Eating utensil and a method of making the same
AssigneeAcme Investment Casting Co., Ltd.
InventorHuang-Sheng SU
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Abstract
An eating utensil includes a food-holding portion and a handle. The handle includes a connection portion connected to the food-holding portion, a gripping portion opposite to the connection portion and distal to the food-holding portion, an upper surface formed on the connection and gripping portions, a lower surface formed on the connection and gripping portions oppositely of the upper surface, a slot formed in the connection portion and extending through the upper and lower surfaces, and a punched-out tongue portion connected to the connection portion and curvedly and downwardly extending away from the slot. The punched-out tongue portion has a free end.
Claims9
An eating utensil, comprising:
- a food-holding portion having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to said top surface;
- and
- a handle extending from said food-holding portion, including
- a connection portion connected to said food-holding portion,
- a gripping portion opposite to said connection portion and distal to said food-holding portion,
- an upper surface formed on said connection portion and said gripping portion and facing in the same direction as said top surface of said food-holding portion,
- a lower surface formed on said connection portion and said gripping portion oppositely of said upper surface,
- a slot formed in said connection portion and extending through said upper surface and said lower surface, and
- a punched-out tongue portion connected to said connection portion within said slot and curvedly and downwardly extending away from said slot, said punched-out tongue portion having a free end distal to said lower surface,
- wherein, when said gripping portion and said free end of said punched-out tongue portion are in contact with a plane, said food-receiving portion is spaced apart from the plane.
A method of making an eating utensil, comprising:
- forging an eating utensil preformed product including a food-holding portion and a handle that has a connection portion connected to the food-holding portion, and a gripping portion opposite to the connection portion and distal to the food-holding portion;
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- punching the connection portion to form a slot and a punched-out tongue portion, the punched-out tongue portion connected to the connection portion within the slot and having a free end extending away from the slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.