Inventors:
Michael Ciochetti - Clayton GA, US
International Classification:
A22C 25/02
Abstract:
A tool for extracting meat from a shell fish, particularly a crab leg. The tool includes a handle, a guide extending from one end of the handle, a tapered blade projecting from the guide in a direction parallel to an operating plane of the tool, and a splitter pivotally attached at a point near the handle and extending at a variable angle to the guide. The tapered blade has a height in the operating plane that decreases in the direction toward a distal tip of the guide, and the splitter is adapted to pivot in the operating plane of the tool and has a slot that is aligned with and sized to receive the tapered blade. The tapered blade enters the slot when the splitter is pivoted in the operating plane toward the guide.