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US20080256807A1:
Ergonomic training utensil
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Kirkup, Kimberly Maria; Bayshore, NY, United States of America
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
2008-10-23
/ 2008-04-12
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| Application Number: |
US2008000082438
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A47G 21/02;
A47G 21/04;
A47G 21/06;
B26B 3/02;
G09B 19/24;
Core:
A47G 21/00;
B26B 3/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A47G21/02; B26B3/02; G09B19/24;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
030/147;
030/148;
030/149;
030/150;
030/322;
030/324;
030/340;
434/258;
Original:
301/47 ;
434/258;
303/22 ;
303/24 ;
301/48 ;
301/49 ;
301/50 ;
303/40 ;
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| Priority Number: |
| 2008-04-12 |
US2008000082438 |
| 2007-04-18 |
US2007000923919P |
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| Abstract: |
An ergonomic training utensil for teaching a user to self feed includes a handle and at least one food accommodating means extending from at least one end of the handle. In a first embodiment, the training utensil has an arc shape when viewed from top and bottom and the handle has a center section which has a transverse cross-section which is one of bulbous or lobular. In a second embodiment, the handle is a parallelogram and is one of a rhombus or a rectangle, and has a center section having a transverse cross-section which has an S-shaped. Ergonomic utility is provided by the arc shape of the utensil and by the bulbous or lobular transverse cross-section of the handle of the first embodiment, and by the S-shape of the transverse cross-section of the second embodiment.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
ASHLEY J. WELLS, Attorney ; 27 Outlook Circle
, Swannanoa
, NC
28778 United States of America
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| INPADOC Legal Status: |
None
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| Parent Case: |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This Application for U.S. Letters Patent claims the benefit of the priority of Provisional Application No. 60/923,919 filed Apr. 18, 2007, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference.
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First Claim:
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1. An ergonomic training utensil for teaching a user to self feed, comprising: a handle including ends and a center section having a transverse cross-section which is one of bulbous or lobular with a plurality of lobes; and at least one food accommodating means extending from at least one end of the handle, wherein the ergonomic training utensil has an arc shape when viewed from top and bottom.
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