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Spoon

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-09-04
WOOD ZAK
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Benefits of technology

The invention is about a spoon designed for feeding babies and invalids. The spoon is easy to clean, stays clean, and doesn't have any moving parts that could make the person being fed uncomfortable. The technical effect is that this spoon helps to maintain hygiene and comfort for those who need it.

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However, because young infants and certain invalids do not have the muscle control required to positively transfer food from the bowl of the spoon to their mouth, feeding them tends to be a prolonged and messy process.
However, this spoon has moving parts that may cause discomfort to the person being fed, and it is difficult to clean between the moving parts.

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[0019]The invention provides a spoon with a pliable bowl for feeding an infant or an invalid that positively transfers food into the mouth of the infant or the invalid. The spoon is hygienic, easy to clean and has no moving parts that can cause discomfort to the person being fed. An elastic bladder associated with the spoon is compressed to transfer a captive fluid from the elastic bladder to a void within the pliable bowl of the spoon. The captive fluid urges the pliable bowl from a food conveying position to a food transfer position in which food conveyed in the bowl is positively transferred to the mouth of the person being fed. When the elastic bladder is released, elastic memory of the elastic bladder and the pliable bowl return the pliable bowl to the food conveying position, ready to continue the feeding process.

[0020]FIG. 1 is an isometric view of one embodiment of a spoon 10 in accordance with the invention. The spoon 10 has a pliable bowl 12 with an inner surface 14 and a ...

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Abstract

A spoon for feeding an infant or an invalid has an elastic bladder that is compressed to distend a pliable bowl from a food conveying position to a food transfer position to positively transfer food into the mouth of the infant or invalid being fed.

Description

RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This is the first application filed for this invention.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates in general to eating utensils and, in particular, to a spoon for feeding infants or invalids who find it a challenge to positively transfer food contained in a bowl of a spoon to their mouth.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Infants are commonly fed with a baby spoon having a bowl with pliable edges to protect the infant's mouth. However, because young infants and certain invalids do not have the muscle control required to positively transfer food from the bowl of the spoon to their mouth, feeding them tends to be a prolonged and messy process.[0004]Consequently, a spoon for positively transferring food from a spoon bowl has been invented and is described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,851,574 which issued Feb. 8, 2005. However, this spoon has moving parts that may cause discomfort to the person being fed, and it is difficult to clean between the moving parts.[0005]...

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IPC IPC(8): A47G21/04
CPCA47G21/04
Inventor WOOD, ZAK
Owner WOOD ZAK