Hamburger holder

• US 4,511,039 A
• Filed: 09/22/1983
• Issued: 04/16/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Stanislaw Siemek
• Original Assignee: Stanislaw Siemek
• Inventors: Siemek, Stanislaw
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US06/534,882
• Time in Patent Office: 572 Days
• Field of Search: 206/525, 206/494, 206/39, 229/8, 229/32, 229/30, 229/DIG. 14, 426/115
• US Class Current: 206/525
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 21/001 Holders or wrappers as eating aids for fast food, e.g. hamburgers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 229/938 Sandwich holder

Abstract

A device for holding a hamburger during its consumption is described. The holder includes a thin hourglass-shaped body member formed at either of its enlarged ends with a U-shaped jaw. The body member is formed of a semi-rigid plastic which flexes about its narrow central portion or is formed with a fold line that serves as a hinge, whereby the jaws can be drawn towards one another. A user can grip a hamburger between the jaws thereby avoiding excessive finger contact with the foodstuff during consumption.

Claims

1. A hamburger holder comprising a body member formed of a semi-rigid material, the body member having a central portion, a first end portion formed with a first generally U-shaped open jaw, and a second end portion formed with a second generally U-shaped open jaw, the first jaw being narrower and shallower than the second jaw to enable the first jaw to enter the second jaw, and the body member being adapted to permit pivoting of the first jaw about the central portion towards the second jaw between an open position in which a hamburger can be received in the jaws and a closed position in which the jaws are orientated substantially in aligned opposing relationship with the first jaw contacting one of the top and the bottom of the hamburger and overlaying the side of the hamburger and with the second jaw contacting the other of the top and bottom of the hamburger and overlaying the side of the hamburger.

2. A hamburger holder as claimed in claim 1 in which the material of the body member is sufficiently flexible to permit the pivotting of the first jaw towards the second jaw.

3. A hamburger holder as claimed in claim 1 in which the central portion is formed with hinge means which permit pivotting of the first jaw towards the second jaw.

4. A hamburger holder as claimed in claim 1 in which the body member has substantially an hourglass shape, the first and second end portions being larger than the central portion.