# US 10,413,103 B1 · Device transformable between a toy and an eating utensil > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,413,103 B1 - Document ID: US10413103B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/268,560 - Filed: 2019-02-06 - Granted: 2019-09-17 - Earliest claimed: 2019-02-06 - Assignees: Mindscope Products - Applicants: Mindscope Products Inc. - Inventors: George Balanchi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10413103B1 ## CPC - A47G 21/02: Forks; Forks with ejectors; Combined forks and spoons; Salad servers - A47G 21/023: {Forks; Forks with ejectors} - A47G 21/04: Spoons; Pastry servers - A63H 17/262: {Chassis; Wheel mountings; Wheels; Axles; Suspensions; Fitting body portions to chassis} - A63H 33/003: {Convertible toys, e.g. robots convertible into rockets or vehicles convertible into planes} - A47G 2021/002: {collapsible} - A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B) - A63H: TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS ## Abstract A device is transformable between a toy, such as a vehicle, and an eating utensil, such as a spoon or fork. The device has a movable handle part and a movable head part, both mounted on a toy body for movement between a toy position in which the handle and the head parts both are juxtaposed with the toy body when the device is transformed to the toy, and a utensil position in which the handle and the head parts both extend away from the toy body in opposite directions along a longitudinal axis when the device is transformed to the eating utensil. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device transformable between a toy and an eating utensil, the device comprising: a toy body having a top and a bottom; and a movable handle part and a movable head part, both mounted on the toy body for movement between a toy position in which the handle part and the head part both are juxtaposed with the toy body when the device is transformed to the toy, and a utensil position in which the handle part and the head part both extend away from the toy body in opposite directions along a longitudinal axis when the device is transformed to the eating utensil, the head part being more proximate than the handle part to the top of the toy body, the handle part being more proximate than the head part to the bottom of the toy body, the handle part lying underneath the head part to secure the head part in the toy position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the toy body has a vehicle shape, and has a set of wheels mounted on the toy body. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the toy body has opposite end regions spaced apart along the longitudinal axis, and wherein the handle part extends past one of the end regions in the utensil position, and wherein the head part extends past the other of the end regions in the utensil position. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the handle part and the head part both lie underneath, and are at least partially covered by, the toy body in the toy position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the handle part and the head part both lie in close confronting relationship adjacent each other in the toy position. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the handle part is elongated along the longitudinal axis and is mounted for sliding movement relative to the toy body along the longitudinal axis. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the handle part has one lock for locking the handle part in the toy position, and another lock for locking the handle part in the utensil position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The device of claim 7, wherein the toy body has a slide collar having a recess, wherein the handle part is mounted for sliding movement within the slide collar, wherein the one lock is a projection received with snap action in the recess in the toy position, and wherein the other lock is another projection received with snap action in the recess in the utensil position. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the handle part has one stop for stopping the handle part in the toy position, and another stop for stopping the handle part in the utensil position. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the head part is mounted for pivoting movement on the toy body about a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The device of claim 10, wherein the head part is pivotably connected to the toy body with a pair of hinge plates, and wherein the hinge plates are generally coplanar in the toy position and generally overlap each other in the utensil position. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The device of claim 10, wherein the head part has a stem with side grooves that snugly receive the toy body in the utensil position. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the head part has fork tines. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the head part has a spoon bowl. ### Claim 15 A device transformable between a toy and an eating utensil, the device comprising: a toy body having opposite openings spaced apart along a longitudinal axis; and a movable handle part and a movable head part, both mounted on the toy body for movement between a toy position in which the handle part and the head part both are juxtaposed with the toy body when the device is transformed to the toy, and a utensil position in which the handle part and the head part both extend away from the toy body in opposite directions along the longitudinal axis when the device is transformed to the eating utensil, the handle part having opposite ends respectively received in the openings in the toy position. ### Claim 16 A device transformable between a toy and an eating utensil, the device comprising: a toy body having a slide collar with a recess; and a movable handle part and a movable head part, both mounted on the toy body for movement between a toy position in which the handle part and the head part both are juxtaposed with the toy body when the device is transformed to the toy, and a utensil position in which the handle part and the head part both extend away from the toy body in opposite directions along a longitudinal axis when the device is transformed to the eating utensil, the handle part having one lock for locking the handle part in the toy position, and another lock for locking the handle part in the utensil position, the handle part being mounted for sliding movement within the slide collar, the one lock being a projection received with snap action in the recess in the toy position, and the other lock being another projection received with snap action in the recess in the utensil position, the handle part having a pair of cantilevered arms, and the projections being respectively located on the arms.