Kitchen tongs

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8979147
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14099687

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A pair of tongs having two arms including a pivotal engagement therebetween with a pin. Each arm includes a jaw displaced from the pivotal engagement. A locking sleeve includes a channel therethrough with opposed tracks to receive the pin. Stops limit movement of the locking sleeve on the arms. A closure at the end of the channel includes a cup engageable with the locking sleeve. The stop at the distal end of the channel includes an opening therethrough conterminous with the channel. Each arm also includes an outer profile curved inwardly toward the pivotal engagement across which the locking sleeve slides. The pivotal engagement includes oblong holes in the arms with a resilient element biasing the arms apart.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • MASTRAD, S.A.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lion, Mathieu Paris, FR 158 1594
Venot, Marc Saint Ouen, FR 10 82

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