Gregory J Stacy

US Patent:

20140090179, Apr 3, 2014

Filed:

Nov 9, 2012

Appl. No.:

14/125172

Inventors:

Gregory Stacy - Los Angeles CA, US

International Classification:

A47J 43/28
A47J 43/25

US Classification:

7113, 2 21

Abstract:

A thumb-mountable protective utensil system and kit comprises a protective housing, a utensil mount and one or more utensil elements, each of which may be attachable to and detachable from the mount. The housing includes a cavity configured to generally conformingly receive a tip segment of a human thumb for snug securement of the housing thereto. The system is adapted to provide protection from cuts, and can accommodate a variety of thumb sizes by incorporating one or more shim elements which are capable of being attached to and removed from the housing. Examples of variations on the utensil element may include a spiked utensil, a grater utensil and a peeler utensil.