Vicki L Thompson

US Patent:

6655032, Dec 2, 2003

Filed:

Apr 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/135604

Inventors:

Vicki L. Thompson - Silver Lake KS 66539
Tyler T. Harrell - Ottawa KS 66067

International Classification:

B26B 1100

US Classification:

30130, 30124, 30128, 30280

Abstract:

A pumpkin cutting apparatus includes a tubular shaft and a cutter releasably coupled to one end thereof, the cutter having a continuous side wall capable of cutting a pumpkin and retaining the cut portion. A plunger shaft extending through the tubular shaft and slides upwardly therethrough and extends through a top opening as the cutter cuts into a pumpkin. Once a cut is complete, the plunger shaft may be pushed back down into the tubular shaft so as to eject the cut portion from the cutter. The apparatus includes an elastomeric shell for surrounding and stabilizing a pumpkin. A transparent dome defining an aperture is selectively situated atop the shell. The tubular shaft and aperture have complementary threads so that the shaft may be rotated to force the cutter into the pumpkin, the cutter being rotatably coupled to the tubular shaft so as not to rotate therewith.