multifunctional tableware.
A compact, multifunctional spoon-shaped utensil integrates knife-like edges and fork tines to address the impracticality of existing multifunctional cutlery, offering efficient cutting, gripping, and scooping in a single, practical form.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- FR · FR
- Patent Type
- Utility models
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-05-04
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-27
AI Technical Summary
Existing multifunctional table cutlery often requires additional parts, increasing volume and complexity, making them impractical for everyday use.
A spoon-shaped utensil with integrated multifunctional features, including a knife-like edge and fork tines, designed to perform cutting, gripping, and scooping functions efficiently within a single compact form.
The integrated design provides a practical, compact solution that allows for efficient cutting, gripping, and scooping without the need for additional parts, enhancing usability and functionality.
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Abstract
Description
Title of the invention: Multifunctional table cutlery.
[0001] Multifunctional table cutlery already exists, most of which is made by adding extra parts to a basic spoon, such as normal fork tines or cutting parts.
[0002] The present invention consists of incorporating functions by mechanical operations, each of which adds a function to a part of the cutlery, to achieve what becomes an eating tool.
[0003] The advantage of the present invention is that it has only one volume, which is more practical for use. Consequently, the volume must be defined by the spoon portion, which can serve as a blank for manufacturing the multifunctional utensil itself. The spoon portion must offer both sufficient volume for scooping liquids at the rear, near the handle, and a front portion long enough to accommodate the other functions within the spoon, and a width that allows the utensil to be placed in the mouth without the added functions causing injury. An order of magnitude for the dimensions of the spoon-shaped blank is given in [Fig. 1] (Diagram of the shape of the spoon portion with dimensions): depth (2): 13 mm; length (3): 75 mm; length of the front portion (4): 40 mm; thickness (1): 1.3 mm, although these dimensions are not limiting.
[0004] The shape of the spoon is characterized by the fact that it is deeper than usual spoons: 13mm for metal spoons, compared to 6 to 11 mm for commercial spoons, which allows for a liquid capacity comparable to that of usual spoons despite the openings created by the implantation of teeth at the front.
[0005] In the front section, see [Fig. 2]: Diagram of the arrangement of the 5 tines in the front section of the spoon. The diagram includes the shape of the tines and the placement of the cutting chamfers on them. Five multi-functional tines are cut, and on the left edge viewed from above (for right-handed cutlery), a chamfer is inserted towards the front (by grinding, for example) to make the cutting side, serving as a knife: see [Fig. 2] and [Fig. 3]: Section along axis AA of [Fig. 2] showing the cutting chamfer inserted on the left edge of the spoon.
[0006] The 3 large central tines serve first as a fork. The lateral tines serve to pick up food and (for the right-handed model) the left one (tine (5), wider, has a horizontal chamfer to facilitate picking up see [Fig.2],
[0007] Two of the three central teeth (teeth (2) and (3)) are shaped into a triangular point and worked to present a chamfer on their side. They perform the function of a knife at the same time as the chamfer on the left edge. The only foods that do not The meats that can be cut (according to our prototype tests) are tough meats, such as roast beef. The third tine (4) is shaped like a standard fork tine to penetrate the food effectively and provide support for the nearby chamfered tine. Finally, the two triangular chamfered tines, as described above, allow the food to be wedged between them, thus gripping it. The five tines can therefore have three functions: first, gripping, as the food is wedged between the tines rather than being stuck on them, which is more efficient; second, cutting, thanks to the chamfers on the main tines and the cutting edge; and third, scooping, using the outer tines and the sides.
Claims
Demands
1. a multifunctional cutlery characterized in that it has the functions of a fork, spoon and knife, while having only one volume, that of the spoon part.
2. A multifunctional utensil according to claim 1, characterized in that the fork and knife functions are integrated into the spoon portion by a specific cut of 5 tines and the chamfering of a portion on one side. The food scooping function is ensured by the spoon portion and in particular by 2 of the tines.
3. A multi-functional utensil according to claim 1, characterized in that it is based on a spoon shape, the depth of the spoon being 13 mm
4. a multi-functional cutlery according to claim 2 characterized in that it is based on a spoon shape whose length is 75 mm with a front length of 40 mm allowing the cutting of 5 teeth at the front.
5. a multi-functional cutlery according to claim 4 characterized in that the 5 tines consist of 3 large central tines and two smaller lateral tines.
6. A multifunctional utensil according to claim 2, characterized in that the fork function is performed by two of the central tines (tines (2) and (3)), which are not cylindrical but triangular, allowing food to be grasped by wedging it between the tines. The tine (4) of figure (2) participates in the fork function, but it is cylindrical and operates by penetrating the food and serving as a support for the tine (3).
7. a multi-functional cutlery according to claim 2 characterized in that the knife function is ensured by the chamfers of the 2 central triangular chamfered teeth (teeth (2) and (3)), as well as by the left-hand cutting chamfered edge.
8. a multi-functional cutlery according to claim 2 characterized in that the food picking function is ensured by the spoon part itself, as well as by one of the lateral teeth (tooth (5)), which is chamfered in the direction of the length of the multi-functional cutlery, and by the left cutting edge which follows it.