Cutlery – Combined cutlery or combined with ancillary feature – With means to apply transient fluid to tool
Reexamination Certificate
1999-11-01
2001-10-02
Foster, Jim (Department: 3728)
Cutlery
Combined cutlery or combined with ancillary feature
With means to apply transient fluid to tool
C206S438000, C426S115000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06295735
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Various spoons have been proposed having hollow handles containing various types of fluids adapted to be dispensed into the bowl portion of the spoon.
While these spoons have been satisfactory for their intended purpose, the unit dose spoon of the present invention is an improvement thereon in that a container containing a unit dose of a fluid, such as a medicine, is integrally formed with the spoon and is adapted to be manipulated in such a way as to dispense the unit dose from the container into the bowl portion of the spoon. The spoon and container can be of plastic, simultaneously molded as a single entity, and is disposable after use.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The unit dose spoon of the present invention comprises, essentially, a spoon having a bowl portion and a recessed handle portion communicating with the bowl portion. An upwardly upwardly extending pedestal is mounted in the recessed handle portion and is provided with an upwardly extending cutting blade on the top surface thereof. A first channel is provided in an end wall of the pedestal communicating with a second channel in the recessed handle portion which communicates with the bowl portion of the spoon. A container or tub is integrally hinged to the free end of the handle portion and extends outwardly therefrom. The tub contains a unit dose of fluid, such as medicine, and is closed by a rupturable plastic cover.
By this construction and arrangement, when the tub containing the unit dose is folded forwardly toward the handle portion and pushed downwardly toward the pedestal the blade thereon punctures the plastic cover to allow the unit dose to flow from the tub into the channels and recessed handle portion. By tilting the spoon, the unit dose flows from the recessed handle portion into the bowl portion of the spoon.
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Comar Inc.
Foster Jim
Renz, Jr. P.C. Eugene E.
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