Special receptacle or package – For a tool – Eating or kitchen type
Patent
1996-08-21
1999-05-18
Foster, Jim
Special receptacle or package
For a tool
Eating or kitchen type
30142, B65D85/20
Patent
active
059042508
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention concerns a bound set of disposable cutlery composed of such items as spoons, forks or knives.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The European patent document 129,495 A to Formo et al. discloses nesting, stackable cutlery in particular so designed that one spoon, one fork and one knife can nest into one bound set. Moreover cutlery of only one kind, for instance spoons, also are meant to be nesting into one stack. However the cutlery items being designed to assure reliable stacking in the sequence of spoon, fork and knife from bottom to top, with special emphasis on the mutual matching of the cutlery items whereby the knife and the fork shall not protrude and are unable to pierce the packaging, cutlery items of the same kind are less suited to making large and stable stacks. To avert the danger of stack destruction in large packagings requires comparatively much packing material such as cardboard layers or pouches. Removing small quantities from the stack entails much effort or additional packaging material.
A bound set of cutlery composed of three different cutlery items (knife, fork, spoon) is known from the British patent document 2,177,894 A wherein for instance the knife handle is fitted at its top and lower sides with a series of shapes in the form of knurls or nodes in the longitudinal direction of the handle. Said shapes enter recesses present in the handles of the spoon and fork and complementary with the knife shapes, whereby the cutlery composed of spoon, fork and knife can be fitted into each together. Stable stacking of identical cutlery items is not provided in this known cutlery, furthermore it is precluded per se.
The German patent document 801108 C discloses cutlery composed of spoon, fork and knife wherein the cutlery items evince flat handles and are designed to be placed one on the other, elevations formed on the handle of one cutlery item entering recesses in the cutlery item on top of it. Placed on top of each other, the three cutlery items can be bound together by a resilient sleeve. Stable stacking of identical cutlery items is not provided for this cutlery nor is it feasible.
OBJECT AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is the creation of a bound set of disposable cutlery items allowing one to lower the stack volume and reduce the packaging material, especially of large packages, while at the same time achieving in a simple manner stable stacking and easy removal of partial quantities also from large packages.
This object is solved by the provision of a bound set of items (spoons, forks, or knives) of disposable cutlery, including a stable stack of several mutually nesting cutlery items, and which stack is held together by a clamp or a binder.
Advantageous and appropriate further developments of the solution of the invention are described below.
The present invention allows stable stacking and consolidation of a large number of identical cutlery items into large bound sets. A mere banderole or tape suffices to hold together a stack. Accordingly the cutlery items formed into bound sets of the invention are remarkably well suited for high-volume users and dispensers.
The invention is elucidated below in relation to the attached drawing showing illustrative embodiments.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIGS. 1, 2 show a spoon in side and in top views, respectively;
FIGS. 3, 4 show a knife in side and in top views, respectively;
FIGS. 5, 6 show a fork in side and in top views, respectively
FIG. 7 is a section taken along line A--A through the handles of the spoon, knife and fork of FIGS. 1 through 6;
FIG. 8 shows several forks stacked into a bound set; and
FIG. 9 is a section taken along line B--B of the stack of forks of FIG. 8.
Identical elements of the cutlery items of the Figures of the drawing are denoted by the same reference numerals.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The drawing shows cutlery items, namely a spoon 2, a knife 4 and a fork 6 each constituted of a handle 8 and an operational part 10.
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