Patent ID: 7520548
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A chopstick gripper article comprising: a housing having a pair of upper through holes formed in a top wall thereof and a pair of lower through holes formed in a bottom wall thereof, each of said pair of upper through holes having a diameter greater than a diameter of each of said pair of lower through holes; a flexible inner layer formed in an interior of said housing, said flexible inner layer having a pair of through holes formed therein in spaced relation to each other, said pair of lower through holes having a distance center-to-center thereof, said pair of through holes of said flexible inner layer having a distance center-to-center thereof that is less than said distance of said pair of lower through holes, said pair of upper through holes having a distance center-to-center thereof that is less than said distance of said pair of lower through holes; a protruding portion extending downwardly from said bottom wall of said housing, said protruding portion being positioned between said pair of lower through holes, said protruding portion having sides respectively adjacent said pair of lower through holes, said sides of said protruding portion being inclined so as to converge away from said bottom wall of said housing; and a chopsticks blocking surface formed adjacent said pair of lower through holes and extending downwardly from said bottom wall of said housing along said protruding portion.