Abstract: A beveled edge fork provides a handle and a head portion. A preferred version of the head provides four tines extending from a base of the head portion, which are strengthened by center, left and right reinforcements. A concave upper surface, enclosed by a U-shaped upper convex perimeter surface mates with a lower beveled edge on a lower convex surface, forming left and right cutting edges, allowing a user to cut food with the side of the fork.

Abstract: 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 removably attached to another end of the shank. A spring loaded clamp is provided with the handle to coact with the shank so as to engage the shank with the handle. The utensil is particularly well adapted to be used with buffets, whereby first portions of utensils are provided with buffet dishes and handles are provided for the customers of the buffet. A clip can be provided for attaching to a buffet dish and holding the utensil first portion.

Abstract: A double-ended teething spoon with a water filled transparent handle formed of a firm, resilient material to provide gum relief for teething infants, as well as hand-eye coordination, training in use of the spoon, and amusement by viewing objects suspended in the handle.

Abstract: An electronic chef's fork is provided which displays indicia such as food type and degree of doneness for a selected food type and temperature and which includes control areas by which the user of the electronic chef's fork selects the meat type. The operational circuitry of the device allows the user to select among an array of food type options and to thereby designate a degree of doneness for the selected type of food. A prompt message is provided to indicate the degree of doneness attained for the selected food type when the device is inserted into the food.

Abstract: An extensible cutlery device has a hollow tube, a first casing disposed in the hollow tube, a second casing disposed in the hollow tube, and a fork device disposed between the first casing and the second casing. The first casing engages with the second casing. The fork device has a handle inserted in a spacing defined between the first casing and the second casing. A drive mechanism drives the fork device to extend and retract. A plug seat has two hook ends inserted in a rear end of the hollow tube.

Abstract: A collapsible barbecue tool assembly includes a barbecue tool, a handle and a latch mechanism mounted in the handle. The handle includes an elongated cavity for slidably receiving a blade portion of the barbecue tool. The blade portion of the tool has one or more locating elements. The latch mechanism releasably engages one of the locating elements so that the tool is movable to and between a collapsed position and an extended position.

Abstract: A plastic container cap includes a cap body having a rim and a face panel suspended within the rim, a folding utensil formed of a utensil body and a handle and integral with the face panel of the cap body wherein the utensil body, which can be a bowl or a fork, has a peripheral edge spaced from the face panel by a narrow opening and connected to the face panel by connecting portions in the narrow opening, and a neck at one end connected to the handle; the handle is hinged to the neck of the utensil body, having dented lines through which the handle is folded up and attached to the face panel of the cap body at a top side above said utensil body.

Abstract: An electronic chef's fork is provided which displays indicia such as food type and degree of doneness for a selected food type and temperature and which includes control areas by which the user of the electronic chef's fork selects the meat type. The operational circuitry of the device allows the user to select among an array of food type options and to thereby designate a degree of doneness for the selected type of food. A prompt message is provided to indicate the degree of doneness attained for the selected food type when the device is inserted into the food.

Abstract: A utensil kit with a knife, spoon and two forks and method particularly for training adolescents to hold eating utensils correctly and in the a proper eating position where each of the utensils includes a contoured gripping portion formed over the utensil handle adapted to receive and register fingers and the thumb in color coded grooves corresponding to the proper position for the respective eating utensil and to enhance hand comfort when the utensil is being held and manipulated according to proper etiquette.

Abstract: A collapsible spoon for a canned good includes a spoon member, an extension and a handle pivotally coupled between the spoon member and the extension. Two interlock devices may secure the handle to the spoon member and may secure the extension to the handle for maintaining the extension and the handle and the spoon member in longitudinal alignment. The interlock devices each includes an engagement of an ear with a recess and the other engagement of a projection with an orifice of the ear such that the spoon member and the handle and the extension may be solidly secured together.

Abstract: The utensil which indicates when the inside of a marshmallow is melted includes a user-grippable handle (7) having a plurality of elongated wires (8) extending from one end for impaling a marshmallow for toasting. Wires (8) are flexible to be drawn together at open end for impaling marshmallow and are biased to return to their original position precisely when marshmallow is melted inside. The utensil would typically be held in users hand to toast marshmallow over open heat source.

Abstract: A new barbecue fork for lifting and turning food stuffs on a cooking surface. The inventive device includes an elongate shaft and a handle. The proximal end of the shaft is coupled to the first end of the handle. A pair of spaced apart hooked-shaped prongs are coupled to the shaft with the prongs located towards the distal end of the shaft.

