Food utensil

• US 20100050441A1
• Filed: 09/01/2009
• Published: 03/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Diana A. Spaulding, Ronald E. Spaulding
• Original Assignee: Diana A. Spaulding, Ronald E. Spaulding
• Inventors: Spaulding, Ronald E., Spaulding, Diana A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,191,949 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 30/142
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 43/283 Tongs; Devices for picking, holding or rotating food
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 13/06 characterised by the shape of the blades
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 13/22 combined with auxiliary implements, e.g. with cigar cutter, with manicure instrument cigar cutters per se A24F13/24

Abstract

The food utensil is a scissor-like eating utensil that permits a user to retrieve snack foods from a container. The utensil comprises a pair of blades pivoted to each other. The blades have respective handles at one end and terminate with respective planar-configured forks at the other end. The dimensions of the blades, handles and forks are designed to enhance retrieval of snack foods from containers in a sanitary manner.

Claims

1. A food utensil, comprising:

a pair of elongated blade members pivotally attached to each other, each of the blade members having a proximal end and a distal end;

a handle member disposed at the proximal end of each of the blade members, each handle member defining a finger hole therein;

a fork member disposed at the distal end of each of the blade members, the fork members having opposing planar surfaces.

2. The food utensil according to claim 1, wherein the blade members are pivotally attached to each other at substantially a midpoint of each of the blade members.

3. The food utensil according to claim 1, wherein each of the handle members is ergonomically designed.

4. The food utensil according to claim 1, wherein said pair of blade members is pivotally attached approximately midway between the distal end and the proximate end.

5. The food utensil according to claim 1, wherein said utensil has a length of approximately seven inches.

6. The food utensil according to claim 1, wherein each respective fork member has a length and a width, and wherein the length is about two inches and the width is about one inch.

7. The food utensil according to claim 1, wherein each of the respective handle members has a length of about two inches.

8. A food utensil, comprising:

a pair of elongated blade members pivotally attached to each other, each of the blade members having a proximal end, a distal end, and a flat inner edge;

a handle member disposed at the proximal end of each of the blade members, each handle member defining a finger hole therein; and

a fork member disposed at the distal end of each of the blade members, the fork members having opposing flat, planar surfaces.

9. The food utensil according to claim 8, wherein each handle member is ergonomically designed.

10. The food utensil according to claim 8, wherein said pair of blade members is pivotally attached approximately midway between said distal end and said proximate end.

11. The food utensil according to claim 8, wherein said utensil has a length of approximately seven inches.

12. The food utensil according to claim 8, wherein each said respective fork member has a length of about two inches and a width of about one inch.

13. The food utensil according to claim 8, wherein each said handle member has a length of about two inches.

14. A food utensil, comprising:

a pair of elongated blade members pivotally attached to each other, each of the blade members having a proximal end, a distal end and a flat inner edge, the pair of blade members being pivotally attached approximately midway between the distal end and the proximate end;

a handle member disposed at the proximal end of each of the blade members, each of the handle members having a length of approximately two inches and defining an ergonomically designed finger hole therein;

a fork member disposed at the distal end of each of the blade members, the fork members having opposing flat, planar surfaces.

15. The food utensil according to claim 14, wherein the utensil has a length of approximately seven inches.

16. The food utensil according to claim 14, wherein each said fork member has a length of about two inches and a width of about one inch.