Patent ID: 8584366

Claim:
A food serving utensil comprising: a handle having a gripping portion for gripping the serving utensil, the handle extending towards a proximal end of the serving utensil and having a curved seating surface; a food engaging feature connected to the handle, the food engaging feature extending towards a distal end of the serving utensil; and a resilient arm mounted to the handle via a pivotal connection and supported against said curved seating surface, the resilient arm having a food removal member, the resilient arm biasing the food removal member along the food engaging feature when a force is applied to the resilient arm; the food removal member being movable relative to the food engaging feature; the resilient arm being resiliently deformable to move the food removal member relative to the food engaging feature, to remove food from the food engaging feature; wherein the resilient arm, in an undeformed state, is bowed away from the handle in a primary curve, wherein at least a first portion of the resilient arm extends from where it is mounted in a direction at least partially towards the proximal end curling over itself along at least a portion of the resilient arm and at least a second portion of the resilient arm extends from the first portion in a direction at least partially towards the distal end; wherein deforming the resilient arm causes at least the primary curve of the resilient arm to rotate over the pivotal connection towards the distal end displacing the resilient arm from against the curved seating surface towards said distal end, and wherein deformation of the resilient arm decreases the curvature of the primary curve to move the food removal member relative to the food engaging feature.