Patent ID: 9609967
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A47G

Claim:
1. A multipurpose eating utensil comprising: a pair of geometrically similar side parts of thin but flexible sheet material having confronting, longitudinally extending, and adjacent inner edges and longitudinally extending outer edges spaced transversely apart from each other; a membrane hinge unitarily interconnecting the inner edges for movement of the side parts between a flattened position extending generally coplanar with each other and a folded use position extending at an acute angle to each other from the hinge with the outer edges closely juxtaposed; a front utensil part formed unitarily with the side parts of the thin but flexible sheet material and having an inner end joined unitarily to ends of both of the side parts, an outer end formed with a plurality of longitudinally projecting fork tines, and a longitudinally extending side formed as a cutting tool; a rear utensil part formed unitarily with the side parts of the thin but flexible sheet material, whereby in the folded use position the rear utensil part forms a spoon bowl; a female fastening formation formed unitarily with one of the side parts at the outer edge thereof and forming a transversely and outwardly open notch at the respective outer edge; and a male fastening formation formed unitarily with the other of the side parts at the outer edge thereof and fittable in the notch in the folded use position to retain the side parts in the folded use position.