Cutlery – Handles and blade connections – Blade connections
Patent
1983-06-30
1986-01-14
Bell, Paul A.
Cutlery
Handles and blade connections
Blade connections
30324, D 7141, B25G 100, A47J 4328
Patent
active
045638160
ABSTRACT:
Young children often find it difficult to grip and control cutlery since they lack the muscle control possessed by adults. Accordingly, the piece of cutlery described is designed to make it easy for use by a young child and comprises a handle and an operative portion such as a spoon bowl, fork prongs or pusher. The handle is generally of round, barrel-shape for easy fist-like grasping by a small child and has a relatively flattened surface adjacent the operative portion for the ball of the thumb of the child to allow gripping and control of the piece of cutlery between the ball of the thumb and the four fingers grasping the handle. The longitudinal axis of the operative portion is turned in from the longitudinal axis of the handle so that when the handle is grasped, the operative portion is turned towards the body of the user. The invention also covers a set of cutlery comprising a spoon and a fork, the prongs of the fork being preferably turned in from the axis of the handle less than the turning in of the bowl of the spoon from its handle.
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Bell Paul A.
Heyrana Sr. Paul M.
Little People Limited
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