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Device for supplying food to a person while avoiding choking

  • US 5,364,348 A
  • Filed: 10/04/1993
  • Issued: 11/15/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for feeding a young child or impaired adult without the threat of the person choking, said device comprising a handle member in combination with a food dispensing member, said handle member having a generally circularly configured end thereon, upon which circular end, ring mounting means are disposed, a ring utilized with said handle member, the inner surface of said ring being equipped with internal means for being tightly interfitted with said ring mounting means, said ring having a circularly-shaped aperture therein, said internal means on said ring being configured to operably engage said ring mounting means disposed around said circular end of said handle member, said food dispensing member being in the form of an elongate container of fine mesh material having approximately a minimum of 144 openings per square inch, said container having an aperture therein through which semi-solid food can be inserted, with such food intended to at least partially dissolve in the mouth of the person, said aperture in said container being of a size that can be readily accommodated in said circularly-shaped aperture of said ring as well as being able to fit over said ring mounting means of said handle member, whereby upon food being placed in said container and the open end of said container placed over said ring mounting means, said ring can be tightened upon said handle member so as to form a unitary device that can be held by the person and said container placed in the mouth of the person.

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