Abstract:
A kitchen utensil for stirring comprising a pair of spoon bowl elements mounted on a single handle so that corresponding points on the two elements are always the same distance apart.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     This invention relates to the field of cookery, and specifically comprises a kitchen utensil of new design for specialized as well as general use. One of the tasks repeatedly encountered by cooks is the preparation of sauces and gravies. It is notoriously difficult to produce a sauce or gravy which is free from lumps, well cooked, and not burned. The most vigorous and continuous stirring during a critical interval is required, and heretofore a certain amount of splattering has been accepted as unavoidable in this process. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Upon numerous occasions, I have had to prepare sauces and gravies, and I have found that for some reason the use of two spoons held together yet in slightly spaced relation results in a smoother product and also in considerably less splattering. The manipulation of two spoons is somewhat inconvenient, and I have devised a utensil which performs the function of a double spoon and yet is convenient to manipulate. This I accomplish by securing two like spoon bowl elements, one on a long shank and one on a stub shank, connecting the shanks together so that the bowl elements are everywhere spaced equally, and applying a handle to the other end of the long shank. 
     Various advantages and features of novelty which characterize my invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed hereto and forming a part hereof. However, for a better understanding of the invention, its advantages, and objects attained by its use, reference should be had to the drawing which forms a further part hereof, and to the accompanying descriptive matter, in which there are illustrated and described certain preferred embodiments of the invention. 
    
    
     BREIF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING 
     In the drawing, 
     FIG. 1 is an isometric view of one embodiment of my invention; 
     FIG. 2 is a side view of a second embodiment of the invention; 
     FIG. 3 is a fragmentary plan view of a portion of the invention of FIG. 1 to a somewhat larger scale a portions being broken away; and 
     FIG. 4 is a fragmentary detailed section along the line 4--4 of FIG. 3. 
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     In FIG. 1, my implement 10 is shown to comprise a pair of spoon bowl elements 11 and 12, which are illustrated as deeply cupped, but which may have greater or less concavity, including flat configurations, at the choice of the designer. Bowl element 11 is secured to shank 13 at a preferred angle, and at the other end of shank 13 there is a handle 14. Bowl element 12 is secured to a stub shank 15 having an offset 16 and secured to shank 13 at 17 as by welding. A cross brace 18 interconnects shank 13 and stub shank 15 near their junctions with the bowl elements 11 and 12. 
     The bowl elements are of like configuration and size, and are perforated in the same pattern, and offset 16 and brace 18 are so dimensioned that the two bowl elements are &#34;parallel&#34;, every pair of like points on the two elements being spaced by substantially the same distance. A spacing of three-eighths to five-eighths inches is recommended for bowl elements of ordinary size, and members 13 and 15 should be rigid enough to maintain this spacing in use. 
     A second embodiment 20 of the invention is shown to have bowl elements 21 and 22, shank 23, handle 24, stub shank 25 with offset 26 secured to shank 23 at 27, and cross brace 28. In this embodiment of the invention, bowl 22 is imperforate: in other respects the embodiments are the same. 
     In use my implement is manipulated in the same manner as an ordinary mixing spoon would be. It is doubly effective in removal of lumps, and is much less prone to splattering, when wielded vigorously, than a single spoon. 
     Numerous characteristics and advantages of my invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, and the novel features thereof are pointed out in the appended claims. The disclosure, however, is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts, within the principle of the invention, to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.