Utensil configured to interact with food items

A utensil configured to interact with food items, the utensil comprising:

• a main body portion;
• a handle portion integrally formed with the main body portion and extending in a first direction from the main body portion, the first direction defining a first axis;
• a food manipulating portion integrally formed with the main body portion and extending from the main body portion in a second direction, wherein the food manipulating portion of the utensil is configured to interact with food;
• a plurality of legs extending from the main body portion in a third direction to support the utensil on a support surface, the plurality of legs having lower ends that combine to define a support plane;
• a protrusion feature in the form of a head portion or a tail portion of an animal and formed on a surface of the utensil, the protrusion feature being adjacent to the main body portion and extending outwardly from the main body portion at a second axis, wherein an angle between the first axis and the second axis is between 1 degree and 90 degrees, wherein the angle between the first axis and the second axis is measured within a plane that is substantially parallel to the support plane.

A utensil configured to interact with food items, the utensil comprising:

• a main body portion having a forward end and a rearward end and defining a longitudinal axis therebetween;
• a handle portion extending from the rearward end of the main body portion in a first direction along the longitudinal axis from the main body portion;
• a food manipulating portion extending from the forward end of the main body portion in a second direction, wherein the food manipulating portion of the utensil is configured to interact with food;
• a transition region disposed longitudinally between the food manipulating portion and the main body portion, wherein the transition region has a lateral width narrower than the food manipulating portion and the main body portion;
• a plurality of legs extending from the main body portion in a third direction to support the utensil on a support surface, wherein the length of the legs is such that the handle portion, the main body portion, and the food manipulating portion do not touch the support surface when the utensil is placed on the support surface with the legs supporting the utensil from the support surface;
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• wherein the third direction is substantially perpendicular to one of the first direction and the second direction;
• a protrusion feature in the form of a head portion or a tail portion of an animal and formed on a surface of the utensil, the protrusion feature being adjacent to the main body portion and extending outwardly from the main body portion at an angle relative to the handle portion, wherein the angle is between 1 degree and 90 degrees, wherein the angle is measured within a plane that is substantially parallel to support plane defined by lower ends of the plurality of legs.