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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395602 | Method of using a device to lift, move and flip foods Double hooked device with the hooks being transversely positioned on the end of a shaft having a handle at its opposite end. The hooks may snag, lift, move and/or flip food or other articles by the hooks being rotated generally about the shaft's axis until one of th... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7219936 | Campfire rotisserie A hand held rotatable campfire rotisserie. The device features the ability to rotate the tined end from the handle end internally. The length of the overall device allows the user to roast items placed over a heat source at a comfortable distance from the heat sourc... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7065883 | Device to lift, move and flip foods Double hooked device with the hooks being transversely positioned on the end of a shaft having a handle at its opposite end. The hooks may snag, lift, move and/or flip food or other articles by the hooks being rotated generally about the shaft's axis until one of th... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7011003 | Fork with tine protector guard and method A large kitchen or barbecue fork and protector for preventing injuries from sharp tines of the fork and preventing food contamination from bacteria and dirt on the tines. The guard is movable on a shank of the fork from a covering relationship with the sharp pointed... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6557264 | Invertably standable cooking utensil A cooking utensil is provided which can be stood invertedly upright and stored temporarily in a hygienic manner, without taking up space. The cooking utensil includes a shank portion, a head portion, a supporting member, and a liquid receiving member. The... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6234162 | Open fire cooking apparatus An apparatus for cooking food items over an open fire which allows a cook to turn the food and adjust the position of the food over the fire while maintaining a safe distance from the fire. The apparatus is constructed and arranged to allow hands-free ope... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6145204 | Eating implement An eating implement comprising an elongate element defining a first length and opposing ends, a handle extending from one of the opposing ends in a first direction and at a right angle relative to the elongate element, the handle defining a second length ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6105259 | Eating utensils An eating utensil includes a body defining a handle portion shaped to facilitate grasping by a user. A pair of spaced-apart outer tines extend from the body. Each of the spaced-apart outer tines defines an outer tine length. The eating utensil further inc... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5950280 | Utensil holding device A utensil holding device engageable with a utensil (e.g., spoon or fork) to provide an improved gripping surface for the utensil. The utensil holding device is adapted for quick and easy attachment to a utensil. A portion of the handle section of a utensi... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5890223 | Child's feeding implement The present invention consists of an angled disabled and/or young child's feeding implement which has a handle portion which is bent from the longitudinal axis of the implement by approximately fifteen to seventy degrees. In one preferred embodiment of th... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5749286 | Fondue cooking apparatus The present invention relates to a cooking apparatus comprising a combination of a vessel having an upstanding wall defining an upper edge providing a supporting surface for a removable cover having a centrally located opening. The cover is adapted to fit... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5699614 | Attachable and removable handle for food serving utensils A utensil having a first portion and a handle. The first portion includes a utensil portion, which can be spoon shaped, forked shaped, knife shaped or other food implement shaped and a shank attached at one end to the utensil portion. The handle is remova... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5590472 | Cutlery which does not soil and a method for its production Cutlery in the form of a knife, fork or spoon is formed with a supporting foot at a center portion thereof that elevates the working portion above a support surface when the cutlery is placed on the surface. A method of manufacturing cutlery according to ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5373643 | Enhanced eating implements for a handicapped person A handle for eating utensils (such as a fork, a spoon and a knife) has a gripping member and a barrier member. A first connecting member connects one end of the gripping member to one end of the barrier member. A second connecting member releasingly conne... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5261560 | Utensil receptacle A receptacle for a spoon and fork; The spoon and the fork are pivotally mounted to the underside to the top of the receptacle, and the top is hinged to the bottom of the receptacle so that it may be opened to permit the spoon and fork to be turned to a po... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5161691 | Protected food utensils A device for protecting articles comprising a plate-shaped protective member connected directly to at least one sharp-pointed portion of the article to be protected by at least one frangible point so as to separate the protecting member from the article b... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5117558 | Hand-held rotary barbecue rotisserie The hand-held Rotary Barbecue Rotisserie" includes an elongated shaft having multiple prongs on which wieners, marshmallows, or other food is impaled for cooking. The shaft end opposite the cooking prongs is formed in to an eccentric crank handle, this cr... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5058279 | Wedged handle eating utensil for the physically disabled The present invention is an eating utensil set for the physically disabled. The invention comprises a handle, a shaft and an eating utensil head. The handle is in the shape of a multi-sided geometric solid five surfaces: a flat bottom surface adapted to r... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4993156 | Spoons and other hand held utensils A spoon or other like hand held implement or utensil comprises a spoon bowl (10) or other load carrying formation fixed to an inner stem (12) which also carries a pendulum weight (22). The inner stem rotates freely within a hollow outer stem (24) which is... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4826033 | Folding food take-out device Disclosed is a folding food take-out device which comprises a food take-out portion and a handle portion connected to or integrally formed with the food take-out portion. The handle portion comprises a plurality of longitudinally extending sections at lea... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4719063 | Method of making implement handle for crippled persons An implement handle is made for use by a crippled person, utilizing a cap adapted to receive an end of the implement and an initially flexible bag attached to the cap. Material in the plastic state is inserted into the bag, the material becoming rigid wit... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4599797 | Revolvable eating utensil and method of cleaning same The revolvable eating utensil includes a handle portion in the form of an open frame, and an elongated member having a comestible engageable portion axially rotatably supported by the handle portion. The handle portion includes a pair of short front and r... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4539751 | Barbeque forks Because barbeque forks tend to be rather unwieldy items a barbeque fork is provided which can be separated into a number of shorter pieces or lengths for storage and the pieces then assembled end to end by connecting means before use. Preferably such conn... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4218167 | Feeding apparatus for a manually disabled person A feeding apparatus is disclosed for a manually disabled person to eat food. The feeding apparatus may comprise an eating surface and a mouth-held implement, independent of the eating surface, and operative to place food on the eating surface whereby the ... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4116355 | Dining utensil A dining utensil for use in eating and cooking fondue. The utensil includes a device for assisting engagement of food such as meat, fowl, seafood, fruit or bread by a fondue fork and for disengaging cooked food from the same fork.... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4103420 | Utensil with grease shield A cooking utensil having a removable grease shield in the form of a screen to protect the hand of the person using it. The utensil includes the usual elongated manipulating device for making contact with the food item involved. At one end of the device ap... | 08/01/1978 |