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US 4,393,988 AGranted
Spoon lid
OwnerMary Burkeinventor
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A combination utensil-lid together providing an integral spoon therewith which includes a lid having substantially planar top and bottom surfaces and a depending perimeter lip adapted to sealingly engage a container, a tab member formed to serve as an eating utensil foldably hinged on the bottom surface of the lid whereby the utensil is adapted to be folded from a stored position parallel to and underlying the bottom lid surface to a deployed position extending beyond the lip, and the lid and hinge formed from a resilient material having a memory whereby the lid and hinge can be respectively deformed and deployed to dispense material within the container with the utensil, and thereafter restored to an original condition for storage of a portion of the material in the container.
A deformable container-lid including a spoon integral therewith comprising in combination:
The device of claim 5 wherein both said score lines are disposed in such a manner as to encourage the deformation of said lid and said utensil so that said bottom surface of said lid is concave in shape, thereby providing said top surface as a grasping area for said utensil to allow one's hands to remain uncontaminated by the contents in the container.
The device of claim 6 where said utensil includes a narrowed utensil area proximate to said utensil hinge area, and an arcuate utensil leading edge area so as to facilitate in the dispensing of contents within the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.