# US 12,213,635 B2 · Utensil for collecting and pouring solid or liquid products > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,213,635 B2 - Document ID: US12213635B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/761,834 - Filed: 2020-07-17 - Published: 2022-10-13 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-10-10 - Applicants: Emanuela Spinaccè - Inventors: Emanuela Spinaccè - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12213635B2 ## CPC - A47L 13/52: Dust pans; Crumb trays - A46B 9/005: {where the brushing material is not made of bristles, e.g. sponge, rubber or paper} - A46B 15/0095: {Brushes with a feature for storage after use} - B67C 11/00: Funnels, e.g. for liquids (filter funnels B01D29/085; volume flow-meters G01F) - A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08) - A46B: BRUSHES (handles not integral with brushware B25G) - B67C: CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS ## Abstract A utensil for collecting and pouring solid or liquid products, and in particular to a utensil adapted both for collecting and pouring solid products in powder or granular form, and for collecting and pouring liquid products. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Utensil comprising a main body in the shape of a hollow cone formed by closing it upon itself along two adjoining edges of a sheet of foldable material, means for reversibly joining said two edges, grasping means for handling said utensil, closing means for reversibly closing the vertex of the main body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Utensil according to claim 1, wherein said sheet has generally a diamond shape in a plan view with four vertexes, a first vertex opposite a second vertex along a larger diameter, a third vertex opposite a fourth vertex along a smaller diameter. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) Utensil according to claim 2, wherein said four vertexes are rounded, the curve of the third vertex extending further with respect to the curve of the fourth vertex. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) Utensil according to claim 2, wherein from the fourth vertex extends an appendage that forms the reversible closing means of the vertex of the main body. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) Utensil according to claim 4, wherein said appendage comprises a hole on its free end adapted to be engaged by a joining means that joins it reversibly to a hole formed on the sheet near said fourth vertex. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) Utensil according to claim 4, wherein said appendage comprises hook means suitable for suspending the utensil. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) Utensil according to claim 2, wherein along the two edges of the sheet that branch off from the fourth vertex are provided openings for reversibly engaging said grasping means. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) Utensil according to claim 7, wherein said grasping means are a handle comprising a flat and elongate portion from the ends of which branch off tabs that engage the openings of said edges. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) Utensil according to claim 8, wherein said handle comprises at least one hole formed on said tabs to engage with a joining means after being superimposed with a corresponding hole formed on said sheet at its two edges. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) Utensil according to claim 7, wherein said joining means are buttons having generally a mushroom shape with a disk-like head and a rounded stem for engaging with the holes of said edges. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) Utensil according to claim 2, wherein along the two edges of the sheet that branch off from the fourth vertex is present a plurality of holes adapted to be reversibly engaged by said joining means. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) Utensil according to claim 2, comprising two first creases that extend from said third vertex toward said fourth vertex and a second crease transversal between said two first creases so as to mark a first portion and a second portion of said sheet that can be deformed in two planes that are inclined with respect to each other. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) Utensil according to claim 2, also comprising a label connected removably to said second vertex of the sheet so as to rotate on the plane of the sheet itself so as to almost completely overlap the same. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) Utensil according to claim 1, also comprising a partial lining of the sheet, said lining being provided with at least one edge anchored to a surface of the sheet and a gripping tab to rotate the lining from a side of the internal wall opposite to the at least one edge superimposed toward said at least one edge to cover the line of superimposition of the at least one edge. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) Utensil according to claim 1, comprising a funnel or a glove that fits inside it, the funnel being provided with an annular edge that folds over the first widened end and a narrow drain tube at its tapered second end. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) Utensil according to claim 1, wherein said sheet comprises a flat bottom and a wall that extends from said bottom as a vault, the bottom has a general shape as a circular sector with an arcuate free edge that protrudes with respect to the wall, consisting of two flaps folded and joined on the respective edges of the sheet. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) Utensil according to claim 1, comprising a brush or a collecting spatula. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) Utensil according to claim 17, wherein said collecting spatula consists of a piece of semi-rigid, plastic and/or elastic, and/or spongy material such as polyurethane and foam rubber, which can also be provided with a cut that makes it possible to fix it removably to the sheet.