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Stackable flatware with embossed handle

Granted 16 Sep 2003 · no office action yet

Assignee: FREED DESIGNS INC.

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Inventors: Robert Freed · Examiner: Caron D. Veynar · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/167,832
filed 20 Sep 2002
Publication
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US D479674
granted 16 Sep 2003

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Description

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›The left side view, bottom view, and rear…

The left side view, bottom view, and rear view contain no features not defined by the abovementioned views.

FIG. 1 is a right side view of the claimed design with the stackable flatware with the embossed handle shown stacked;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the claimed design embodied in a knife;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is an end view thereof showing the utensil end;

FIG. 8 is an end view thereof showing the handle end;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the claimed design embodied a fork;

FIG. 10 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a side view thereof;

FIG. 13 is an end view thereof showing the utensil end;

FIG. 14 is an end view thereof showing the handle end;

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the claimed design embodied a spoon;

FIG. 16 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a side view thereof;

FIG. 19 is an end view showing the utensil end; and,

FIG. 20 is an end view showing the handle end.

My stackable flatware with embossed handle comprises a knife, spoon, and fork. The fork is capable of nesting on top of the spoon. The knife has irregular serrations on the cutting edge. The handles of all three implements shown contain a flattened surface capable of being embossed with a name or a logo.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D07/645

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Examiner
Caron D. Veynar
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