Interlocking utensil set

Latest Arrow Plastic Manufacturing Co. Patents:

Description

FIG. 1 is an exploded top perspective view of an interlocking utensil set showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is an exploded bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the knife shown separately for ease of illustration, the bottom plan view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the spoon shown separately for ease of illustration;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view, the left side elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the fork shown separately for ease of illustration;

FIG. 9 is a right side elevational view, the left side elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a combined top perspective view of the interlocking utensil set;

FIG. 12 is a right side elevational view of the interlocking utensil set;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 15--15 on FIG. 12.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
33703 November 1862 Hardie
34098 January 1862 Hardie et al.
46832 March 1865 Thorne
D101860 November 1936 Ebeling
D204478 April 1966 Bieger
D284442 July 1, 1986 Chan
D318600 July 30, 1991 Lilleflund et al.
1053387 February 1913 Hawley
2439882 April 1946 Beddow
2853779 September 1958 Lordo
4377035 March 22, 1983 Dalichow
4524512 June 25, 1985 Formo et al.
4995154 February 26, 1991 Bamber
Foreign Patent Documents
1178122 May 1959 FRX
Patent History
Patent number: D362160
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 2, 1993
Date of Patent: Sep 12, 1995
Assignee: Arrow Plastic Manufacturing Co. (Elk Grove Village, IL)
Inventors: Gary Brabeck (Arlington Heights, IL), Charles Brewer (Geneva, IL), Bruce Cohen (Winnetka, IL), James Cohen (Northbrook, IL), Robert Kleckauskas (Downers Grove, IL), Mike Thuma (Des Plaines, IL), Craig Scherer (Wilmette, IL)
Primary Examiner: Alan P. Douglas
Assistant Examiner: Caron D. Veynar
Law Firm: Dressler, Goldsmith, Shore & Milnamow, Ltd.
Application Number: 0/10,329
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/7645; D/7643