Portable food handling devices
OwnerLeonid Shendelmaninventor
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Abstract
A food handling device includes a holder having an interior chamber extending along a longitudinal axis, and an extension housing detachably mounted on the holder and having an interior compartment for receiving and for holding the foodstuff. A pusher is mounted in the chamber for axial movement. An actuator axially moves the pusher through the chamber and through the compartment into contact with the foodstuff, and incrementally feeds a continuously variable quantity of the foodstuff along the longitudinal axis through the opening directly into a user's mouth to enable the foodstuff to be eaten bite-by-bite in a sanitary manner without using eating accessories, such as plates and/or utensils, and without the user's hands directly touching and contaminating the foodstuff, thereby preventing the spread of disease.
Claims20
A food handling device for use in eating a foodstuff, comprising:
- a holder for holding the foodstuff, wherein the holder has an annular body portion bounding an interior and supporting the movable member and the foodstuff within the interior of the annular body portion;
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- a movable member movable relative to the holder, for incrementally feeding the foodstuff directly into a user's mouth to enable the foodstuff to be eaten bite-by-bite in a sanitary manner without using eating utensils.
A food service assembly for holding a food handling device for use in eating a foodstuff away from a support surface, comprising:
- an upper portion bounding a compartment in which the food handling device is held;
- a lower portion extending away from the upper portion;
- a corrugated sleeve bounding an interior in which the lower portion is received;
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- a base for attachment to the support surface;
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- an adapter for mounting the corrugated sleeve to the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.