Title: Folding filleting tool

Abstract: A dual purpose blade and a shield are pivotally supported on a transverse axis on a hollow handle for pivotal movement from a nested position within the handle to a fully open position at an obtuse angle to the handle. The shield is independently movable relative to the blade. One longitudinal edge of the blade is an extremely sharp cutting edge, the other longitudinal edge being a scraping edge. The free end of the shield when disposed in nested relation with the blade forms a concave curvature at its free end to conform to the shape of a rib cage of a fish. The lateral surface of the combined shield and blade is a smooth concavity having its axis in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the blade. The concavity at the free end of the shield has sharp edges at its junctions with the lateral surfaces of the shield to provide a scraping edge to shear the fish meat from the rib cage.

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Inventors: Penman, Melvin C. (Getzville, NY, US)

Application Number: 594587
Filing Date: 1975-07-10
Publication_date: 1977-02-08
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Primary Class(es): 452/137 30/161
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

1362143	Dec, 1920	Rohrer	17/68.
1444324	Feb, 1923	Brooks	30/161.
2728984	Jan, 1956	Hopta	30/161.
3290720	Dec, 1966	Gordon	17/69.
3672002	Jun, 1972	Penman	17/66.
3820196	Jun, 1974	Penman	17/66.

Other Refs: 416,366

Sep, 1934	UK

Primary Examiner: Mancene, Louis G.
Assistant Examiner: Hamilton, James D.
Attorney: Liss; E. Herbert