Patent ID: 8348316

Claim:
Cooking tongs comprising a flat slice portion and a dished portion angularly mounted on respective elongate arms with a spring hinge therebetween biasing the portions to a space apart position, the dished portion comprising a forward edge which is curved upwardly when viewed on an end elevation, a concave part adapted to accommodate and enclose the yolk portion of a frying egg and having a periphery lying in a single plane substantially around the circumference of the concave part, whereby the transition between the concave part and the periphery is a continuous and uniform curve to avoid any edges or projections, the portions being mounted on the respective arms in such a manner as to permit the periphery of the concave part to engage the flat slice portion uniformly when the portions are pressed together, whereby to engage the white of said egg around the yolk, in use, and to permit the flat slice portion to engage with the cooking surface.