Sharing Spoon

• US 20200130905A1
• Filed: 10/21/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2018
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Elizabeth Anne Bianco
• Original Assignee: Elizabeth Anne Bianco
• Inventors: Bianco, Elizabeth Anne
• Application Number:
  US16/659,525
• Publication Number:
  US 20200130905A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/186 combined with a spreading implement
• 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

Abstract

An article for extracting various viscous fluids and granular materials from a jar comprising a long shaft handle with a bowl at one end; the shaft passes through an annular grommet in the center of the container lid. When the shaft is lifted, the neck of the spoon moves through the grommet freely and the shoulder of the spoon lifts the container lid off the container. Contents of the container are then spooned out and when the bowl of the spoon is reinserted into the container, the lid slides down the shaft and back onto the container.

Claims

1. An apparatus for extracting various viscous fluids and granular materials, said apparatus comprising a shaft handle with a spoon at one end, said spoon comprised of a bowl, neck and a shoulder at the bottom of the shaft;

said shoulder consisting of a flat surface perpendicular to the shaft and parallel to the lid through which the shaft slides;

said shaft slides through an annular grommet in the center of a vessel lid;

said lid comprising an enclosure with a hole through the middle;

said hole contains the annular grommet. The shaft moves freely until the spoon shoulder engages the lid, lifting the lid off the vessel. Said lid and said handle being made of a rigid material;

when the spoon enters the vessel, said lid engages said vessel, forming a seal and containing said spoon in said vessel.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said rigid material is selected from the group consisting of wood, metal, and rigid plastic.