Eating utensil system
Assigneehumangear, Inc.
InventorsChristopher A. MIKSOVSKY, Clint N. SLONE, Evelyne CHAUBERT, Charlie NGHIEM, Robert Charles LANE
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Abstract
A combination spoon and fork system capable of being stored in a nested configuration or used as a combination eating utensil with the spoon and fork connected end to end. An interlocking mechanism can interlock the spoon and fork in either the nested position or in the end to end configuration. The interlocking system allows the handle of the spoon to slide between rails on the handle of the fork and to snap and lock the spoon in place either nested with the fork or end to end with the fork to form an elongated combination eating utensil. The spoon and fork of the system can also be used separately from one another.
Claims20
An eating utensil, comprising:
- a fork having a handle connected to a head portion including plurality of tines;
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- a spoon having a substantially pentagonal bowl portion having substantially flat side and end edges, the spoon having a handle with a proximal end connected to a proximal end of the handle of the fork.
An eating utensil, comprising:
- a handle having a first end and a second end;
- a first head portion attached to the first end of the handle, wherein the first head portion comprises a plurality of tines, wherein at least one of the plurality of tines has a chamfered curved outer edge along substantially its entire length;
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- a second head portion attached to the second end of the handle, wherein the second head portion comprises a bowl of a spoon, the bowl having a substantially pentagonal shape.
An eating utensil, comprising a fork including:
- a head portion including a plurality of tines, wherein an outer tine has a curved chamfered outer edge, the chamfered outer edge extending along substantially an entire length of the head portion;
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- a handle portion connected to the head portion, wherein the chamfered edge tapers to a point where the handle portion meets the head portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.