Cutlery

Cutlery comprising a plurality of superimposable cutlery components adapted to be releasably connected so as to form a transportable unit, the individual cutlery components (2, 3, 4) being interconnected via an arresting connection (16), the arresting connection (16) including at least one opening (9, 11) in a first cutlery component (2, 3), which is engaged by at least one resiliently movable first arresting element (18) arranged on a second cutlery component (4),

• wherein the arresting connection (16) includes a carrier member (17), which is secured in position in an opening (14) provided in the second cutlery component (4), the carrier member including a peripheral surface (17a) provided with the first arresting element (18) that projects beyond the peripheral surface, wherein the first cutlery component (2, 3) can be pressed onto the second cutlery component (4) such that the carrier member (17) is received in the opening (9, 11),
• wherein the carrier member (17) is implemented as a ring and the interior of the ring is implemented as an opening (19) for receiving a sound arresting element (30) which is arranged on a protective housing (5) so as to releasably connect the cutlery components (2, 3, 4) to the protective housing (5), the protective housing (5) accommodating the cutlery components (2, 3, 4).