WO1993012701A1 - Baguettes - Google Patents

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WO1993012701A1
WO1993012701A1 PCT/GB1992/002409 GB9202409W WO9312701A1 WO 1993012701 A1 WO1993012701 A1 WO 1993012701A1 GB 9202409 W GB9202409 W GB 9202409W WO 9312701 A1 WO9312701 A1 WO 9312701A1
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chopsticks
pair
flexible
resilient member
jaws
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PCT/GB1992/002409
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William Robert Heeler
Nigel Ball
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William Robert Heeler
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G21/00—Table-ware
    • A47G21/10—Sugar tongs; Asparagus tongs; Other food tongs
    • A47G21/103—Chop-sticks

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  • the present invention relates to chopsticks, and in particular to a device for facilitating the use thereof.
  • chopsticks can be difficult for people not used to them, such as infrequent visitors to Chinese restaurants and those travelling to countries in which chopstick use is widespread. Also persons with disabilities of the hands often find chopsticks difficult to use.
  • the problem is one of manipulating the chopsticks so as to open and close the ends thereof to pick up food whilst maintaining the chopsticks in spaced relation to each other.
  • a device for facilitating the use of chopsticks comprising a flexible, resilient member which is adapted to receive and maintain in spaced essentially co-planar relation to each other a pair of chopsticks, and which is further adapted to resiliently bias apart the ends of the chopsticks which are normally used to pick up food.
  • the flexible, resilient member is elongate and comprises a pair of jaws at each end thereof, each of which pair of jaws is adapted to receive a respective one of a pair of chopsticks.
  • Each of the two pairs of jaws is resiliantly biased together so that when a chopstick is inserted therebetween it is frictionally retained in place at the exact position along its length set by the user.
  • the resiliently biased jaws ensure that chopsticks of widely differing diameters and tapers are securely held in place.
  • the flexible resilient member comprises a substantially planar piece of material having two spaced holes, each of which is adapted to receive a respective one of a pair of chopsticks.
  • the flexible, resilient member may be comprised of rubber, rubberised plastics or plastics and may be manufactured in a wide range of attractive colours.
  • the flexible, resilient member normally maintains the chopsticks substantially parallel to each other.
  • the device according to the present invention facilitates the use of chopsticks by ensuring that they are maintained in spaced, essentially co-planar relation to each other, thus making it unnecessary for the user to try to maintain them in this position.
  • all the user is required to do is to squeeze the chopsticks to bring the ends thereof together to pick up food.
  • the device causes the chopsticks to open again automatically.
  • a device according to the first aspect of the present invention in combination with a pair of chopsticks.
  • Fig. 1 shows a device for facilitating the use of chopsticks in accordance with the present invention
  • Fig. 2 shows a plan view of another device for facilitating the use of chopsticks in accordance with the present invention.
  • Fig. 3 shows a side view, partially in section of the device shown in Fig. 2.
  • Fig. 1 of the drawings there are shown two chopsticks 1, 2 each have ends la, 2a for contacting food.
  • the chopsticks 1, 2 are held apart by a flexible resilient device 3 formed from a planar piece of resilient material such as rubber or rubberised plastics.
  • the chopsticks pass through two holes 4a, 4b in the device 3.
  • the chopsticks are held substantially co-planar and parallel to each other.
  • fingers are placed around the chopsticks between the device 3 and the ends la, 2a.
  • Food between ends la, 2a can be picked up by squeezing ends la, 2a together. Squeezing of the ends la, 2a causes the device 3 to deform.
  • the flexible resilient device 3 causes the ends la and 2a to be biased apart.
  • the fingers are only required to squeeze the ends of the chopsticks together. In use, without the device of the present invention, the fingers have to bias the ends of the chopsticks apart as well as together which makes use difficult. Also the device 3 helps keep the chopsticks' movement in one plane.
  • Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings there is shown another device for facilitating the use of chopsticks.
  • the device of Figs. 2 and 3 is comprised of a flexible resilient plastics material and is elongate with a pair of jaws 10 and 11 at each end thereof. Each of the two pairs of jaws 10 and 11 is resiliently biased together so that in use when a chopstick is inserted therebetween it, it is frictionally retained in place.
  • the device of Figs. 2 and 3 is used in the same way as that of Fig. 1.
  • the principal advantage of the device of Figs. 2 and 3 over that of Fig. 1 is that it can accommodate chopsticks of widely differing diameters and tapers between its flexible jaws 10 and 11.
  • the device of Fig. 1 is essentially restricted to use with chopsticks of the same diameter as the holes 4a and 4b provided therein.
  • the chopsticks including the device can be sold together, or the device can be sold separately for fitment to existing chopsticks.
  • the devices described with reference to the drawings are formed from pieces of resilient material the device according to the present invention can, of course, take other forms. For example, it could be made of two pieces of plastics or metal each attached to a chopstick and connected together with a spring so as to bias the ends of the chopsticks apart.

