Patent ID: 7748889

Claim:
A combination pastry blender and culinary whisk, comprising: a handle portion at one end of said whisk; a mixing region at an opposite end of said whisk; and a connecting region connecting said handle portion and said mixing region; said mixing region being generally in the shape of an inverted dome curved around a common axis; said mixing region being principally formed of one wire bent to form a plurality of parallel wires arranged near to each other, each said wire of said plurality of wires extending along a direction of said common axis and said plurality of wires being in an array around said axis, and said plurality of parallel wires together defining a generally convex surface for pastry blending, said bent wire being stiff enough to withstand stress and pressure, whereby in a pastry blending operation, said mixing region maintains the inverted dome shape, and said bent wire also being relatively thick to be able to press onto a pastry for blending thereof but without cutting therethrough; and said one bent wire having two free ends, each said free end being bent to converge toward said other free end from a respective opposite side of said mixing region said free ends of said one bent wire connecting to said connecting region, and said connecting region comprising two connecting region wires, one connecting region wire extending from each said free end of said one bent wire, said connecting region wires converging toward each other, and said two converged connecting region wires extending together a distance toward said handle portion and then being connected to said handle portion.