Patent ID: 7165270

Claim:
A food holder comprising: a substantially symmetrical U-shaped body comprising a pair of opposite digit pockets for accepting fingers or a thumb of a user of the food holder therein and a food pocket located between the digit pockets; the digit pockets tapering to accept the fingers or thumb placed therein and to frictionally connect the food holder to a hand of the user; and an exterior surface of the digit pockets having elongated ridges to prevent cutting of the surface and into an interior of the digit pockets during use of the food holder; wherein the food pocket defines an opening having an open front and a closed rear; wherein opposite sides of the digit pockets defining the food pocket include grabbing ribs for maintaining food within the food pocket as the digit pockets are moved toward each other; wherein the digit pockets taper in a tapering direction and ridges have a longer dimension in the tapering direction than in a direction perpendicular to the tapering direction; and wherein the grabbing ribs have a longer dimension in the direction perpendicular to the tapering direction than in the tapering direction.