Abstract: An eating utensil (10) which, when used, resembles chopsticks, but which does not require the skilled manipulation of chopsticks. The utensil (10) includes a pair of handles (12 and 14) resembling chopsticks that converge toward their distal ends (16 and 18), where they are secured to a food-engaging member (20), such as fork tines, a spoon, or other Western-style utensil. The food-engaging member (20) may be detachably secured to the handles (12 and 14), to allow replacement of the handles of the food-engaging member if any of such components should break, and to allow substitution of a variety of types of food-engaging members, such as forks or spoons, as desired.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improved combination fork and knife which includes a fork portion having a plurality of tines, a knife portion including an elongated cutting edge and a tab structure located on a side thereof opposed to the cutting edge, which tab portion is designed to be engaged by the index finger of the user to aid in applying pressure when using the cutting edge. In a further aspect, an indicator is incorporated into the utensil which is designed to enable the user to discern the exact location on the utensil where the cutting edge begins so as to avoid cutting of the user's mouth.

Abstract: An improved kitchen implement is provided and consists of a handle and an elongated shank extending from the handle. The shank has a right angle bent end with a curved point tip to remove olives and peppers from bottles and to turn meat when being cooked.

Abstract: 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 with the passage of time, and the bag is placed into the hand of the crippled person while the material is becoming rigid. The crippled person maintain a substantially constant grip on the bag during this process, whereupon the rigidified handle conforms itself to his particular grip.

Abstract: The eating implement comprises a tong-like shaped body with two rod-like members interconnected by means of a resilient-elastic web, said members having pointed ends, the tong members being curved in accordance with the curvature of the prongs of a fork and after pressing together automatically spring back into their initial position on removing the external pressure. Thus, an eating implement is obtained which, in the same way as oriental chopsticks, makes it possible to take up pieces of food and guide same to the mouth and which can also be used in the same way as a conventional fork.

Abstract: A handy, simple forked shell and membrane stripper capable of simultaneously stripping the shell and membrane of the boiled eggs consists of a step portion and a three-forked portion comprising one central fork and two side forks, the former having at its front end a head whose inner face may be preferably mountain-shaped or provided with a ridge, while the latter being bridged at their front ends to constitute a guide face sliding on the outer surface of the egg-shell so as to guide the central fork which is to creep under the membrane of the boiled egg.

Abstract: A carving-fork with four prongs which are parallel to one another to take food from a dish, in particular in a self-service, wherein the carving-fork comprises a handle supporting through a shank two pairs of pointed prongs, the forward pair of which is spaced from the back one. The prongs of each pairs are connected to each other by junction portion which are connected at an angle to the handle.

Abstract: An eating utensil, such as a fork, spoon or dinner knife, for use in correctional institutions. The utensil is formed of a polymeric plastics material and includes a handle which is constructed so as to prevent the utensil from being formed into a sharpened weapon by grinding or other alteration. In the preferred embodiment the handle includes a shallow recess on the bottom side, and a plurality of diagonal slots on the top side, which effectively prevent any portion of the handle from being fashioned into a sharpened instrument of sufficient length to constitute a dangerous weapon.

Abstract: 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 connecting means comprise a screw-threaded spigot on one piece and a corresponding screw-threaded socket on the adjacent piece. To avoid difficulties in unscrewing the connection means with greasy hands, however, when there are more than three pieces or sections, gripping means such as outwardly projecting lugs are provided the or each section which is not one containing the handle or the prongs. Also to assist in propping up the fork a supporting member, axially slidable along the shaft, can be provided, the supporting member comprises a pair of domed plates placed back to back and each plate having a number of outwardly projecting arms.

Abstract: A utensil such as a lobster fork, or lobster pick includes a handle and at least one tine having a plurality of substantially frustro-conical members end-to-end, each of progressively larger diameter from the first, or tip, member through the second member to a third member, the three members forming an enlarged barbed spear head at the end of each tine. The base of each member is dished and concave, the peripheral outer edge of each member is blunt and rounded and there are three elongated grooves spaced 120.degree. apart extending along the tapered members of the spear head.

Abstract: A fork 10 for winding spaghetti 30 which is spun by displacing the user's hand along grooves of a track 14 on handle 12 from point 16 to point 18 is disclosed. The speed of rotation increases as the user's hand approaches support plate 20 because the pitch of the grooves in track 14 increases. In one embodiment the center prong 22 is longer than prongs 24, and edges 32 of prongs 24 are straight and parallel to axis 26. The added length of center prong 22 facilitates rotational movement around axis 26. Straight edges 32 facilitate both the winding of spaghetti 30 around fork 10 and removal of the wound spaghetti for consumption.

Abstract: A combination fork has a handle at one end of an elongated shaft, and tines are provided at the other end of the shaft for cooking food morsels over an open source of heat. The handle of the cooking fork includes at the butt end thereof an open bore. A smaller fork is adapted to be force-fit into the bore. The smaller fork may be extracted from the bore to remove the cooked food morsels from the tines of the larger fork.In a preferred embodiment, the bore in the larger fork is generally cylindrical and extends substantially the length of the handle. The smaller fork is inserted into the bore with the tines first, and the handle of the smaller fork has a small conical taper enlarging toward the butt end, whereby the force-fit inside of the bore of the larger fork is accomplished by pushing the small fork into the bore to a point where the diameter of the tapered handle equals or slightly exceeds the diameter of the mouth of the bore.

Abstract: A fork accessory for winding spaghetti on a fork comprising a generally rectangular base having a thickened portion at one edge defining a cylindrical recess and including clamping means to detachably secure said base to a dish on which the spaghetti is served. A collar is fitted with inwardly projecting pins which is rotatably supported in the well of said recess. A short shaft passes through the base and connects the bottom of the collar to a hand wheel below the collar and well. A fork, which is filled with spaghetti, is inserted into the collar, the hand wheel rotated, and the pins rotate the fork. A guiding wall vertically projecting from a center edge of the collar serves to neatly wrap the spaghetti around the fork which now needs only to be lifted to the mouth for eating.