Utensil having closure release pry
OwnerCarol Carlson-Smithinventor
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Abstract
A feeding utensil such as a spoon or fork having a pry for dislodging a tightly fit closure from a receptacle such as a jar. The utensil has a flat, broad handle, with a spoon or fork projecting from one end and a curved arm serving as the pry projecting from the handle. Preferably, the handle is blunt and extends beyond the pry. The pry is located on the handle and configured such that the closure is dislodged by applying a squeezing motion wherein the user's hands are urged towards one another. The utensil may bear any of the group including indicia, non-metallic coloring, metallic coloring, and a temperature indicating material thereon, and any combination of these.
Claims20
A combined eating utensil for engaging and retaining foods and a container closure pry for dislodging a closure of a container friction fit to the container, comprising:
- an elongated handle having a facial surface defining a facial plane located along, occupied by, and projecting from said facial surface, a longitudinal axis, a proximal end located along said longitudinal axis, and a distal end located along said longitudinal axis;
- a food retaining element disposed at said proximal end of said handle;
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- a pry projecting from said handle, said pry comprising a curved arm having concavity facing only towards said facial plane defined by said facial surface of said handle, said concavity being of configuration and dimensions as to establish a fulcrum disposed entirely on said pry when said pry engages the closure of the container in a manner enabling said pry to pry the closure from tight engagement with the container, wherein said pry has a proximal end fixed to said handle and a distal end facing away from said food retaining element.
A combined eating utensil for engaging and retaining foods and a container closure pry for dislodging a closure of a container friction fit to the container, comprising:
- an elongated handle having a facial surface defining a facial plane located along, occupied by, and projecting from said facial surface, a longitudinal axis, a proximal end located along said longitudinal axis, and a distal end located along said longitudinal axis;
- a food retaining element disposed at said proximal end of said handle;
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- a pry projecting from said handle, said pry comprising a curved arm including a fulcrum, wherein said pry is dimensioned, configured, and located on said combined eating utensil in an orientation so as to establish a first moment exerted by grasping the container in one hand, with the closure of the container facing upwardly, and an opposed moment exerted by grasping said combined eating utensil in the other hand when the two hands are urged towards one another while grasping the container and said combined eating utensil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.