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US5054835:
Food handling implement
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Loechel, Stephen J.; Woodville, Australia
Henderson, Kerry W.; South Australia, Australia
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| Assignee: |
Tango Proprietary Limited, Woodville, Australia
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| Published / Filed: |
1991-10-08
/ 1990-09-18
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| Application Number: |
US1990000584200
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A47G 21/10;
A47J 43/28;
IPC-7:
A47G 21/02;
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| ECLA Code: |
A47G21/10; A47J43/28D;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
294/099.2;
030/150;
294/003;
Original:
294/099.2;
030/150;
294/003;
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| Field of Search: |
294/002,3,7-8.5,11,16,25,28,33,99.1,99.2,104,106
030/122,123,142,147,149,150,323,324
D07/643-645,683,686
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| Priority Number: |
| 1989-09-21 |
AU1989000006474 |
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| Abstract: |
This invention relates to an improved food handling implement which in one mode of use forms a pair of separate elements which can be used individually as salad servers, while in another mode of use forms a set of tongs which can be operated by a person single handed. Each element has an elongate handle having an end portion which is angled with respect to the axis of the handle, and a connector cap for releasably connecting the elements together to enable the elements to be coupled together in approximately parallel relationship in the one mode of use, or with the angled end portions retained in facing relationship with the handles diverging away from the connector cap in the another mode of use, wherein the hand portions of the elements can be urged together or apart by virtue of the resilience of the handles.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Darby & Darby ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Cherry, Johnny D.;
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First Claim:
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What we claim is:
1. A food serving implement comprising a pair of separable elements, each having an elongate resilient handle connected to a head portion, the elongated handle of each of said elements being formed with an end portion which is angled with respect to the longitudinal axis of the handle, and connector means for releasably connecting together said elements to enable said elements to be coupled together, one on top of the other, wherein said handles are in one of a first position in which said handles are approximately parallel for storage purposes, and a second position in which the angled end portions are retained in facing relationship with the handles diverging away from said connector means and in which the implement can be used as a pair of tongs wherein the head portions of the elements can be urged relative to each other by virtue of the resilience of the handles, said connector means comprising a removable end retention cap having walls defining a socket portion for snuggly receiving said angled end portions of said handles, said angled end portions when thus received, having respective facing surfaces thereof contiguous with one another, said end retention cap being provided with at least one flexible resilient finger formed in a wall thereof, said finger having an inner surface and a projection formed thereon which projects into the socket portion of said cap and is arranged so that when said elements are inserted into the cap, said projection lockingly engages in an opening formed adjacent a free end of a respective element to effect a snap fitting engagement of the angled end portion of the element within said cap, said socket portion of the cap being horizontally divided into two halves by longitudinally extending ribs formed on opposed side walls of said cap, each socket portion half slidably accommodating a respective angled end portion.
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