Patent ID: 7033263

Claim:
A pivot action bivalve opening system, comprising: a cutting support board base, having a generally rectangular shape; raised walls around said base's edge forming a juice collection pocket; a set of five small lifting feet positioned on a bottom side of said base; a linear knife blade and handle securely attached near its blade end to a pivot shaft; a pair of pivot shaft support posts anchored in one side of said raised walls at one end of said support base; wherein said pivot shaft and attached knife blade are suspended between said support posts a raised pocket centered in said base such that a plane containing said knife blade's long axis bisects said raised pocket; wherein said raised pocket serves to support a bivalve shell upright when said knife blade is engaged with said bivalve's shell; wherein height of said pivot shaft supports and said knife blade is secured to said pivot shaft so as to permit said blade to rotate through at least 180 degrees; wherein said base has a juice pouring spout as part of said raised walls of said base; and wherein said base, walls and pocket are all fashioned out of a durable, bamboo wood with antibacterial properties.