Abstract: A walk away packaging for condiments comprising an eating utensil and at least one storage chamber formed in the handle of the eating utensil. The chamber has an open end at the distal end of the handle and extends therefrom longitudinally through a portion of the handle. A releasable sealing member is mounted within the open end of the chamber. Preferably, two spaced apart, parallel chambers are formed in the utensil for storing different condiments.

Abstract: An expanded implement handle grip for placing over an implement handle of a spoon, fork, knife, toothbrush, hand tool, or the like has been devised which has improved concave features within the hollow, interior space thereof. These concave features, which include, but are not limited to dimples, grooves, spiral grooves, indentations, impressions, channels, depressions, hollows, slits, and the like, to permit the implement handle to be easily inserted into the grip, but nevertheless more effectively held by the expanded implement handle grip while being employed by a user with limited dexterity or strength. Other optional features such as sinuous slits, enlarged ends, and roll-inhibiting features allow the expanded implement handle grip to have improved function.

Abstract: A nestable set of two, selectively-detachable,, dual-end eating utensils having a temporal clipping mechanism to hold the eating utensils in a secure position during non-use periods.

Abstract: A food utensil and grate cleaning tool includes an elongate shaft having a first end and a second end, a handle at the first end, and a hook portion at the second end and being continuous with the elongate shaft. The hook portion has a tapered and pointed end for pierces and hooking onto food such as corn on the cob, steak being grilled, and pickles in a jar, and further has an inside edge and a bladed edge along the inside edge for scraping and cleaning grates or grills. Also, the hook portion generally lies in a plane which is generally perpendicular to the elongate shaft and is capable of moving in the plane upon rotation of the elongate shaft about its longitudinal axis. Further, the user can move the bladed edge along the grate or grill for the scraping and cleaning thereof.

Abstract: A food handling utensil having a handle component and a food engagement component constructed such that the handle component releasably retains the food engagement component. Food engagement components can include forks, knives, spoons, etc. which are retained by respective handle components to thereby provide table utensils used while eating. In another embodiment, the utensil incorporates two food engagement components such as forks and or spoons retained by two respective handle components, with a spring biasing component connected to the two handle components such that the handle components are held away from each other in a resting mode and are hand movable toward each other for use. This embodiment provides utility in grasping food items. The utensils of the present invention provide versatility for changes of handle appearance, replacement of damaged components, and/or requirements for small-space packing accommodations.

Abstract: A collapsible barbecue tool assembly includes a barbecue tool, a handle and a latch mechanism mounted in the handle. The handle includes an elongated cavity for slidably receiving a blade portion of the barbecue tool. The blade portion of the tool has one or more locating elements. The latch mechanism releasably engages one of the locating elements so that the tool is movable to and between a collapsed position and an extended position.

Abstract: A spoon consists of a oval-shaped bowl and a handle. The bowl has a neck which is fastened with one end of the handle. The handle is extendable and is composed of a primary handle and a secondary handle. The primary handle is provided at the proximal end thereof with a connection portion dimensioned to fit into a receiving slot of the neck of the bowl. The primary handle is provided therein with a channel extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the primary handle. The secondary handle is slidably received in the channel of the primary handle and is provided at the proximal end thereof with a retaining projection engageable with a retaining hole located at the distal end of the primary handle for locating the secondary handle which is fully extended.

Abstract: A pair of salad and pasta tossing tools for operating with each other to assist in tossing salads, pastas, and similar objects, which tools have proportionally broad shaft, or handle that is an enlarged, widened gripable portion, and from which protrude several tines or pointed elements extending substantially parallel to each other at the other end. The several protruding elements, usually three in number, are generally "V" shaped. This tool is shaped to comfortably fit against the heel of the hand, with the four opposing fingers, opposing and gripping the tool against the shaft, such that the protruding elements or tines of each tool when used in pairs, one for each hand, co-act to lift and encompass a portion of the salad greens or pasta, to be raised or lifted from their container for "tossing.

Abstract: An eating utensil includes a head unit, a handle unit and a covering. The head unit has a stem with a distal end portion that is formed with a radial flange and an axial insert projection. The handle unit includes a handle body and a plug. The handle body is formed as an elongated hollow transparent body which confines a receiving space for receiving liquid therein and which has a closed end portion and an open end portion. The plug has a first end portion formed with an axial insert hole and a second end portion inserted fittingly into the open end portion of the handle body. The insert projection of the head unit extends fittingly into the insert hole. The covering covers the stem of the head unit, the plug, and the open end portion of the handle body.

