1994-08-16
1997-05-20
Payer, Hwei-Siu
Cutlery
Spoons
A47J 4328
Patent
active
056302762
ABSTRACT:
An eating utensil is described which is intended to enable disabled persons and infants to feed themselves. A spoon according to this invention is self-leveling due to a counter weight linked to the spoon of the bowl through the handle. The spoon provides enhanced stability because the bowl for holding food is free to move with two degrees of rotational freedom with respect to the handle of the spoon. This results in a spoon which is very forgiving of the decreased motor skills of individuals who have been injured, or are suffering the effects of certain diseases, or are merely young children struggling to master cutlery.
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