Patent ID: 7150574

Claim:
A device for applying a food spread, comprising: an upper elongated arm and a lower elongated arm, each said arm having a first end and a second end, wherein each said arm is resiliently joined together at the first end to form a substantially U-shaped bent section; wherein said upper elongated arm is tapered along a longitudinal direction from said first end toward said second end, and wherein said lower elongated arm is tapered along a longitudinal direction from said first end toward said second end; an upper plate extending from the second end of the upper arm, the upper plate having a substantially convex arcuate cross-sectional contour; and a lower plate extending from the second end of the lower arm, the lower plate having a substantially convex arcuate cross-sectional contour and having a plurality of slots formed therethrough; wherein the upper arm, the lower arm, the bent section, the upper plate and the lower plate are formed in one piece; whereby a user compresses a food spread between the upper and lower plates through application of pressure to the upper and lower arms, thereby forcing the food spread through the plurality of slots for application to an item of food, and upon release of pressure the upper and lower arms resiliently return to a spaced-apart position.