Abstract: A utensil for cutting an impaling food objects. The inventive device includes an elongated handle having a plurality of tines projecting therefrom. Lateral cutting edges extend along interior edges of the tines for engaging and cutting a food object such that a severed portion thereof can be engaged by the tines for manual manipulation by the handle.

Abstract: An eating utensil suitable for use by individuals having hand impairments includes a head portion which may be a fork, spoon or knife, and a handle portion. The handle portion has an arcuate, flared configuration which is anatomically designed to correspond to the natural shape of an individual's hand such that it can be grasped in different hand positions depending on the head portion used and the nature of the individual's hand impairment.

Abstract: A utensil holder for infants and toddlers is made up of a generally triangular handle having a hollow gripping area and a utensil-supporting portion at one side of the handle which converges forwardly and terminates in a socket end portion for insertion of a complementary shank end portion of a utensil. In another preferred form, an eating utensil is disposed with its eating surface facing in a direction substantially parallel to the longer dimension of the handle so that when the handle is grasped and held in a palmar, upright position by the infant, the eating surface can face upwardly for placement of food thereon and insertion into the infant's mouth. In the alternative, the utensil can form a permanent part of the supporting portion at one side of the handle but in either form the handle is longer in a direction transverse to the direction of entry of the utensil into the infant's mouth than the longest dimension across the infant's mouth to prevent lodging of the handle therein.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle that is powered by an electronically-controlled engine, such as a truck that is powered by an electronically-controlled diesel engine, is equipped with dual sets of controls, one set on each side of the vehicle. The accelerator pedal of each set operates a corresponding accelerator pedal sensor, and the two accelerator pedal sensors are coupled with an electronic controller of the engine by a coupling circuit that includes diodes for blocking current flow from each sensor to the other so that neither sensor can impose a load on the other that would impair the accuracy of the pedal position signal from the one sensor that is actively connected to the controller to the exclusion of the other because that one sensor's pedal is more distant from idle that the other pedal.

Abstract: A fork with timer comprising a fork having a head, a plurality of spaced tines extended from the head, and a handle extended from the head remote from the tines; timer circuitry connected to the handle of the fork and adapted for providing a cue after an elapsed period of time for indicating to user that another bite of food using the fork may be taken; a replaceable power source connected to the fork and coupled to the timer circuitry with the power source adapted for energizing the timer circuitry; and a switch connected to the fork and coupled between the power source and the timer circuitry with the switch having one orientation for energizing the timer circuitry and another orientation for de-energizing the timer circuitry.

Abstract: A foldable eating utensil includes an elongate handle member having a food-engaging blade extending integrally from one end thereof when operatively disposed, the blade being hingedly connected about a transverse axis to the inner edge of a connector plate of the handle member extending laterally between spaced handle arms of the handle member which define therebetween an opening to receive the blade to lie coplanar with the handle member when the blade is hinged to storage disposition, the blade including a longitudinally extending neck portion at its hinged connection to the connector plate and adapted to lie against the connector plate when operatively disposed, the handle arms being foldable each about a lengthwise axis adjacent the connector plate, and the parts being so made and arranged that when the blade has been hinged to operative disposition, the handle arms may be folded digitally towards each other and brought to and held in co-acting relationship in which parts of the handle member engage the b

Abstract: A spaghetti fork and separator system comprising a fork having a plurality of essentially parallel prongs at the lower end and an elongated handle at the upper end; a plunger having a post in a linear configuration extending generally parallel to the handle of the fork and having a lower end and an upper end, the upper end being bent from the post and constituting a reciprocation member for being grasped by the user for moving the post and plunger in a linear manner parallel with the handle; a separator having struts extending upwardly from the upper end to the lower end of the post; and a guide adapted to encompass the post for guiding the motion of the fork and plunger with respect to each other when the post and separator are pulled by the reciprocation member to allow the prongs of the fork to be exposed for twirling spaghetti and when the post and separator are pushed by the reciprocation member to allow the separator to separate the spaghetti strands from the spaghetti twirled on the prongs of the fork.

Abstract: An eating utensil comprised of a combination of a tweezer device and fork. To attain this, the present invention provides a utensil which has a first handle member and a second handle member which are mirror images of each other. The first and second handle members are attached at a proximal end and bent away from each other and then parallel to one another such that there is a space in between the handle members. The distal end of each handle member terminates in at least two prongs. The innermost prongs provide contact surfaces for firmly grasping food morsels in a tweezer mode. The tines also permit the utensil to be used as a traditional fork.

