Eating utensil
OwnerGerald L. Printzinventor
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Abstract
An eating utensil (10) which, when used, resembles chopsticks, but which does not require the skilled manipulation of chopsticks. The utensil (10) includes a pair of handles (12 and 14) resembling chopsticks that converge toward their distal ends (16 and 18), where they are secured to a food-engaging member (20), such as fork tines, a spoon, or other Western-style utensil. The food-engaging member (20) may be detachably secured to the handles (12 and 14), to allow replacement of the handles of the food-engaging member if any of such components should break, and to allow substitution of a variety of types of food-engaging members, such as forks or spoons, as desired.
Claims5
An eating utensil comprising:
- a first chopstick, having distal and proximal ends;
- a second chopstick, having distal and proximal ends;
- a food-engaging member secured directly to the distal ends of the first and second chopsticks;
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- the handle members being spaced apart at their proximal ends and converging together at their juncture with the food-engaging member, to resemble chopsticks holding food wherein the first and second chopsticks include a gripping portion adjacent its distal end for hand manipulation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.