Patent ID: 6027151
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A47G,B43K,Y10T

Abstract:
A utensil holder for facilitating manual manipulation of a utensil by a child or person with disabilities, said utensil holder comprising:coil means, including a plurality of coils, for enwrapping a utensil stem, the coil means having an inner diameter, an outer diameter, a longitudinal axis, and a helical axis;means, interconnecting said plurality of coils, for causing expansion of the coil means inner diameter upon twisting of the coils about the longitudinal axis in order to enable insertion of the utensil stem inside the plurality of coils;means, including a resiliency and a hysteresis of the coil means, for causing contraction of the coil means about the utensil stem in order to prevent rotation and longitudinal slippage of the plurality of coils with respect to the utensil stem; andfriction means, for enabling the coil means to be manually and removably secured to the utensil stem in a longitudinally adjusted position having a selected, variable spacial arrangement between the coils.