Patent ID: 9072409
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A47G,A47J

Abstract:
1. Two serving implements adapted to be connected together to serve as tongs, said serving implements each being elongate with a first end portion adapted to function as a serving implement and each including complimentary structures formed at respective second end portions to be interconnected by a lateral pivoting motion to join said serving implements together into operative positions, each of said serving implements having adjacent said second end portions a raised cam surface; said cam surfaces having substantially sloped side walls such that said cam surfaces are adapted to slidably engage one another as said serving implements are laterally pivoted to be joined together, and upon engaging, said cam surfaces separate the first end portions of said serving implements and hold then resiliently spaced from one another in an operative position; one of said cam surfaces having a male projection and the other of said cam surfaces having a complimentary female recess adapted to hold said implements in said resiliently spaced operative positions.