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US 5,119,563 AGranted
Spaghetti fork
OwnerLucas Willner, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A fork, especially adapted for eating spaghetti, having an elongated handle with a plurality of elongated tines mounted on the lower end of the handle. The tines are disposed parallel to each other, and they extend from the lower end of the handle parallel to and spaced about the longitudinal axis of the handle.
Claims8
A spaghetti fork (10) comprising:
- (a) a cylindrical handle (11) having a lower end surface (15), and a longitudinal rotational axis;
- (b) said lower end surface being perpendicular to said longitudinal rotational axis;
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- (c) a plurality of elongated tines (14) which are laterally spaced apart so as to permit insertion of the tines into the mouth of a user of the fork, and which have one end of each of said tines mounted directly on the lower end surface (15) of the handle, and in a position parallel to and around the longitudinal rotational axis of the cylindrical fork handle (11), and have the other end of each of said tines extending longitudinally outward from said handle lower end surface (15) and terminating with a blunt shape, whereby, a user of the fork may grasp the cylindrical handle and stick the tines into a serving of spaghetti on a plate and rotate the handle to wind up a portion of the spaghetti on the tines, and then insert the tines carrying the spaghetti into the user's mouth and to permit closing of the user's mouth over the tines while the fork is removed from the mouth to leave the spaghetti in the user's mouth.
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