Abstract: A multi-purpose cooking tool including an elongated shaft, a handle, a first hook-like member, a second hook-like member and a grill engaging recess. The elongated shaft has a first end and a second end. The handle is provided at the first end of the elongated shaft. The first hook-like member, the second hook-like member and the grill rail engaging recess are provided at the second end of the elongated shaft. The first hook-like member has a counter-clockwise curvature with respect to a longitudinal axis of the elongated shaft and the second hook-like member has a clockwise curvature with respect to the longitudinal axis of the elongated shaft.

Abstract: An improved towel holder, which can be used with any towel, is easily releasable, can be easily attached to a users clothing, backpack, etc., and can also be easily mounted onto a wall or other stationary object. A towel holder according to preferred embodiments of the present invention is generally a hollow, cylindrical tube having a plurality of flexible “teeth” in the center of its front face, with an attached clip on its back face suitable for attachment to a belt or clothing. The clip can also easily be used with a wall mounting bracket, allowing the towel holder to be clipped to the wall bracket for storage or for stationary use. The teeth are preferably flexible so that a portion of a towel or cloth can be pushed between the teeth, which will then grip and hold the towel in place. The towel can then be easily disengaged with a simple one hand manual pulling action.

Abstract: A tool for forming articles from sheets of conformable material comprises a base and a handle. The base includes a circular-shaped groove formed in a face thereof whereby the circular-shaped groove defines a circular-shaped protrusion encompassed thereby. The handle includes a circular-shaped annular extension engagable within the circular-shaped groove for enabling an engaged portion of a sheet of conformable material positioned between the base and the handle to be conformed within the circular-shaped groove by forcibly engaging the circular-shaped annular extension within the circular-shaped groove.

Abstract: A tool for forming articles from sheets of conformable material comprises a base and a handle. The base includes a circular-shaped groove formed in a face thereof whereby the circular-shaped groove defines a circular-shaped protrusion encompassed thereby. The handle includes a circular-shaped annular extension engagable within the circular-shaped groove for enabling an engaged portion of a sheet of conformable material positioned between the base and the handle to be conformed within the circular-shaped groove by forcibly engaging the circular-shaped annular extension within the circular-shaped groove.

Abstract: A multi-purpose cooking tool comprises an elongated shaft, a handle, a first hook-like member, a second hook-like member and a grill engaging recess. The elongated shaft has a first end and a second end. The handle is provided at the first end of the elongated shaft. The first hook-like member, the second hook-like member and the grill rail engaging recess are provided at the second end of the elongated shaft. The first hook-like member has a counter-clockwise curvature with respect to a longitudinal axis of the elongated shaft and the second hook-like member has a clockwise curvature with respect to the longitudinal axis of the elongated shaft.

Abstract: A nutcracker comprises an upper endplate that includes a plurality of spaced apart apertures defining a central portion of the upper endplate and a lower endplate includes a plurality of spaced apart apertures defining a central portion of the lower endplate. A plurality of spaced apart apertures of the lower end plate is spaced relatively close together with respect to the apertures of the upper end plate. The elongated rods each have ends thereof pivotably mounted within a corresponding one of the apertures of the upper and lower endplates to define a tapered and compressible nut envelope. Each one of the rod members includes an inner end portion at at least one end thereof and includes a shoulder provided at a surface of the inner end portion for engaging an inboard face of a corresponding one of the endplates to limit axial displacement of the rod members.