Patent ID: 7219767
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: A45F,A47F

Abstract:
1. An extendible serving utensil for serving food at a salad bar, said extendible serving utensil comprising: a) a retractable tether housing member; b) a salad bar and a sneeze shield, positioned above and extending over said salad bar; c) a fixed coupling means defined by an eye with a shaft extending therefrom, said shaft being passed through a hole in said sneeze shield for coupling said fixed coupling means to said sneeze shield, said retractable tether housing member coupled to said eye for elevating said retractable tether housing member above said salad bar; d) a tether member connected to said retractable tether housing member at one end thereof for retracting said tether member into said retractable tether housing member, said tether member having a free end; and e) a food serving utensil coupled to said free end of said tether member.