US20140283389A1

US20140283389A1 - Eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils; utensils made of glass, crystal, ceramics, and porcelain

Info

Publication number: US20140283389A1
Application number: US14/090,526
Authority: US
Inventors: Alice Chang
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2013-03-24
Filing date: 2013-12-30
Publication date: 2014-09-25

Abstract

Eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils are created comprising utensil, having at least one material, with at least one function. At least one material selected from group consisting of glass, crystal, ceramic, and porcelain, including glass-ceramic, silicone, clay, and stone; wood, bamboo, resin, plastic, and bio-plastic; and metal and metal alloy. At least one material comprising glass, crystal, ceramic, and porcelain having advantages including washable, reusable, long lasting, environmentally friendly, not cold to the touch, do not conduct heat, not hot for hands and mouth, do not get rusty, more sanitary than plastic, chemically resistant, microwave safe, dishwasher safe, manufactured from non-stick material, easy to clean, and recyclable. At least one material useful for making utensil selected from group consisting of part of utensil, and entire utensil. At least one function selected from group consisting of eating, drinking, food preparation, food storage, food container, food serving, and cooking.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application is related to and claims priority from prior provisional application Ser. No. 61/804734, filed Mar. 24, 2013 which application is incorporated herein by reference.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The following includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention(s). It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art, or material, to the presently described or claimed inventions, or that any publication or document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to the field of utensils, and more specifically relates to eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils; and utensils made of glass, crystal, ceramics, and porcelain.
2. Description of the Related Art
Currently on the market, eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils are very limited in the material used for making them; and utensils made of glass, crystal, ceramics, and porcelain are very limited.
Various attempts have been made to solve the above-mentioned problems such as those found in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,201,266, 4,360,567, 5,270,269, 5,922,271, 2012/0077154, 2013/0020335. This prior art is representative of utensils. None of the above inventions and patents, taken either singly or in combination, is seen to describe the invention as claimed.
Ideally, eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils are made from a wide range of material, including glass, crystal, ceramics, and porcelain. And yet manufactured at a modest expense.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known related utensils art, the present invention provides eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils made from a wide range of material, including glass, crystal, ceramics, and porcelain.
Eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils comprises utensil, having at least one material, with at least one function. At least one function is selected from the group consisting of eating, drinking, food preparation, food storage, food container, food serving, and cooking.
The present invention holds significant improvements and serves as eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils made from a wide range of material, including glass, crystal, ceramics, and porcelain. For purposes of summarizing the invention, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein. The features of the invention which are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings and detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The figure which accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and method(s) of use for the present invention, eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils; and utensils made of glass, crystal, ceramics, and porcelain, constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view illustrating a utensil system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

As discussed above, embodiments of the present invention relate to utensils and more particularly to eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils made from a wide range of material, including glass, crystal, ceramics, and porcelain forming a utensil system 100.
As mentioned earlier, eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils comprises utensil, having at least one material, with at least one function. At least one function is selected from the group consisting of eating, drinking, food preparation, food storage, food container, food serving, and cooking.
The utensil is selected from the group consisting of eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils.
At least one material being non conductor of heat is selected from the group consisting of glass, crystal, ceramic, and porcelain, including glass-ceramic, silicone, clay, and stone.
At least one material being non conductor of heat is selected from the group consisting of wood, bamboo, resin, plastic, and bio-plastic.
At least one material being heat conductor is metal and metal alloy, and are selected from the group consisting of steel, iron, copper, gold, silver, aluminum, chromium, manganese, nickel, zinc, titanium, tin, other metal, and other chemical element.
At least one material useful for making utensil selected from the group consisting of part of utensil, and entire utensil. The part of utensil is selected from the group consisting of lid, cover, base, stand, lining, and handle.
The eating utensils are selected from the group consisting of chopsticks, chopsticks rest, spoon, knife, fork, cocktail stick, drinking straw, skewer, tong, and trong.
The eating utensils comprising combination utensils are selected from the group consisting of chopfork, chork, forkchops, knork, spoonstraw, sporf, spork, and spife. The chopfork having a fork at one end and chopsticks at other end. The chopfork having a fork at one end and tongs at other end. The chork having pointed and slightly curved tongs. The chork having a fork with a split handle which can be broken in half to make two chopsticks. The forkchops having two chopsticks with a small fork and knife on non pointed ends. The knork having knife and fork. The spoonstraw having scoop ended drinking straw for slushies and milkshakes. The sporf having spoon and fork and knife. The spork having spoon and fork. The spife having spoon and knife.
The kitchen utensils are selected from the group consisting of kitchenware, wares for the kitchen; ovenware and bakeware, kitchen utensils that are for use inside ovens and for baking; and cookware, merchandise used for cooking.
The kitchen utensils are selected from the group consisting of biscuit cutter, cake and pie server, bottle opener, tin opener, cork screw, nut cracker, crab cracker, pizza cutter, potato masher, rolling pin, corer, curler, pitter, peeler, sieve, scissors, scraper, shear, slicer, scaler, sifter, scoop, spatula, spider, chopper, squeezer, grater, grinder, blender, whisk, tong, ladle, bowl, dish, plate, platter, saucer, tray, sauce boat, gravy boat, creamer, salt shakers, pepper shaker, salt cellar, sugar bowl, jug, pitcher, cup, mug, glass, teapot, and coffee pot.
The cooking utensils are selected from the group consisting of baking pan, saucepan, frying pan, stock pot, cooking pot, and wok.
At least one material comprising glass, crystal, ceramic, and porcelain being non conductor of heat having advantages including washable, reusable, long lasting, environmentally friendly, not cold to the touch, do not conduct heat, not hot for hands and mouth, do not get rusty, more sanitary than plastic, chemically resistant, microwave safe, dishwasher safe, manufactured from non-stick material, easy to clean, and recyclable.
At least one material comprising glass, crystal, ceramic, and porcelain being non conductor of heat useful for making utensil selected from the group consisting of part of utensil, and entire utensil. The part of utensil is selected from the group consisting of lid, cover, base, stand, lining, and handle.
At least one material comprising wood, bamboo, resin, plastic, and bio-plastic being non conductor of heat useful for making utensil selected from the group consisting of part of utensil, and entire utensil. The part of utensil is selected from the group consisting of lid, cover, base, stand, lining, and handle.
At least one material comprising metal and metal alloy being heat conductor having advantage of thermal conductivity.
The utensil comprising chopsticks is selected from the group consisting of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.
The utensil comprising chopsticks with a length of about 6 to 16 inches, and having function of eating and cooking. The chopsticks with shorter length useful for consumption of food. The chopsticks with longer length useful for cooking, including use of large stock pot, and wok.
The utensil comprising chopsticks with matching chopsticks rests are created with same material as chopsticks with purpose of resting 1 or 2 pairs of chopsticks during non-use conditions.
The utensil comprising spoon is selected from the group consisting of tea spoon, soup spoon, serving spoon, and dessert spoon.
The utensil comprising fork is selected from the group consisting of dessert fork, relish fork, salad fork, dinner fork, cold cuts fork, serving fork, and carving fork.
The utensil comprising knife is selected from the group consisting of butter knife, table knife, carving knife, chopping knife, and cutting knife.
The utensil comprising dinnerware set is selected from the group consisting of a pair of chopsticks, a chopsticks rest, a soup spoon, a dessert spoon, a salad fork, a dinner fork, a dessert fork, a butter knife, and 2 table knives. The dinnerware set is made of same at least one material.
The utensil can be created to match dishware, drinkware, and tableware with same at least one material.
The utensil can be created in a variety of colors. The utensil can be created in transparent so that the utensil can see through.
It should be noted that the steps described in the method of use can be carried out in many different orders according to user preference. The use of “step of” should not be interpreted as “step for”, in the claims herein and is not intended to invoke the provisions of 35 U.S.C. §112, ¶6. Upon reading this specification, it should be appreciated that, under appropriate circumstances, considering such issues as design preference, user preferences, marketing preferences, cost, structural requirements, available materials, technological advances, etc., other methods of use arrangements such as, for example, different orders within above-mentioned list, elimination or addition of certain steps, including or excluding certain maintenance steps, etc., may be sufficient.
The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application.

