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US6851574:
Spoon
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Traynor, Timothy G.; Raleigh, NC, United States of America 27603
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
2005-02-08
/ 2003-12-23
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| Application Number: |
US2003000744476
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| IPC Code: |
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A47G 21/04;
IPC-7:
A47J 43/28;
B65D 37/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A47G21/04;
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| U.S. Class: |
222/001;
222/210;
222/214;
030/128;
030/324;
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| Field of Search: |
030/324,128,326,123
222/206,207,209,210,211,212,213,214,215,1
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| Priority Number: |
| 2003-12-23 |
US2003000744476 |
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| Abstract: |
A spoon includes a handle and a bowl disposed on one end of a handle. The bowl includes a curved frame and a pliable section or portion secured to the frame, the pliable section being movable between a first position for containing the food and a second position where the bowl is more shallow than when in the first position. An actuating link extends between the handle and the pliable section. The actuating link is movable by an actuator, and the movement of the actuator causes the actuating link to move the pliable section of the bowl. Food contained within the bowl can be displaced or effectively transferred from the bowl into the mouth of an infant or another person in response to the actuator and actuating link being moved.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Coats & Bennett, P.LLC. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Goodman, Charles;
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First Claim:
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1. A method of changing the configuration of a pliable bowl portion of a spoon, comprising extending an actuating link between a handle and the bowl portion; moving the actuating link between first and second positions; and moving the pliable bowl portion in response to the actuating link being moved between the first and second positions.
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