Patent ID: 6865507

Claim:
In combination: a meat product selected from the group consisting of beef, pork, fowl and fish; and a thickness gauge for meat products including; a base platform; a generally upright stand mounted on said base platform; a thickness gauge support arm having a first end and a second end, said first end of said thickness gauge support arm pivotably and height adjustably mounted on said generally upright stand, said thickness gauge support arm including a pivoting elbow intermediate said first end and said second end; a digital thickness gauge mounted on said second end of said thickness gauge support arm positionable above said base platform, said digital thickness gauge including a vertically adjustable indicator head for engaging said meat product; an indicator head engagement and disengagement mechanism operative to alternatively lift and drop said indicator head of said digital thickness gauge between a lifted position free from engagement with said meat product therebeneath to an engagement position engaging said meat product, thus enabling said digital thickness gauge to read the thickness of said meat product, said indicator head engagement and disengagement mechanism further including an indicator head engagement and disengagement button mounted on said generally upright stand; said digital thickness gauge operative to measure the thickness of said meat product by said indicator head being moved into engagement with said meat product positioned below said digital thickness gauge and on said base platform such that the thickness of said meat product is given by the distance of vertical movement of said indicator head of said digital thickness gauge.