Interlocking cutlery and related methods
First Claim
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1. A cutlery utensil comprising:
- a functional end; and
a handle associated with the functional end, the handle having a longitudinal axis,wherein the handle comprises a first surface, an opposite second surface, a protrusion disposed on the first surface and configured to separably couple the cutlery utensil and a second cutlery utensil, and a channel defined in the second surface and configured to separably couple the cutlery utensil and a third cutlery utensil;
wherein the protrusion comprises a neck portion and a head portion, the head portion having a wider axial cross-section than an axial cross-section of the neck portion; and
wherein the protrusion is configured to couple and decouple the cutlery utensil and the second cutlery utensil via relative movement of the cutlery utensil and the second cutlery utensil in a direction along the longitudinal axis.
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Abstract
A utensil that includes a functional end and a handle associated with the functional end. The handle includes a longitudinal axis, a first surface, and a second surface. The first surface includes at least one protrusion configured to separably couple the utensil to a second utensil. The second surface is configured to receive at least a portion of a third utensil. The at least one protrusion is configured such that the utensil and the second utensil are configured to be at least one of coupled and decoupled with respect to one another via relative movement in a plane parallel to a reference plane that intersects a plane extending between the first and second surfaces.
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1. A cutlery utensil comprising:
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a functional end; and a handle associated with the functional end, the handle having a longitudinal axis, wherein the handle comprises a first surface, an opposite second surface, a protrusion disposed on the first surface and configured to separably couple the cutlery utensil and a second cutlery utensil, and a channel defined in the second surface and configured to separably couple the cutlery utensil and a third cutlery utensil; wherein the protrusion comprises a neck portion and a head portion, the head portion having a wider axial cross-section than an axial cross-section of the neck portion; and wherein the protrusion is configured to couple and decouple the cutlery utensil and the second cutlery utensil via relative movement of the cutlery utensil and the second cutlery utensil in a direction along the longitudinal axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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