Patent ID: 8317138

Claim:
An eating utensil holder clip in combination with at least one eating utensil and a plate having a perimeter, the eating utensil holder clip comprising: an elongated bottom portion comprising a generally rectangular bottom side; a generally rectangular upper side opposite the bottom side, the upper side having a right side and a left side; a parallelepiped lower lip upwardly disposed from the bottom side on each of the right side and the left side; a plurality of first protrusions disposed along an upper edge of each of the lower lips, the first protrusions extending partially over a portion of the upper side; a holder base comprising an upper section; a lower section further comprising a lower portion having a bottom edge, a top edge, a back edge, a forward edge, and opposite side edges, the lower portion comprising a continuous parallelepiped upper lip downwardly disposed from a lower edge of each of the side edges, each of the upper lips aligned with an opposite one of the lower lips; a plurality of second protrusions centered along each of the upper lips, the second protrusions partially covering the bottom edge; an upper portion of the lower section, the upper portion having a bottom wall, a top wall, a front wall, a rear wall, and a pair of side walls, the lower portion disposed within the upper portion, wherein the top edge of the lower portion has an area smaller than the area of the upper portion bottom wall; a spring disposed between the bottom portion and the lower portion bottom edge of the holder base, the spring comprising a flat rectangular lower section disposed between the upper side and the first protrusions of the bottom portion between the right side and the left side; a concave midsection; a flat rectangular top section disposed between the bottom edge and the second protrusions between the right edge and the left edge; an upper section comprising a lower wall attached to the top wall of the bottom section upper portion; an upper wall opposite the lower wall; a forward wall; a rearward wall opposite the forward wall; a right wall between the forward wall and the rearward wall; a left wall opposite the right wall; a plurality of spaced-apart slots, each slot having a rectangular cross-section, the slots running continuously from the right wall through the left wall, an open edge of each of the slots, the open edge disposed on the upper section upper wall; a rubberized first covering disposed over the front edge, about one-third of the bottom side adjacent to the front edge, and about one-third of the top side adjacent to the front edge; a second covering identical to the first covering disposed over the front wall, about one-third of the bottom edge adjacent to the front wall, and about one-third of the top edge adjacent to the front wall; wherein the slots removably secure the eating utensil; wherein the eating utensil holder clip removably attaches to a perimeter of the plate.