Eating utensil system

US10555629B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• humangear, inc. · US

Inventors

• Christopher A. Miksovsky · Bend, US
• Clint N. Slone · San Francisco, US
• Evelyne Chaubert · San Francisco, US
• Charlie Nghiem · Oakland, US
• Robert Charles Lane · Belmont, US
• Jonathan Paul Downing · Belmont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 7, 2018
• Grant date: Feb 11, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 7, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47G21/04
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

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.