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Abstract

L'invention se rapporte à un dispositif destiné à faciliter le maniement des baguettes et comprenant un élément élastique, souple (3) pourvu de deux trous conçus pour recevoir et maintenir en relation espacée l'une par rapport à l'autre une paire de baguettes (1, 2). Le dispositif sert à écarter de manière élastique les extrémités des baguettes généralement utilisées pour attraper la nourriture.
PCT/GB1992/002409 1992-01-02 1992-12-31 Baguettes WO1993012701A1 (fr)

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GB9200025.6 1992-01-02
GB929200025A GB9200025D0 (en) 1992-01-02 1992-01-02 Chopsticks

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WO1993012701A1 true WO1993012701A1 (fr) 1993-07-08

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Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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GB2288320A (en) * 1994-04-09 1995-10-18 Robin Michael Frederic Merritt Chopsticks clip
US5486029A (en) * 1995-01-20 1996-01-23 Kobayashi; David Apparatus for manipulating chopsticks
US6131977A (en) * 1998-02-05 2000-10-17 Sacks; Steven M. Tongs assembly
US6383207B1 (en) * 1999-04-06 2002-05-07 Karl Storz Gmbh & Co. Kg Medical instrument for use in rhinoplasty
FR2897765A1 (fr) * 2006-02-24 2007-08-31 Patrick Eyma Dispositif destine a porter et pincer des baguettes
US9352025B2 (en) 2009-06-05 2016-05-31 Veroscience Llc Combination of dopamine agonists plus first phase insulin secretagogues for the treatment of metabolic disorders
US9364515B2 (en) 2002-08-09 2016-06-14 Veroscience Llc Therapeutic process for the treatment of the metabolic syndrome and associated metabolic disorders
US9415005B2 (en) 2007-06-21 2016-08-16 Veroscience Llc Parenteral formulations of dopamine agonists
US10137132B2 (en) 2007-06-21 2018-11-27 Veroscience, Llc Parenteral formulations of dopamine agonists

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US3239262A (en) * 1963-02-01 1966-03-08 Rines Joseph Chop-stick hinge
US3323825A (en) * 1965-06-25 1967-06-06 Thomas N Arima Chopstick manipulator
AU4508979A (en) * 1978-12-12 1980-06-19 Noel Anthony Fahy Aid for chopsticks

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3239262A (en) * 1963-02-01 1966-03-08 Rines Joseph Chop-stick hinge
US3323825A (en) * 1965-06-25 1967-06-06 Thomas N Arima Chopstick manipulator
AU4508979A (en) * 1978-12-12 1980-06-19 Noel Anthony Fahy Aid for chopsticks

Cited By (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2288320A (en) * 1994-04-09 1995-10-18 Robin Michael Frederic Merritt Chopsticks clip
US5486029A (en) * 1995-01-20 1996-01-23 Kobayashi; David Apparatus for manipulating chopsticks
US6131977A (en) * 1998-02-05 2000-10-17 Sacks; Steven M. Tongs assembly
US6383207B1 (en) * 1999-04-06 2002-05-07 Karl Storz Gmbh & Co. Kg Medical instrument for use in rhinoplasty
US9364515B2 (en) 2002-08-09 2016-06-14 Veroscience Llc Therapeutic process for the treatment of the metabolic syndrome and associated metabolic disorders
US9999653B2 (en) 2002-08-09 2018-06-19 Veroscience Llc Therapeutic process for the treatment of the metabolic syndrome and associated metabolic disorders
FR2897765A1 (fr) * 2006-02-24 2007-08-31 Patrick Eyma Dispositif destine a porter et pincer des baguettes
US9415005B2 (en) 2007-06-21 2016-08-16 Veroscience Llc Parenteral formulations of dopamine agonists
US10137132B2 (en) 2007-06-21 2018-11-27 Veroscience, Llc Parenteral formulations of dopamine agonists
US11045464B2 (en) 2007-06-21 2021-06-29 Veroscience Llc Parenteral formulations of dopamine agonists
US9352025B2 (en) 2009-06-05 2016-05-31 Veroscience Llc Combination of dopamine agonists plus first phase insulin secretagogues for the treatment of metabolic disorders
US9895422B2 (en) 2009-06-05 2018-02-20 Veroscience Llc Combination of dopamine agonists plus first phase insulin secretagogues for the treatment of metabolic disorders
US10688155B2 (en) 2009-06-05 2020-06-23 Veroscience Llc Combination of dopamine agonists plus first phase insulin secretagogues for the treatment of metabolic disorders

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