Guard dog cooking utensil

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Referring initially to FIG.
1, a side view of the invention is given.
A skewer member (shown generally at 10) having a handle portion 12 at one end and conjoined by a rod 11 is provided.
The overall length of the cooking skewer 10 can range from about 2 feet to about 3 feet.
The rod 11 of which the utensil is formed is preferably stainless steel wire or rod stock about 1/8 inch in diameter.
The 2 to 3 foot length to allow food skewered on sharp end 13 to be held in the cook fire without scorching the hand of the cooker on handle 12.
The handle 12 is formed of, typically, hardwood dowel stock having a diameter of about 1 inch.
The rod stock of about 1/8 inch diameter is sufficiently rigid to support the weight of food being cooked without undue bending.
A metal wire formed, or mesh, cage 14 is slideably attached near the sharpened end 13 of rod 11.
As shown in FIG.
2 the cage or guard 14 is formed of a plurality of wire rings 16 of about 1/16 inch diameter stainless steel wire and having a generally circular shape.
The circular rings 16 are attached by soldering, brazing or spot welding to at least three longitudinal members 17, equally angularly spaced, and attached about the periphery of rings 16.
The longitudinal members are twisted together on the closed end of the cage, as shown, to provide a slideable runner 18 which can move longitudinally along rod member 11.
A pair of stops 15 are spaced apart a convenient distance (about the length of a typical frankfurter or 4 to 5 inches) and are soldered or brazed or spot welded onto rod 11 in such a manner that cage 14 can slide on rod 11 between stops 15 and so that the cage 14 covers or un-covers the sharpened end 13 of the skewer, depending on its position.
The fit of runner 18 is such that cage 14 is free to move between stops 15 under the influence of gravity.
In operation a selected foodstuff, such as a frankfurter, is skewered lengthwise on the sharpened end 13 of rod 11 with the handle 12 held to position the guard or cage toward the handle 12 end