Patent ID: 8230603
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. An ambidextrous spill-resistant spoon apparatus which is responsive to gravity alone to self-level, said spoon apparatus comprising: an elongate handle portion defining a longitudinal axis; a spoon bowl portion having a shaft part; a rotational and clutching apparatus connecting said handle portion and said spoon bowl via said shaft part so that the spoon bowl is relatively rotationally supported below said longitudinal axis and said spoon bowl portion extends axially from said handle portion, said rotational and clutching apparatus further being responsive to a user input including an axial force pushing said handle portion and spoon bowl toward one another to clutch said spoon bowl non-rotationally to said handle portion to resist torque in both rotational directions in the presence of said axial force, and said rotational and clutching apparatus in the absence of said user input axial force and in response to the user lifting said spoon apparatus being responsive to gravity alone to un-clutch allowing said spoon bowl to freely rotate about said longitudinal axis.