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US 2002/0117184 A1Published application
Toothpick with two functional ends
OwnerFlemming Kraghinventor
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Abstract
A toothpick which includes: a unitary body including a blade portion at one end of the body, a claw portion at an opposite end of the body, and a handle portion positioned between the blade portion and the claw portion.
Claims18
A toothpick comprising:
- a unitary body including a blade portion at one end of the body, a claw portion at an opposite end of the body, and a handle portion positioned between the blade portion and the claw portion.
A toothpick comprising:
- a unitary body formed of a thermoplastic material, the body including a blade portion at one end of the body, a claw portion at an opposite end of the body, and a handle portion positioned between the blade portion and the claw portion,
- wherein the blade portion is elongate and tapered uniformly along substantially the entire length thereof and is sufficiently flexible for bending between a first position and a second position, yet when bent into the second position the blade portion remains substantially set in the second position.
A toothpick comprising:
- a unitary body formed of a thermoplastic material, the body including:
- (i) a blade portion at one end of the body, the blade portion being elongate and tapered uniformly along substantially the entire length thereof, having a substantially triangular cross-section along substantially the entire length thereof, and being sufficiently flexible for bending between a first position and a second position, yet when bent into the second position the blade portion remains substantially set in the second position;
- (ii) a claw portion at an opposite end of the body, the claw portion including an inner arcuate surface, an outer arcuate surface, and tapered lateral sides, where the outer arcuate surface is characterized by a radius which is larger than a radius of the inner arcuate surface;
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- (iii) a handle portion positioned between the blade portion and the claw portion, the handle portion having opposite sides including shallow depressions which extend substantially the entire length thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.