Patents Assigned to Charles Tillman Walker
  • Self-feeding apparatus and method
    Patent number: 4433950
    Abstract: A self-feeding apparatus and method is illustrated wherein a pivoted arm carries a spoon between a raised position for eating and a lower position for filling from a plate. The spoon is permitted to fall about its pivotal connection by gravity and then the arm carrying the spoon is lowered so as to push the spoon forwardly or radially of the plate which is preferably turned simultaneously in order to fill the spoon with food preparatory to the user or operator taking another bite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1984
    Assignee: Charles Tillman Walker
    Inventors: James E. Hanger, Charles T. Walker