Flatware handle
Granted 17 Oct 2000 · no office action yet
Current assignee: Ginkgo International Ltd. · originally Ginkgo International, Ltd.
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Inventors: Siro R. Toffolon · Examiner: Caron D. Veynar · AU 293 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a side view of my…
FIG. 1 is a side view of my invention on a knife, the opposite side being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 2 is a top elevational view of the knife illustrated in FIG. 1, the bottom view being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view taken along lines 3--3 of FIG. 1, to better illustrate the contour thereof;
FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view taken along lines 4--4 of FIG. 1, to better illustrate the contour thereof;
FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view taken along lines 5--5 of FIG. 1, to better illustrate the contour thereof;
FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view taken along lines 6--6 of FIG. 1, to better illustrate the contour thereof;
FIG. 7 is a side view of a second embodiment of my invention on a fork, the opposite side being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 8 is a top elevational view of the fork illustrated in FIG. 7, the bottom view being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 9 is a cross sectional view taken along lines 9--9 of FIG. 7, to better illustrate the contour thereof;
FIG. 10 is a cross sectional view taken along lines 10--10 of FIG. 7, to better illustrate the contour thereof;
FIG. 11 is a cross sectional view taken along lines 11--11 of FIG. 7, to better illustrate the contour thereof;
FIG. 12 is a cross sectional view taken along lines 12--12 of FIG. 7, to better illustrate the contour thereof;
FIG. 13 is a side view of a third embodiment of my invention on a spoon, the opposite side being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 14 is a top elevational view of the spoon illustrated in FIG. 13, the bottom view being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 15 is a cross sectional view taken along lines 15--15 of FIG. 13, to better illustrate the contour thereof;
FIG. 16 is a cross sectional view taken along lines 16--16 of FIG. 13, to better illustrate the contour thereof;
FIG. 17 is a cross sectional view taken along lines 17--17 of FIG. 13, to better illustrate the contour thereof; and,
FIG. 18 is a cross sectional view taken along lines 18--18 of FIG. 13, to better illustrate the contour thereof.
The front view of the knife, fork and spoon would not show my flatware handle design.
The broken line showing of a knife blade, fork tines and spoon bowl in FIGS. 1, 7 and 13 are for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.
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