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Eating utensil system

  • US 10,568,447 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2018
  • Issued: 02/25/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A combination fork and spoon system, comprising:

  • a fork including a fork head and a fork handle, the fork head end including a plurality of tines, the fork handle having a pair of spaced apart fork catch features and a guide portion, wherein a first one of the fork catch features is closer to a proximal end of the fork handle than a second one of the fork catch features; and

    a spoon including a spoon head and a spoon handle, the spoon head including a bowl portion and the spoon handle including a spoon catch feature, wherein the spoon handle is configured to interlock with the fork handle in two distinct orientations with the spoon handle inserted into the guide portion of the fork in two different ways, the two distinct orientations including a nested orientation and an extended orientation, wherein,in the nested orientation, the fork head and the spoon head are nested together, with the spoon catch feature engaging the first one of the fork catch features and the fork guide portion receiving the spoon handle to help hold the spoon and fork in the nested orientation, andin an extended orientation, the fork head and the spoon head extend in opposite directions with the spoon catch feature engaging the second one of the fork catch features and the fork guide portion receiving the spoon handle to help hold the spoon and fork in the extended orientation.

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