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US 4,389,777 AGranted
Eating utensil for use by the manually impaired
OwnerDavid Landsbergerinventor
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Abstract
An eating utensil for use by the manually impaired is disclosed. An easily grasped utensil handle is provided which may be weighted to enhance the use of the utensil. The handle may carry adjustably positioned rings for supporting the fingers of the user and may be built-up by having a sleeve disposed thereon to further facilitate grasping as may be required. The utensil may be attached to the user or to adjacent structure to prevent it from falling out of reach.
Claims7
An eating utensil for a manually impaired user, comprising:
- a substantially hollow, cylindrical handle having a base section and a cover section which fits over the base section, and the handle being sized to facilitate grasping of the utensil by the user;
- a functional member having an elongated stem;
- means included within the base section for retaining the elongated stem so that said stem extends longitudinally along the axis of the base section;
- a pair of end caps, each of which is in cooperative arrangement with an opposite end of the handle when the cover fits over the base section for removably retaining the cover and base section together;
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- the cover and base section arranged so that the stem of the functional member is captured within the hollow cylindrical handle when the cover and base section are removably retained together by the end caps, with the functional member thereupon extending along the axis of the handle and external thereto from an end thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.