Long handled condiment dispenser

Abstract

A condiment dispenser that has a handle of sufficient length to reduce the forces necessary to dispense condiments and/or make the dispenser safe to use over a backyard barbecue grill. In one version, one end of the handle has an attached cylinder having grooves or slots and two or more condiment containers have protrusions that engage the slots so that the containers may be mounted and de-mounted as in a bayonet coupling. Opposite the protrusion end, the containers have lids and rotatable tops, each having a hole or holes that allow regulation of the flow of condiments out of the containers. Another version uses a unitary lid and top having multiple protrusions and at least one hole, so that when secured to the handle, tenderizing and marinading can be undertaken at the same time. Other versions relate to various ways of securing the condiment containers to the handle.

1 . An article for dispensing condiments comprising: 
 at least one container capable of dispensing condiments; and    a long handle capable of being secured to said at least one condiment container.    
     
     
         2 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , wherein said handle has a hand grip ending at least about six inches from said at least one condiment container.  
     
     
         3 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , wherein said handle has a hand grip ending at least about nine inches from said at least one condiment container.  
     
     
         4 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , wherein said handle further comprises at one end a holder for securely holding said at least one condiment container, said holder allowing said at least one condiment container to be de-mounted.  
     
     
         5 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , further comprising a sleeve secured to one end of said handle, said sleeve further having internal L-shaped grooves and said at least one condiment container further having outwardly extending protrusions that engage said grooves.  
     
     
         6 . The dispenser of  claim 5 , wherein said sleeve further has an in internal circumferential ring arranged to provide a compressive force on said at least one container.  
     
     
         7 . The dispenser of  claim 5 , wherein said grooves in said sleeve extend through said sleeve forming slots.  
     
     
         8 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , further comprising a sleeve secured to one end of said handle, said sleeve having internal screw threads, said at least one condiment container having external screw threads, whereby a screw thread coupling is formed between said sleeve and said at least one condiment container.  
     
     
         9 . The dispenser of  claim 1  further comprising a tension band secured to one end of said handle, said tension band having an adjustment mechanism that allows the tension band to secure at least one condiment container.  
     
     
         10 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , further comprising a sleeve secured to one end of said handle, said sleeve having an inner elastomeric friction generating surface, and at least one condiment container having an outer cross-section sized to provide a friction fit to said elastomeric friction generating surface.  
     
     
         11 . The dispenser of  claim 10 , wherein said sleeve is cylindrical.  
     
     
         12 . The dispenser of  claim 10 , wherein said sleeve and said at least one condiment dispenser have a triangular cross section.  
     
     
         13 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of said condiment dispensers further has a lid having at least one lid hole for dispensing condiments and a rotatable top affixed thereto having at least one top hole whereby rotation of said top provides control of the rate at which condiments are dispensed.  
     
     
         14 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of said condiment dispensers has a lid having a plurality of protrusions and at least one hole.  
     
     
         15 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of containers that are stackable.  
     
     
         16 . The dispenser of  claim 1 , wherein the elements are substantially made from plastic.  
     
     
         17 . An article for dispensing condiments comprising: 
 a) a handle comprised of a rod having, at one end, a hole therethrough and having another end;    b) a cylindrical sleeve secured to the other end of said rod with its axis at right angles to said rod, each end of said sleeve having two slots approximately parallel to said sleeve axis located opposite each other and extending from said sleeve ends toward the middle, each slot meeting a slot at right angles to said axis parallel slots, and further, said sleeve having a circumferential inwardly extending ridge located in the middle of said sleeve;    c) two demountable condiment containers comprised of: 
 i) a cylindrical body closed on one end and open on another and having protrusions located to match said slots in said sleeve and extending radially outward,  
 ii) a lid having at least one hole; and  
 iii) a rotatable top having at least one hole.  
   
     
     
         18 . The dispenser of  claim 17 , wherein the elements are substantially made from plastic.  
     
     
         19 . An article for tenderizing food and dispensing condiments comprising: 
 a) a long handle comprised of a rod having, at one end, a hole therethrough and having another end;    b) a cylindrical sleeve secured to the other end of said rod with its axis at right angles to said rod, each end of said sleeve having two slots approximately parallel to said sleeve axis located opposite each other and extending from said sleeve ends toward the middle, each slot meeting a slot at right angles to said axis parallel slots, and further, said sleeve having a circumferential inwardly extending ridge located in the middle of said sleeve;    c) at least one demountable tenderizer/marinader comprised of: 
 i) a cylindrical body having a solid bottom and open top and having protrusions located to match said slots in said sleeve and extending radially outward,  
 ii) a lid having a plurality of protrusions and at least one hole, whereby food may be simultaneously tenderized and marinaded.