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US4425711:
Double-ended doubly-concaved baby spoon
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Wood, Geraldine E.; Springfield, IL 62702
Staubly, Ralph F.; Springfield, IL 62704
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None
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| Published / Filed: |
1984-01-17
/ 1980-11-12
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| Application Number: |
US1980000208232
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A47G 21/04;
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A47G 21/00;
IPC-7:
A47J 43/28;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
030/324;
0D7/644;
Original:
030/324;
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| Field of Search: |
030/324
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| Priority Number: |
| 1979-06-29 |
US1979000053190 |
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| Abstract: |
A metal or plastic spoon for babies has, at each end of a generally flat handle, a generally flat head having oppositely facing food-holding concavities. The handle margins and the rims of the heads are safely rounded to avoid sharp edges that could injure the baby. The double-concave and double-ended construction facilitates self-feeding and accelerates its learning by making the spoon always functional when held in a closed hand.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Staubly, Ralph F. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Schmidt, Frederick R.; Zatarga, J. T.
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This is a continuation-in-part of abandoned application Ser. No. 53,190, filed June 29, 1979 and identically entitled.
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None
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| Claim |
The invention having been described, what is claimed is:
1. A spoon having smooth rounded edge and end surfaces for facilitating self-feeding and for safely accelerating its learning by a baby, comprising: an elongated generally flat handle member including round smooth margins along its edges and a pair of generally flat heads integrally connected to said handle member, said heads having the same size and egg-shape in plan view, one head of said pair of heads fixed to each end of said handle member, said handle member and each of said heads lying in substantially parallel planes and each of said heads have oppositely disposed, same-sized concavities formed therein and equally spaced on each side of a plane through the handle with a smooth rounded rim formed around said oppositely disposed concavities and said handle, the thickness of each hand being equal and of slightly greater dimension than the thickness of the handle member, the length of the handle member being approximately twice the length of a head, and each of said four concavities being of the same size and shape.
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