Abstract: 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 connects another end of the gripping member to another end of the barrier member. A hand insertion port is formed by an inner perimeter of the gripping member, the barrier member, the first connecting member and the second connecting member. There is a stabilizing member connected to the gripping member.

Abstract: The invention relates to an eating utensil for counting the number of bites the user consumes in accordance with a specific diet plan regulating the fat intake by the user. The eating utensil has an illuminated display which changes depending on the number of bites consumed by the user. A push button is activated each time the user lifts up a fork full of food from the plate. An associated set of cards carries the names of the food items and the particular number of bites allowed to be taken depending on the fat content of that food item.

Abstract: A novelty elongated handle for a child's spoon, fork or the like, which is formed of a rigid, transparent plastic material, such as acrylic. The handle is hollow to provide a transparent sealed chamber which is filled with a transparent liquid, such as water. A multiplicity of glittering particles are suspended in the liquid and float about in the liquid. The handle is constructed firmly to support the spoon, fork, or the like, at its forward end in isolated relationship from the chamber. The rear end of the handle is opened to permit the introduction of the liquid and glittering particles into the chamber. A resilient stopper is inserted into the open end of the handle and it, in turn, is covered by a plastic cap which is sealed to the rear end of the handle.

Abstract: A spaghetti tool has a shaft that has a grippable portion and a base portion, which is located at a first end the shaft and from which protruding elements extend. In one embodiment, the shaft forms a substantially semi-cylindrical channel into which uncooked spaghetti can be laid. Markings on the inner wall of the shaft, corresponding to the height to which the uncooked spaghetti reaches in the channel, indicate the amount of spaghetti so that the correct amount of uncooked spaghetti can be measured out to yield a desired amount of cooked spaghetti. The markings can be letters or numbers to indicate either the number of portions or a numerical quantity corresponding, for example, to spaghetti weight. In another embodiment, the protruding elements are of substantially constant length and are arranged in parallel rows and/or columns with predetermined row/column separations.

Abstract: A butter knife having a knife blade (10) and a handle (16) is configured at the junction between blade and handle with a transverse channel (26) whose side walls (20, 22) are substantially parallel and disposed perpendicularly to the blade. The rear wall (22) has a vertical extension which is approximately twice the vertical extension of the front wall (20), so as to form a stop when the knife blade is moved slidingly inwards on the rim (34) of a plastic tray (22) having a folded edge. The width of the chann el is such as to enable the channel to be pressed over the tray rim so as to clamp the knife firmly in a substantially horizontal position when the tray is placed on a table.

Abstract: A combination kitchen utensil is disclosed which incorporates an elongated shank (13), a handle (11) attached to one end of the shank (13) and a tined head (14) which is attached to the other end of the shank (13), depending at an obtuse angle therefrom. The tined head (14) has a "V" shaped slot and at least a pair of fork tines (17) formed therein which point away from the shank (13), again at an obtuse angle with respect to the shank (13). The tined head (14) can include a tapered leading edge (15) to facilitate the sliding of the head between an item of cooking food and the grill. Additionally, the fork tines (17) can be sharpened to facilitate the insertion of the tines (17) into a food product.

Abstract: A utensil kit is arranged to include a spatula, bifurcated fork, and tong structure, each having telescopingly mounted heads secured to forward tooth portions telescopingly received within support tubes. Spring members are arranged to bias the forward tubes in an extended orientation relative to the support tube structure.

Abstract: A pizza fork is arranged for the ease of cutting and spearing of food items, wherein the pizza fork includes an elongate handle integrally mounting a head at a forward distal end of the handle. The head includes a plurality of spaced tines, wherein the outer tines each include an outer cutting edge arranged in a parallel relationship relative to themselves and the tines. A modification of the invention includes the handle slidably mounting a spatula plate to permit lifting of food components such as pizza subsequent to a cutting procedure.

Abstract: A combination "whip/fork" for serving noodles and mixing ingredients, which is a hand held device, comprised of a base having an outer row of tines which is located around the edge of the base radially extending slightly, additional rows of tines of varying lengths are positioned within the circumference of the outer row of tines, base is attached to a generally vertical handle element, when tines are inserted into a pile of noodles the noodles are secured across and around the row of tines, also device can be used as a whip to mix ingredients.

Abstract: A fork, especially adapted for eating spaghetti, having an elongated handle with a plurality of elongated tines mounted on the lower end of the handle. The tines are disposed parallel to each other, and they extend from the lower end of the handle parallel to and spaced about the longitudinal axis of the handle.

