Inventors:
Kimberly Maria Kirkup - Bayshore NY, US
International Classification:
A47G 21/06, G09B 19/24, A47G 21/02, B26B 3/02, A47G 21/04
US Classification:
30147, 434258, 30322, 30324, 30148, 30149, 30150, 30340
Abstract:
An ergonomic training utensil for teaching a user to self feed includes a handle and at least one food accommodating means extending from at least one end of the handle. In a first embodiment, the training utensil has an arc shape when viewed from top and bottom and the handle has a center section which has a transverse cross-section which is one of bulbous or lobular. In a second embodiment, the handle is a parallelogram and is one of a rhombus or a rectangle, and has a center section having a transverse cross-section which has an S-shaped. Ergonomic utility is provided by the arc shape of the utensil and by the bulbous or lobular transverse cross-section of the handle of the first embodiment, and by the S-shape of the transverse cross-section of the second embodiment.