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Eating utensil

Granted 28 Dec 1993 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Dart Industries Inc. · originally Tupperware Brand

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Inventors: Victor J. J. Cautereels, Ian Ferris · Examiner: Alan P. Douglas · AU 293 · TC 2900

Application
936804
filed 27 Aug 1992
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US D342648
granted 28 Dec 1993

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of an eating utensil, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is an opposite side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view thereof on line 8--8 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view thereof on line 9--9 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 10 is a top perspective view of a second embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 10;

FIG. 13 is a side elevational view of FIG. 10;

FIG. 14 is an opposite side elevational view of FIG. 10;

FIG. 15 is a front elevational view of FIG. 10;

FIG. 16 is a rear elevational view of FIG. 10;

FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view on line 17--17 in FIG. 11; and,

FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view on line 18--18 in FIG. 11.

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