Patent ID: 8382562

Claim:
A knife for deboning rib meat from ribs, which includes: a first plurality of generally parallel spaced apart left and right blades arranged in side by side relation, each first blade having forward end, a rearward end and a sharp bottom edge and wherein each forward end includes a sharp nook which is contoured to a rib of a first predetermined animal; a handle connected to said rearward end of said first blades wherein an opening extends substantially from said rearward ends proximate said forward ends such that deboned meat can pass between and through said blades; a first deboning head transversely interconnecting said forward ends of said first blades and is configured with a sharp spike which is pitched rearwardly toward said handle and between said first blades to provide an aggressive angle of attack and which includes a sharp bottom edge; a second plurality of generally parallel spaced apart left and right blades arranged in side by side relation, each second blade having forward end, a rearward end and a sharp bottom edge and wherein each forward end of each said second blade includes a sharp nook which is contoured to a rib of a second predetermined animal; said handle connected to said rearward end of said second blades wherein an opening extends substantially from said rearward ends of said second blades proximate said forward ends of said second blades such that deboned meat can pass between and through said second blades; and a second deboning head transversely interconnecting said forward ends of said second blades and is configured with a sharp spike which is pitched rearwardly toward said handle and between said second blades to provide an aggressive angle of attack and which includes a sharp bottom edge, and wherein one of said first blades and first deboning head and said second blades and deboning head nest within the other when in a closed position.