Eating utensil system
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1. A combination fork and spoon system, comprising:
- a fork including a plurality of tines at one end, the fork including a handle and a pair of detents in a recess having end walls in a bottom surface of the handle and a pair of rails, each of the rails along a portion of an outer edge of the bottom surface of the handle; and
a spoon including a bowl portion and a handle having a raised edge on its proximal end, the spoon configured to interlock with the fork either in a nested position or in a single combination utensil configuration in which the bowl portion of the spoon and tines of the fork are on opposite ends of the single combination utensil configuration, and wherein the interlocking between the spoon and the fork is defined by sliding an entire width of the handle of the spoon between the rails of the fork until the raised edge is received in respective grooves defined between respective ones of the detents and the end walls of the recess.
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Abstract
A combination spoon and fork system capable of being stored in a nested configuration or used as a combination eating utensil with the spoon and fork connected end to end. An interlocking mechanism can interlock the spoon and fork in either the nested position or in the end to end configuration. The interlocking system allows the handle of the spoon to slide between rails on the handle of the fork and to snap and lock the spoon in place either nested with the fork or end to end with the fork to form an elongated combination eating utensil. The spoon and fork of the system can also be used separately from one another.
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1. A combination fork and spoon system, comprising:
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a fork including a plurality of tines at one end, the fork including a handle and a pair of detents in a recess having end walls in a bottom surface of the handle and a pair of rails, each of the rails along a portion of an outer edge of the bottom surface of the handle; and a spoon including a bowl portion and a handle having a raised edge on its proximal end, the spoon configured to interlock with the fork either in a nested position or in a single combination utensil configuration in which the bowl portion of the spoon and tines of the fork are on opposite ends of the single combination utensil configuration, and wherein the interlocking between the spoon and the fork is defined by sliding an entire width of the handle of the spoon between the rails of the fork until the raised edge is received in respective grooves defined between respective ones of the detents and the end walls of the recess. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A combination fork and spoon system, comprising:
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a fork having tines and a handle with a pair of rails along a portion of side edges of the handle, the handle further comprising a pair of detents in a recess having end walls in a bottom surface of the handle; and a spoon having a bowl portion and a handle, an entire width of the handle slidable between the rails and a raised edge at a proximal end of a top surface of the handle of the spoon being received in grooves defined between respective ones of the detents and the end walls of the recess to interlock the spoon and the fork either in a nested position or in a single combination utensil configuration in which the bowl portion of the spoon and tines of the fork are on opposite ends of the single combination utensil configuration. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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