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US7234745:
Chopsticks
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Tsai, Sen-Jun; Tainan City 70499, Taiwan
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None
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| Published / Filed: |
2007-06-26
/ 2006-03-07
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| Application Number: |
US2006000368516
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| IPC Code: |
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A47G 21/10;
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| ECLA Code: |
A47G21/10B;
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| U.S. Class: |
294/099.2;
294/001.1;
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| Field of Search: |
294/99.2,116,8.5,11
024/495,496,506,511,517
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| Priority Number: |
| 2006-03-07 |
US2006000368516 |
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| Abstract: |
A pair of chopsticks includes two elongate bodies facing each other, and a connector pivotally connected with and between the two elongate bodies. The elongate bodies respectively have a hollow near an upper end. The connector has a plate spring, which has one end pivotally connected to the hollow of each elongate body. Thus the connector connects the two elongate bodies together so that the lower end sections of the two elongate bodies may be closed by pushing the two bodies inward to each other for picking up food, and opened by letting loose a hand clamping the two bodies for next round of picking up food.
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Mackey, Patrick; Chin, Paul T.
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First Claim:
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1. A pair of chopsticks comprising two elongate bodies, each of said two elongate bodies being respectively provided with a hollow recess near an upper end thereof, a connector capable of being pivotally connected between said two hollow recesses of the two elongate bodies, said connector having an approximate rhombus shape; each of two lower sides of said connector having a respective plate spring, wherein each of an inner side of said plate spring is capable of contacting elastically a wall of a respective one of said hollow recesses; and wherein one of the two elongated bodies has a ring at an upper end thereof which is inserted in an upper end of the respective elongated body; and the other one of said two elongate bodies is provided with a fitting groove near an upper end thereof for receiving an outer end of said ring; and wherein each of said hollow is provided with a pivot, and each of two upper sides of said connector is provided with a slot for receiving a respective one of two pivots.
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