Ergonomic Chopsticks

An ergonomic bottom chopstick, for use in a hand with the standard grip, held by the thumb, the ring finger, and the purlicue, comprising:

• a plain chopstick;
• said chopstick serving as a bottom chopstick according to the standard grip;
• said chopstick having a food-gripping tip at its forward end;
• said chopstick having in general a top face, a right face, a bottom face, and a left face;
• said chopstick having a thumb space on said top face, suitable for receiving the base segment of the thumb, for initial placement according to the standard grip;
• said chopstick having a ring space on said bottom face, located longitudinally forward of said thumb space, suitable for receiving the ring finger;
• a first nugget portion being mounted on said bottom face, behind said ring space;
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• a second nugget portion being mounted on said top face, forward of said thumb space.

A method for designing an ergonomic chopstick, for use in a hand with the standard grip, comprising:

• choosing a plain chopstick;
• choosing a role for said chopstick, either as a top chopstick or as a bottom chopstick;
• choosing a hand to wield said chopstick with the standard grip for said role;
• choosing a longitudinal position on said chopstick for fingers of said hand to grip it;
• recording fingerprints from accumulated finger and purlicue impressions on said chopstick, throughout the alternating motion, from the closed posture to the wide-open posture, with said chopstick wielded by said hand for said role at said position;
• recording wide-open stick marks made by said chopstick on fingers and the purlicue of said hand at the wide-open posture;
• recording closed stick marks made by said chopstick on said fingers and said purlicue at the closed posture;
• recording stickprints by combining all stick marks made throughout the alternating motion, including said wide-open stick marks and said closed stick marks;
• choosing a theme for ergonomic nugget portions;
• locating said nugget portions outside of said fingerprints, generally around the perimeter of said fingerprints, but also specifically displaced per said theme, as long as said nugget portions remain outside of said fingerprints;
• designating slip-limit interfaces on said nugget portions, by reshaping said nugget portions to make contact with said gripping fingers at lateral perimeter sections of said wide-open stick marks and said closed stick marks;
• twirling said chopstick from the wide-open posture to the closed posture, and back, to confirm that no parts of said nugget portions prevent finger skin in said stickprint areas from gripping chopstick surfaces in said fingerprint areas;
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• removing or reshaping said nugget portions that prevent finger skin in said stickprint areas from gripping chopstick surfaces in said fingerprint areas during said twirling.