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US5486029:
Apparatus for manipulating chopsticks
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Kobayashi, David; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1996-01-23
/ 1995-01-20
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| Application Number: |
US1995000375671
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A47G 21/06;
Core:
A47G 21/00;
IPC-7:
A47G 21/10;
A47J 43/28;
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| ECLA Code: |
A47G21/10B;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
294/099.2;
294/033;
Original:
294/099.2;
294/033;
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| Field of Search: |
294/1.1,7,8.5,11,33,99.2
024/462,501,530
030/142,150,322
D07/642,645,686
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| Priority Number: |
| 1995-01-20 |
US1995000375671 |
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| Abstract: |
An apparatus for manipulating chopsticks is described which can be easily manufactured out of a polymer plastic tube, such as a drinking straw. The tube or straw is divided into a central portion and two wing portions by two transverse cuts. The size of the central portion is selected in accordance with a desired spacing between two chopsticks. Each of the wing portions has an axially extending bore of a size sufficient to accommodate a chopstick in friction fit relation. The transverse cuts extend only partially through the thickness of the tubular body leaving connective strips between the central portion and each of the two wing portions that serve as living hinges.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Thompson, Douglas ;
Lambert, Thompson ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Cherry, Johnny D.;
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First Claim:
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The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. An apparatus for manipulating chopsticks, comprising:
- a tubular polymer plastic body divided into a central portion and two wing portions by two transverse cuts, the size of the central portion being selected in accordance with a desired spacing between two chopsticks, each of the wing portions having axially extending bores of a size sufficient to accommodate a chopstick in friction fit relation, the transverse cuts extending only partially through the thickness of the tubular body leaving connective strips between the central portion and each of the two wing portions that serve as living hinges.
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