Eating utensil assembly including support member and related methods
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A47G-021/06
A47G-021/04
A47G-021/02
B25F-001/00
B25G-001/10
출원번호
US-0540603
(2014-11-13)
등록번호
US-9549626
(2017-01-24)
발명자
/ 주소
Truog, Kimberly
Truog, Corbet
출원인 / 주소
Snap Out Solutions, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.
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초록▼
An eating utensil assembly may include a first eating utensil that may include a first handle having an opening therein, a support member coupled to the first handle across the opening, and an eating utensil head coupled to an end of the first handle and having a curved shape. The eating utensil ass
An eating utensil assembly may include a first eating utensil that may include a first handle having an opening therein, a support member coupled to the first handle across the opening, and an eating utensil head coupled to an end of the first handle and having a curved shape. The eating utensil assembly may also include a second eating utensil removably carried by the support member within the opening in the first handle. The second eating utensil may include a second handle and a cutting blade coupled to an end of the second handle.
대표청구항▼
1. An eating utensil assembly comprising: a first eating utensil comprising a first handle having a through-opening therein, said first handle and the through-opening each having a proximal end and an enlarged width distal end that is enlarged relative to the proximal end to define a first handle co
1. An eating utensil assembly comprising: a first eating utensil comprising a first handle having a through-opening therein, said first handle and the through-opening each having a proximal end and an enlarged width distal end that is enlarged relative to the proximal end to define a first handle contour and a through-opening contour, respectively, the first handle contour matching the through-opening contour,a support member coupled to said first handle across the through-opening, anda first eating utensil head coupled to the proximal end of said first handle;a second eating utensil removably carried by said support member within the through-opening in said first handle and extending a length of said first handle from the proximal end of the through-opening to the enlarged width distal end of the through opening, said second eating utensil having a proximal end and an enlarged width distal end that is enlarged relative to the proximal end of said second eating utensil to define a second eating utensil contour, the second eating utensil contour matching the first handle and through-opening contours, said second eating utensil comprising a second handle carried within the proximal end of the through-opening, anda second eating utensil head carried within the enlarged distal end of the through-opening and coupled to said second handle and having an elongated cutting edge; anda plurality of breakaway tabs removably coupling said second eating utensil to said first eating utensil so that said second eating utensil is suspended within the through-opening;said plurality of breakaway tabs, said first eating utensil, and said second eating utensil defining a monolithic unit. 2. The eating utensil assembly of claim 1, wherein said plurality of breakaway tabs are between said second eating utensil and said first utensil along a perimeter of the through-opening. 3. The eating utensil assembly of claim 1, wherein said second eating utensil is removably carried within the through-opening flush with an upper surface of said first handle. 4. The eating utensil assembly of claim 1, wherein said support member has a rectangular shape. 5. The eating utensil assembly of claim 1, wherein said plurality of breakaway tabs extend inwardly from said first handle within the through-opening. 6. The eating utensil assembly of claim 1, wherein said first eating utensil head has a curved shape. 7. The eating utensil assembly of claim 1 wherein said elongated cutting edge comprises a plurality of serrations. 8. An eating utensil assembly comprising: a first eating utensil comprising a first handle having a through-opening therein, said first handle and the through-opening each having a proximal end and an enlarged distal end that is enlarged relative to the proximal end to define a first handle contour and a through-opening contour, respectively, the first handle contour matching the through-opening contour,a support member coupled to said first handle across the through-opening, anda first eating utensil head comprising one of a plurality of tines extending outwardly from the proximal end of said first handle,a rounded container coupled to the proximal end of said first handle, and a rounded container coupled to the end of the first handle, anda plurality of tines extending outwardly from the proximal end of the rounded container;a second eating utensil removably carried by said support member within the through-opening and extending a length of said first handle from the proximal end of the through-opening to the enlarged width distal end of the through-opening, said second eating utensil having a proximal end and enlarged width distal end that is enlarged relative to the proximal end of said second eating utensil to define a second eating utensil contour, the second eating utensil contour matching the first handle and through-opening contours, said second eating utensil being flush with an upper surface of said first handle and comprising a second handle carried within the proximal end of the through-opening, anda second eating utensil head carried within the enlarged distal end of the through-opening and coupled to said second handle and having an elongated cutting edge; anda plurality of breakaway tabs removably coupling said second eating utensil to said first eating utensil so that said second eating utensil is suspended within the through-opening with said elongated cutting edge carried within the enlarged width distal end of the through-opening;said plurality of breakaway tabs, said first eating utensil, and said second eating utensil defining a monolithic unit. 9. The eating utensil assembly of claim 8, wherein said support member has a rectangular shape. 10. The eating utensil assembly of claim 8, wherein said plurality of breakaway tabs extend inwardly from said first handle within the through-opening. 11. The eating utensil assembly of claim 8 wherein said elongated cutting edge comprises a plurality of serrations. 12. A method of making an eating utensil assembly comprising: forming a first eating utensil comprising a first handle having a through-opening therein, a support member coupled to the first handle across the through-opening, and a first eating utensil head coupled to a proximal end of the first handle, the first handle being formed to have an enlarged width distal end that is enlarged relative to the proximal end thereof to define a first handle contour, and the through-opening being formed to have a proximal end and enlarged width distal end that is enlarged relative to the proximal end thereof to define a first handle contour and a through-opening contour, the first handle contour matching the through-opening contour; andforming a second eating utensil to be removably carried by the support member within the through-opening in the first handle and extending a length of the first handle from the proximal end of the through-opening to the enlarged width distal end of the through-opening, the second eating utensil being formed to have a proximal end and an enlarged withd distal end that is enlarged relative to the proximal end of the second eating utensil to define a second eating utensil contour, the second eating utensil contour matching the first handle and through-opening contours, the second eating utensil comprising a second handle carried within the proximal end of the through-opening and a second eating utensil head carried within the enlarged distal end of the through-opening and to the second handle and having an elongated cutting edge; andforming a plurality of breakaway tabs removably coupling the second eating utensil to the first eating utensil so that the second eating utensil is suspended within the through-opening;the plurality of breakaway tabs, the first eating utensil, and the second eating utensil being formed to define a monolithic unit. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the plurality of breakaway tabs are formed between the second eating utensil and the first utensil along a perimeter of the through-opening. 14. The method of claim 12, wherein the plurality of breakaway tabs extend inwardly from the first handle within the through-opening. 15. The method of claim 12, wherein the first eating utensil head is formed to have a curved shape. 16. The method of claim 12 wherein the elongated cutting edge comprises a plurality of serrations.
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