Tab locking mechanism

Abstract

An eating utensil fabricated of a paperboard-like material, comprising a first elongated planar portion having first and second generally parallel sides, a third side shorter than the first and second sides and generally perpendicular to the first and second sides, and a fourth side opposite the third side; and a second elongated planar portion having first and second sides generally aligned with the first and second sides of the first portion, a third side aligned with the third side of the first portion along a single shared fold connecting the first and second portions, and a slit proximate a fourth side into which the fourth side of the first portion fits; whereby the combination of the single shared fold and the fourth side of the first portion fitting into the slit serves to keep the first and second portions held flat together during transport of the utensil.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.