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US 2011/0296693 A1Published application
System and method for holding cutlery together
AssigneeDixie Consumer Products LLC
InventorShawn A. Oakes
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Abstract
A module of cutlery may include a plurality of utensils that include a formable material, wherein at least two of the utensils are separably coupled to one another via at least one of an adhesive and a common portion of the formable material.
Claims23
A module of cutlery, the module comprising:
- a plurality of utensils comprising a formable material,
- wherein at least two of the utensils are separably coupled to one another via at least one of an adhesive and a common portion of the formable material.
A method of securing a plurality of utensils to one another to form a module of cutlery, at least two of the utensils comprising a formable material, the method comprising:
- arranging the plurality of utensils such that the utensils are positioned adjacent one another;
- and
- separably coupling at least two of the utensils to one another via at least one of applying an adhesive to at least one of the two utensils and providing a common portion of the formable material that couples the two utensils to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.