Patent ID: 7159320

Claim:
A tool forming a recess in a fruit or vegetable, the recess being configured to complementarily receive a cylindrical candle having a diameter and a height, said tool comprising: a hollow cylindrical body centered about an axis and having an upper end, a sharpened lower end edge portion spaced apart from said upper end along an axis, and an outer diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the candle-receiving recess to be formed; a handle structure secured to said body and being manually graspable and useable to downwardly force said sharpened lower end edge portion into the fruit or vegetable while rotating said body about said axis; and a cutting blade structure secured within a lower end portion of said body and having a cutting edge portion positioned and configured to provide the innermost end surface of the formed candle-receiving recess with a substantially entirely flat configuration, said cutting blade structure is being defined by an elongated strip-shaped cutting member longitudinally extending diametrically across the interior of said body and being secured at opposite ends thereof to said body, said cutting member being laterally twisted about a longitudinally central portion thereof to form a pair of opposite longitudinal blade portions with side edges lying in a plane transverse to said axis, said side edges defining said cutting edge portion.