Foldable spoon and method for making

• US 10,710,784 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2013
• Issued: 07/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Matthew Brooks
• Original Assignee: Matthew Brooks
• Inventors: Brooks, Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): Peterson, Kenneth E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dong, Liang
• Application Number:
  US13/779,426
• Publication Number:
  US 20140238987A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,694 Days
• Field of Search: 30324-328
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 2021/002 collapsible
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 21/04 Spoons; Pastry servers
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/246 provided with eating utensils or spatulas applicator rods or brushes B65D51/32
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/245 Utensils for removing the contents from the package, e.g. spoons, forks, spatulas B65D77/28 takes precedence

Abstract

A foldable spoon. A spoon handle includes apex folds and valley folds that are used to create a strong spoon handle. A spoon cup section is connected to the spoon handle. The spoon apex folds, spoon valley folds and spoon cup section are preferably formed from a single sheet of foldable material.

Claims

1. A foldable spoon formed from a sheet of foldable material, comprising,

A) a spoon handle, comprising a graspable section, no more than one apex fold at an apex point and no more than one valley fold meeting at said a apex point located on said sheet of foldable material,

B) a spoon cup section connected to said spoon handle, wherein said sheet is bent backwards to form said spoon cup section, and wherein said cup section is capable of carrying food, and wherein said handle extends outward from said spoon cup section, wherein said handle is flat, and

C) a first handle fold that forms a partially folded portion of said handle so that said partially folded portion extends only partially along the length of said handle, a second handle fold that forms a second partially folded portion of said handle so that said second partially folded portion extends only partially along the length of said handle thereby forming said graspable section of said spoon handle, wherein said partially folded portion of said handle comprises more than four layers of said sheet, wherein said more than four layers are each parallel to one another, wherein said no more than one apex fold, said no more than one valley fold, said first handle fold, said second handle fold and said spoon cup section are formed out of said sheet, wherein said graspable section of said spoon handle extends away from said cup section so that a user may grasp said graspable section without any fingers contacting said cup section.