US Patent 7261627 Multi-use seafood utensil

A multi-use seafood utensil for opening shellfish and crustacean seafood having outer shells for the removal of meat, the utensil comprising: a head portion having a prying blade for prying a seafood shell open and a bifurcated ripping blade for cutting a seafood shell open for the removal of meat; a prying tip formed on the prying blade for insertion between shell halves of a shell of a shellfish; a slot formed in the head portion dividing the ripping blade from a part of the head portion so that the ripping blade can be inserted underneath a seafood shell to cut the shell open; a cutting edge of the ripping blade forming an edge of the slot; a handle portion carried by the head portion for being manually grasped by a user.