# US 2014/0190022 A1 · Scoop used in cooking and/or portioning food

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- Number: US 2014/0190022 A1
- Document ID: US20140190022A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/152,468
- Filed: 2014-01-10
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-10
- Assignees: Magisso Oy
- Inventors: Juhani SIREN
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190022A1

## CPC

- A47G 21/06: Combined or separable sets of table-service utensils; Oyster knives with openers; Fish servers with means for removing bones (kitchen equipment A47J)
- A47G 21/04: Spoons; Pastry servers
- A47J 43/281: {Cooking spoons; Ladles (table spoons A47G21/02, A47G21/04)}
- G01F 19/002: {Measuring spoons or scoops}
- A47G 2021/002: {collapsible}
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)
- A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
- G01F: MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME

## Abstract

The invention relates to a scoop (1) used in cooking and/or portioning food, comprising a plate-like, elongated handle (10) and a plate-like scoop blade (20) as its extension. The handle (10) is provided with at least one weakening line (11) in the longitudinal direction of the handle (10), which allows the handle (10) to be bent into a chute by pressing the handle (10). The scoop blade (20) is provided with two or more weakening lines (21, 22), which join the longitudinal weakening line (11) or weakening lines of the handle (10) in such a way that the scoop blade (20) bends into a chute, cup, spoon or dish forced by the bending of the handle (10) into a chute. The weakening lines (11, 21) are formed of elastic material (13), which is more elastic than the scoop material. At the weakening lines there are slots (14) in the scoop material, which are filled up with the said elastic material (13).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A scoop (1) used in cooking and/or portioning food, comprising a plate-like, elongated handle (10) and a plate-like scoop blade (20) as its extension, the handle (10) being provided with at least one weakening line (11) in the longitudinal direction of the handle (10), which allows the handle (10) to be bent into a chute by pressing the handle (10), and the scoop blade (20) being provided with two or more weakening lines (11), which join the longitudinal weakening line (11) or weakening lines of the handle (10) in such a way that the scoop blade (20) bends into a chute, cup, spoon or dish forced by the bending of the handle (10) into a chute, characterised in that the weakening lines (11, 21) are formed of elastic material (13), which is more elastic than the scoop material, that at the weakening lines there are slots (14) in the scoop material, which separate the scoop material into plate parts (11a, 11b, 11c, 21a, 21b, 21c) which are joined together by thin necks (15) of scoop material, and that the slots (14) are filled up with the said elastic material (13).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A scoop as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that at the edges of the slots are gripping formations (16) for attaching the elastic material to the scoop material.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A scoop as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that in the handle (10) area are two adjacent weakening lines (11), which distance from one another towards the scoop blade (20), and which continue as weakening lines (21) extending across the scoop blade (20).

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A scoop as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the elastic material is silicone.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A scoop (1) as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the handle (10) and the scoop blade (20) are of the same plate material which is divided by the slots (14) in the weakening lines into three plate parts (11a, 11b, 11c, 21a, 21b, 21c) which are connected to one another by elastic material (13) which fills the slots.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

A scoop as claimed in claim 3, characterised in that in the scoop blade area, the weakening lines (21) curve towards the side edges of the scoop blade and end in the side edges of the scoop blade in the vicinity of the scoop blade tip (20a).

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

A scoop as claimed in claim 2, characterised in that the gripping formations (16) constitute a form lock between the scoop material and the elastic material.