Measuring Spoons and Cups

A set of measuring utensils comprising:

• a first measuring utensil having a handle and a measuring vessel, wherein the handle of the first measuring utensil comprises:
• a base having an upper surface and a lower surface and defining at least an outer perimeter of the handle portion;
• a male engaging surface located within the outer perimeter of the base and protruding from the upper surface of the base;
• a female engaging surface located within the outer perimeter of the base and recessed from the lower surface of the base in a direction towards the upper surface of the base;
• a second measuring utensil having a handle and a measuring vessel, wherein the handle of the second measuring utensil comprises:
• a base having an upper surface and a lower surface and defining at least an outer perimeter of the handle;
• a male engaging surface located within the outer perimeter of the base and protruding from the upper surface of the base;
• and
• a female engaging surface located within the perimeter of the base and recessed from the lower surface of the base in a direction towards the upper surface of the base;
• wherein the female engaging surface of the first measuring utensil is configured to mate with the male engaging surface of the second measuring utensil if a volume of the measuring vessel of the second measuring utensil is greater than a volume of the measuring vessel of the first measuring utensil.

A plurality of measuring utensils, each measuring utensil comprising:

• a measuring portion;
• a handle portion comprising:
• a main body having an upper surface and a lower surface and defining at least an outer perimeter of the handle portion;
• a male component located within the outer perimeter of the main body and protruding from the upper surface of the main body to a male engaging surface;
• and
• a female component located within the outer perimeter of the main body and recessed from the lower surface of the main body in a direction towards the upper surface of the main body, the female component extending from the lower surface of the main body to a female engaging surface;
• wherein the male components of each of the plurality of measuring utensils are substantially dimensionally similar and the female components of each of the plurality of measuring utensils are substantially dimensionally similar such that each male component removably locks together with each female component and wherein the measuring portions of each of the plurality of measuring utensils are dimensionally different.