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US3964161:
Wooden camping tool
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Wise, Colleen M.; South Saint Paul, MN 55075
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1976-06-22
/ 1975-09-15
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| Application Number: |
US1975000613346
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A47G 21/04;
A47J 43/28;
Core:
A47G 21/00;
A47J 43/00;
IPC-7:
A47J 43/28;
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| ECLA Code: |
A47G21/04; A47J43/28B;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
030/142;
294/007;
0D7/691;
Original:
030/142;
294/007;
0D7/102;
0D7/149;
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| Field of Search: |
030/142,149,324
0D7/141,148,149,102
294/007
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| Priority Number: |
| 1975-09-15 |
US1975000613346 |
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| Abstract: |
A wooden cooking tool is taught wherein a shank of substantial strength connects a contoured spoon-bowl at one end and a contoured fanned spatula at the other. The spoon-bowl blends symmetrically into the shank portion and is contoured so that its outermost end projects ventrally relative to the axis of the tool. The spoon-bowl serves the function of not only a spoon-bowl per se, but also that of a handle member when the tool is turned upside down for use as a spatula. The size, shape and thickness of the spoon-bowl permit one to grip it with the fingers of one's hand inside the convex portion and the palm on the concave outer portion. The spatula is a contoured fanned structure which terminates in an angularly disposed substantially straight edge. The slope or angularity of this edge is such that the lateral extremity of it lying most outwardly from the shank is at the right of the axis of the tool as the tool is gripped at the spoon-bowl for spatula use and the spatula pointed upwardly.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Baker, Robert C. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Smith, Al Lawrence; Peters, J. C.
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None
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First Claim:
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That which is claimed is:
1. A unitary wooden cooking tool having a shank portion with a spoon-bowl at one end and a spatula at the other, said tool having a longitudinal axis lengthwise thereof extending through said shank portion, the side of said tool facing upwardly when said spoon-bowl is used as a serving spoon being the ventral surface of said tool, and the opposing side of said tool being the dorsal surface thereof, said tool being characterized by the following features in combination:
- a. said spoon-bowl is contoured to blend into said shank portion and extends symmetrically from said shank portion, is contoured so that its outermost end projects ventrally relative to said axis, is free of sharp lip edges, is wider than it is deep, is approximately one-half cup in size, and is in excess of 5 millimeters thickness at the bottom portion thereof and tapers along the sides thereof to a narrower thickness at said non-sharp lip edges thereof, said contoured shape and size and thickness and non-sharp lip edges of said spoon-bowl being such that said spoon-bowl serves a dual function, one function being that of a spoon-bowl per se and the other function being that of a handle member when said spoon-bowl is turned upside down so that the dorsal side of said tool faces upwardly for said tool to be used for spatula purposes, said upside down spoon-bowl, as a handle member, being gripped by one's hand with the fingers inside the convex portion of the spoon-bowl and the palm on the concave portion thereof;
- b. said spatula is contoured to blend into said shank portion and, except for its end most remote from the said spoon-bowl, extends as a symmetrical structure from said shank portion, is a gradually fanned structure curved away from said axis to project dorsally relative to said axis, is free of sharp edges except at its said most remote end, is at least 5 millimeters thick except for the distance up to approximately 4 centimeters inwardly from its said most remote end, and is tapered toward its said most remote end into a termination as a relatively sharp substantially straight edge which slopes at an angle other than perpendicular to said axis, said slope of said straight edge being between 5° and 25° from a line perpendicular to said axis, and said slope of said straight edge being further characterized by the fact that the off-center lateral outwardmost portion of said slope is on the lateral side of said tool most remote from an individual gripping said spoon-bowl as aforesaid and using said tool for spatula purposes, said gradually fanned structure of said spatula being also functional as a handle member for gripping when said tool is used as a serving spoon; and
- c. said shank portion of said tool is, in cross-section, at least about one centimeter in thickness in all directions through the center thereof.
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