Abstract: Utensils are provided which incorporate speech synthesis microelectronics. A switch on the exterior of the utensil handle actuates circuitry inside the utensil handle, including a speech synthesizer semi-conductor chip and an amplifier semi-conductor chip. Emulated speech generated by the speech synthesizer semi-conductor chip is processed by the amplifier semi-conductor chip and emitted from the speaker in the utensil.

Abstract: An eating utensil for use by the arthritic, neuromuscular impaired, persons lacking various fingers, as well as the general public. The utensil can be easily grasped with the minimal clasping motion by persons with hands of various sizes and possesssing only one finger. The utensil includes a handle (12) which permits the person's index finger (20) and palm to be supported entirely along the upper surface of the utensil. The upper surface of the utensil may or may not be flared (14 and 17) and grooved (15), allowing for maximum weight to be exerted onto the forward end (13) of the utensil be it in the form of a fork or knife.

Abstract: A motorized dining fork is disclosed herein having an elongated hollow sleeve open at one end to insertably receive a shaft having a tined forked end. A battery-operated motor is mounted in the sleeve and forcibly rotates the shaft to twist the forked end. A gear reduction mechanism operably couples the motor drive shaft with the shaft of the forked end for controlled rotary movement effective to gather a pasta food product about the tines during an eating procedure. Bearing elements rotatably mount all turning shafts and control switches are employed to effect starting and stopping operations as well as RPM control.

Abstract: A combination fork and chopsticks utensil is provided and consists of a chopsticks portion integral with and extending from a fork portion. The fork portion can namely be utilized for picking up and eating food, while the chopsticks portion can at times also be used for eating food.

Abstract: A dining fork is disclosed herein having an elongated hollow sleeve open at one end to insertably receive a shaft having a fork end. A spring element forcibly urges the shaft out of the sleeve and a spiral mechanism twists the shaft and fork end as the shaft exits the sleeve. The mechanism includes a ratchet, ball and socket or other devices for retaining the shaft in the sleeve during an eating procedure when food is captured on the fork end.

Abstract: A combination utensil is disclosed. The utensil features at least one recess along the back of its handle portion, and a nonlinear end which is received by the user's hand. Both of these features facilitate the utensil's used. Additionally, the other end of the handle portion features a recess adapted for reception of the user's finger. This enables the user to apply pressure to the implement end of the utensil. Placement of this recess on the handle portion and not on the implement portion allows a configuration of the implement portion which includes a concave recess. The utensil may be made, e.g., of biodgradable or recyclable material.

Abstract: A "woodenware" kitchen utensil which has a functional head which is integrally connected to an elongated handle. The utensil has a core of cellular polyolefin which is covered by a skin of solid polyolefin and which has the outer shape of the desired kitchen utensil. The invention also consists of the method of making the kitchen utensil by plasticizing a mixture of polyolefin and a blowing agent in an extruder and injecting the plasticized mixture into a mold cavity having the shape of the article to be formed.

Abstract: An improved eating fork having a conventional handle, an extended flat body portion and a plurality of short conical tines each having a small smoothly rounded end. The short tines project along parallel axes from the forward end of the flat body portion extending from the fork's handle. The body portion has a width slightly greater than the distance across the bases of the plurality of tines. The flat body portion of the improved fork contains in its upper surface a generally rectangular depression. The tines have a length about one fifth the length of the fork's flat body portion. The surfaces which join the tines to the flat body portion are all curved and all surfaces of the fork are polished during manufacture of the fork.

Abstract: A reciprocating knife is set forth for use by individuals without or diminished use of a second arm. The knife includes a projecting flange integrally formed outwardly of a forward edge of a handle wherein the flange is provided with a matrix of downwardly depending projections. A telescoping knife blade is nestable within an associated hollow handle and is provided with a slide reciprocatable within a groove of the handle to reciprocate the associated knife point. The flange and projections may thereby secure an item to be cut while the knife blade is reciprocated to effect cutting.

Abstract: A combination utensil capable of being alternatively used as a fork and a spoon. The utensil comprises (a) an elongate handle, (b) a spoon-shaped head attached to the handle, and (c) a movable plate. The spoon-shaped head has a cut out portion at its forward end. The cut out portion provides at least two tines. The plate is capable of being moved between two positions. In one position, the plate substantially covers the cut out portion of the head and the utensil forms a spoon. In the other position, the cut out portion of the head is substantially uncovered and the utensil forms a fork.

Abstract: A device for use by the manually disabled for carrying an eating utensil or the like includes an easily bendable "handle" for wrapping about the limb of a handicapped person, one end of which is terminated by any of an assortment of removable tools and utensils. Once bent, the handle remains in its deformed position.