Cutlery – Cutting tools – Scrapers
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-24
2005-05-24
Choi, Stephen (Department: 3724)
Cutlery
Cutting tools
Scrapers
C015S236010, C294S055500
Reexamination Certificate
active
06895672
ABSTRACT:
A utensil for scooping, scraping, measuring, pouring and serving includes a main body having a generally flat bottom and side walls extending up from the bottom to a top edge in surrounding relation to an interior reservoir. The top edge is preferably tapered in thickness to provide a scraping blade which generally conforms to and seals against the surface of a bowl, dish, pan or the like to thoroughly scrape and remove a substance therefrom. A pour spout formed with a non-drip lip extends from one of the side walls, along the top edge, and allows the scooped substance to be easily poured into a storage container without spilling the substance. A handle extends from the main body and, in a preferred embodiment, is offset towards the pour spout side to reduce the likelihood of contact of the user's fingers with the substance when the top edge opposite of the spout is used to scrape and scoop the substance. The device may be made to include a range of sizes, according to units of measure, with smaller utensils nesting within larger ones in a stacked array for storage purposes.
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Choi Stephen
Downey PA Robert M.
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