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US 11,696,659 B2Granted
Molded fiber cutlery
AssigneeWorld Centric
InventorsAseem Das, Viktor Jondal, Jesse Menayan, Yanghua Ye
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to biodegradable cutlery, and more specifically to spoons, forks, and knives. The biodegradable cutlery includes a plurality of recesses disposed on the handle forming a rib to resist twisting and bending. An indentation may be disposed along a neck of the cutlery to enhance stability further.
Claims6
A biodegradable cutlery comprising:
- a handle having a handle convex top wall;
- a neck having a neck convex top wall extending from an end of the handle, wherein the neck convex top wall and the handle convex top wall together define a unified convex top wall;
- a concave bowl extending from the neck;
- a plurality of recesses disposed on a right side of the handle convex top wall and a plurality of recesses disposed on a left side of the handle convex top wall, the plurality of recesses disposed on the right and left sides of the handle convex top wall each including a curved inner sidewall extending downward from the handle convex top wall and a bottom wall extending laterally from a lower end of the curved inner sidewall;
- a rib formed in the handle convex top wall by the curved inner sidewalls of the recesses, the rib undulating along a length of the handle;
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- an indentation disposed along the neck and the bowl to add stability to the cutlery when a load is applied on the bowl, the indentation including a concave base disposed below the neck convex top wall,
- wherein the handle, the neck, and the concave bowl are unitary and made of a molded fiber material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.