Nesting flatware set
First Claim
1. A nesting flatware set comprising a pair of eating utensils, each of the utensils having a pair of end portions and an intermediate locking portion, the intermediate locking portion of one of the utensils having a dovetail slot and the intermediate locking portion of the other utensil having a dovetail projection sized to be frictionally retained within the dovetail slot whereby the utensils are releasably retained together.
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Abstract
A nesting flatware set includes a knife, a fork, and a spoon. The knife and fork each include top and bottom end portions and dovetail locking portions which interfit to frictionally lock the knife and fork together. The spoon includes a bowl, a handle, and a pair of locking shoulders at the bottom end of the handle. The top and bottom end portions of the knife and fork are angularly related, and the knife and fork are frictionally locked against the spoon by inserting their bottom ends between the locking shoulders and the handle of the spoon so that the top ends of the knife and fork resiliently bear against the bowl of the spoon.
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- 1. A nesting flatware set comprising a pair of eating utensils, each of the utensils having a pair of end portions and an intermediate locking portion, the intermediate locking portion of one of the utensils having a dovetail slot and the intermediate locking portion of the other utensil having a dovetail projection sized to be frictionally retained within the dovetail slot whereby the utensils are releasably retained together.
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6. A nesting flatware set comprising a spoon, a knife, and a fork,
the spoon having a first end portion providing a handle and a second end portion providing a bowl, the fork having a first end portion providing a handle, a second end portion providing a plurality of tines, and an intermediate portion between the handle and the tines, the knife having a first end portion providing a handle, a second end portion providing a cutting edge, and an intermediate portion, the intermediate portion of one of said fork and knife having a dovetail slot, the intermediate portion of the other of said fork and knife having a dovetail projection sized to be frictionally retained within the dovetail slot whereby the knife and fork are releasably retained together, and locking means on the first end portion of the spoon for frictionally retaining the first end portions of the knife and fork.
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