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Class 30/323 - With hand guard and/or support


Subclass of Class 30 - Cutlery
Definition: Forks which are provided with a guard to protect the hand
No. of patents: 26
Last issue date: 07/08/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7395602Method 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
7219936Campfire 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
7065883Device 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
7011003Fork 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
6557264Invertably 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
6234162Open 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
6145204Eating 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
6105259Eating 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
5950280Utensil 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
5890223Child'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
5749286Fondue 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
5699614Attachable 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
5590472Cutlery 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
5373643Enhanced 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
5261560Utensil 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
5161691Protected 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
5117558Hand-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
5058279Wedged 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
4993156Spoons 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
4826033Folding 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
4719063Method 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
4599797Revolvable 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
4539751Barbeque 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
4218167Feeding 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
4116355Dining 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
4103420Utensil 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
 
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