Patent ID: 6749239
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
A chopstick manipulator comprising;a) a bridge; and b) first and second clamps being symmetric to each other, wherein said each clamp includes: (i) an inner support being a plate, wherein the bridge interconnects each inner surface of the inner supports; (ii) a rear support being another plate and extending from a rear end of the inner support so that about a right angle is formed by each outer surface of the inner and rear supports; and (iii) a distal support extending substantially forward from an outer end of the rear support while forming a substantially prismatic shape, wherein the distal support is defined by an outer surface, a rearward slant surface and a forward slant surface so that a prismatic ridge by the respective slant surfaces approaches the outer surface of the inner support, wherein at least one indentation is formed in and along said each prismatic ridge, wherein an angle by the rear support and the rearward slant surface of the distal support is less than 90 degrees.