an electric motor in the housing sized and structured for powering by two to six 1.5V alkaline batteries and for producing an output of generally between 12,000 and 20,000 revolutions per minute when under no load, and a single pumpkin blade, the pumpkin blade being operatively connected to the electric motor so that, when the motor is actuated, the pumpkin blade reciprocates with a blade stroke of between 0.05 inch and 1.5 inches, wherein the pumpkin blade has generally dull teeth so that the pumpkin blade will readily cut the flesh of a pumpkin but not human skin when the motor is actuated, is stiff enough to easily puncture the flesh of a pumpkin yet flexible enough to bend while cutting though the flesh of a pumpkin without breaking, and has a blade height of 0.05 inch to 0.3 inch and a width of 0.01 inch to 0.1 inch to allow the knife to carve intricate designs and elaborate details in the flesh of a pumpkin.