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US 12,049,018 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.
Claims9
A biodegradable cutlery comprising:
- a handle having a handle convex top wall and a handle concave bottom wall;
- a neck having a neck convex top wall extending from an end of the handle and a neck concave bottom wall extending from the end of the handle, wherein the handle concave bottom wall and the neck concave bottom wall define a unified concave bottom wall;
- a blade having:
- a blade convex top wall extending from the neck to a tip of the blade, wherein the blade convex top wall, the neck convex top wall, and the handle convex top wall together define a unified convex top wall,
- a serrated edge projecting outwardly from the blade convex top wall and defining a first side of the blade, and
- a base offset from the blade convex top wall, the base and the blade convex top wall defining an indentation, wherein the blade convex top wall extends around the indentation;
- a plurality of handle recesses disposed on one of the handle convex top wall and the concave bottom wall of the handle to disrupt forces applied orthogonally against the handle;
- and
- a handle rib formed in the handle convex top wall by the handle recesses,
- wherein the handle, the neck, and the blade are unitary and made of a molded fiber material.
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