Patent · US Expired

Quiz game french fry scoop

US6209780A · kind A · utility

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19References
9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 30, 1999
Grant dateApr 3, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D81/36
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An otherwise conventional paperboard french fry scoop and container is provided with a game or quiz accessory construction to improve its utility. The rear (higher) wall (16) of the scoop is provided with a pair of parallel slits (24, 26) which slidably receive a tear off strip (62), the latter carried by a glue panel (50) glued to the rear wall of the scoop. The tear strip carries indicia (66, 68) in the form of two rows of respective questions and answers, the indicia being viewed through openings (28, 30) between the two slits. The user tears off the tear strip, inserts it through the slits, and proceeds to read the questions and answers. All components of the scoop are readily formed from the blank, the mode of assembling the device, as well as the basic form of the unitary paperboard blank from which it is formed, being essentially the same as that of known paperboard french fry scoops. In a second embodiment, the parallel slits and openings are located in the front wall (32), and the tear strip (620) is integral with and detachable from the rear or higher wall (16).

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