Patent ID: 8296957

Claim:
A stackable cutlery element ( 1 ) with a handle ( 2 ) with a wall ( 4 ) and a functional element ( 3 ) shaped onto the handle ( 2 ), wherein one end rib ( 5 ) and two longitudinal ribs ( 6 , 6 ′) are arranged on a first side and a second side ( 4 a , 5 b ) of the handle ( 2 ) to project from the wall ( 4 ), and the end rib ( 5 ) and the longitudinal ribs ( 6 , 6 ′) are designed so that when a plurality of cutlery elements ( 1 , 1 ′) are stacked, the end rib ( 5 ) and the longitudinal ribs ( 6 , 6 ′) of the first side ( 4 a ) of a cutlery element ( 1 ) engage positively in the end rib ( 5 ) and the longitudinal ribs ( 6 , 6 ′) of the second side ( 4 b ′) of a further cutlery element ( 1 ′), the cutlery element ( 1 ) comprising: on the first side ( 4 a ) the end rib ( 5 ) and the longitudinal ribs ( 6 , 6 ′) having a first bevel ( 7 a ) on an outer edge ( 8 ) facing away from the wall ( 4 ), and on the second side ( 4 b ) the end rib ( 5 ) and the longitudinal ribs ( 6 , 6 ′) having a second bevel ( 7 b ) on an inner edge ( 9 ) facing the wall ( 4 ), the second bevel having an angle of inclination to the wall ( 4 ) that is smaller than or greater than an angle of inclination of the first bevel ( 7 a ) with respect to the wall ( 4 ), wherein a first transverse rib ( 5 a ) is arranged on the end of the handle ( 2 ) opposing the end rib ( 5 ) on the first side ( 4 a ) of the wall ( 4 ), and a second transverse rib ( 5 b ) is arranged on the second side ( 4 b ) of the wall ( 4 ), wherein the second transverse rib ( 5 b ) has two notches ( 10 , 10 ′) into which the longitudinal ribs ( 6 , 6 ′) on the first side ( 4 a ) of the wall ( 4 ) of a further cutlery element ( 1 ′) engage when a plurality of cutlery elements ( 1 , 1 ′) are stacked.