Patent ID: 7001357

Claim:
A device for feeding a young child or impaired adult without the threat of the person choking, said device comprising: a handle member in combination with an elongate food-receiving container of mesh material, one end of said container having an aperture in which ring means is mounted, said handle member having a circularly configured handle end around which is defined a circularly disposed sealing surface and around the adjacent exterior surface of said handle end securing means are disposed; a closure ring having securing means around its interior surface, with said securing means of said handle end and of said closure ring able to interfit and be tightened so as to be interlocked together, said closure ring having a central aperture around which is disposed an inner shoulder, said inner shoulder being of a size to closely receive said ring means but not permitting the passage therethrough of said ring means; and whereby when said elongate container with food therein has been inserted through said aperture in said closure ring and said closure ring has been tightened upon said handle end, said inner shoulder will cause said ring means to tightly engage said circularly disposed sealing surface, said elongate container being placable in the mouth of a person to enable semi-solid food in said container to at least partially dissolve in the mouth of the person.