Patent ID: 8650952

Claim:
A spoon for dispensing material into a narrow-rimmed container, the spoon comprising: a handle having a first end and a tapered second end; and a bowl, said bowl having a superior face and an inferior face; wherein said bowl further includes (i) a front tip-end portion, (ii) a rear handle-end portion, and (iii) a central axis, the central axis connecting an apex of the front tip-end portion to an apex of the rear handle-end portion, the apex of the rear handle-end portion connected to said second end of said handle and the front tip-end portion being narrower than the rear handle-end portion; wherein said bowl further includes a first outer edge and a second outer edge, each having a respective length and each connecting the apex of the front tip-end portion to the apex of the rear handle-end portion of the bowl along the respective length, the first outer edge and the second outer edge formed symmetrically around the central axis of the bowl; wherein said bowl further includes a first curved side and a second curved side, the first curved side bounded by a subset of the length of the first outer edge of the bowl and the second curved side bounded by a subset of the length of the second outer edge of the bowl, the first curved side and the second curved side each being upturned toward the superior face of the bowl thereby forming a concave arcuate enclosure for an elongated receptacle formed substantially along a portion of the central axis of the bowl midway between the apex of the front tip-end and rear handle-end portion; wherein an apex of the first curved side is partially folded over upon a lower portion of the first curved side; wherein an apex of the second curved side is partially folded over upon a lower portion of the second curved side; wherein the first curved side terminates at a predefined distance along the first outer edge from the apex of the rear handle-end portion and the second curved side terminates at the predefined distance along the second outer edge from the apex of the rear handle-end portion thereby causing the rear handle-end portion to be flat relative to the first curved side and the second curved side, wherein the front-tip end is characterized by a flat arcuate region; wherein the elongated receptacle has a first dimension proximal to the front tip-end portion and a second dimension proximal to the rear handle-end portion, the first dimension and the second dimension each defined along an axis orthogonal to the central axis of the bowl, the first dimension being smaller than the second dimension thereby tapering the elongated receptacle toward the front tip-end portion; and wherein the receptacle formed within the concave arcuate enclosure is configured to contain material and to direct the contained material toward the front tip-end portion.