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SKEWER FOR LOADING CUTLERY

  • US 20190281996A1
  • Filed: 07/20/2017
  • Published: 09/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A skewer system for loading a stack of cutlery pieces into a cutlery dispenser comprising:

  • a) a stack of pieces of cutlery, the stack comprising a top, a bottom, a height extending from the top to the bottom, a front side, a rear side, a width extending from the front side to the rear side, a left side, a right side, and a length extending from the left side to the right side, and further wherein each piece of cutlery comprises a top, a bottom, a height from the top to the bottom and generally parallel to the stack height, a front side, a rear side, a width extending from the front side to the rear side and generally parallel to the stack width, an eating portion, a handle extending from the eating portion, the handle comprising a handle end and a non-circular hole extending from the cutlery piece top to the cutlery piece bottom; and

    b) a skewer removably attached to the stack and comprising a vertical shaft comprising a vertical shaft top located above the stack top, a vertical shaft bottom located below the stack bottom, a vertical shaft height extending from the vertical shaft top to the vertical shaft bottom and generally parallel to the stack height, and a vertical shaft flange located adjacent to the vertical shaft bottom and located below the stack bottom, the vertical shaft positioned through the non-circular holes of the cutlery pieces, the vertical shaft rotatable relative to the stack of cutlery pieces along a rotation axis generally parallel to the stack height, wherein the vertical shaft is configured to rotate about the rotation axis between a locked position in which the vertical shaft flange is unable to pass through the non-circular hole in the cutlery pieces and an unlocked position in which the vertical shaft flange is able to pass through the non-circular hole in the cutlery pieces.

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