Claims

What is claimed is new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims:

1. Eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils comprising:

a utensil having,

at least one material, with at least one function;

wherein said at least one function is selected from group consisting of eating, drinking, food preparation, food storage, food container, food serving, and cooking.

2. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 1 wherein said utensil is selected from group consisting of eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils.

3. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 1 wherein said at least one material being non conductor of heat is selected from group consisting of glass, crystal, ceramic, and porcelain, including glass-ceramic, silicone, clay, and stone.

4. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 1 wherein said at least one material being non conductor of heat is selected from group consisting of wood, bamboo, resin, plastic, and bio-plastic.

5. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 1 wherein said at least one material being heat conductor is metal and metal alloy, and are selected from group consisting of steel, iron, copper, gold, silver, aluminum, chromium, manganese, nickel, zinc, titanium, tin, other metal, and other chemical element.

6. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 1 wherein said at least one material useful for making said utensil selected from group consisting of part of said utensil, and entire said utensil; said part of said utensil is selected from group consisting of lid, cover, base, stand, lining, and handle.

7. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 2 wherein said eating utensils are selected from group consisting of chopsticks, chopsticks rest, spoon, knife, fork, cocktail stick, drinking straw, skewer, tong, and trong.

8. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 2 wherein said eating utensils comprising combination utensils are selected from group consisting of chopfork, chork, forkchops, knork, spoonstraw, sporf, spork, and spife; said chopfork having a fork at one end and chopsticks at other end; said chopfork having a fork at one end and tongs at other end; said chork having pointed and slightly curved tongs; said chork having a fork with a split handle which can be broken in half to make two chopsticks; said forkchops having two chopsticks with a small fork and knife on non pointed ends; said knork having knife and fork; said spoonstraw having scoop ended drinking straw for slushies and milkshakes; said sporf having spoon and fork and knife; said spork having spoon and fork; and said spife having spoon and knife.

9. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 2 wherein said kitchen utensils are selected from group consisting of kitchenware, wares for the kitchen; ovenware and bakeware, kitchen utensils that are for use inside ovens and for baking; and cookware, merchandise used for cooking.

10. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 2 wherein said kitchen utensils are selected from group consisting of biscuit cutter, cake and pie server, bottle opener, tin opener, cork screw, nut cracker, crab cracker, pizza cutter, potato masher, rolling pin, corer, curler, pitter, peeler, sieve, scissors, scraper, shear, slicer, scaler, sifter, scoop, spatula, spider, chopper, squeezer, grater, grinder, blender, whisk, tong, ladle, bowl, dish, plate, platter, saucer, tray, sauce boat, gravy boat, creamer, salt shakers, pepper shaker, salt cellar, sugar bowl, jug, pitcher, cup, mug, glass, teapot, and coffee pot.

11. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 2 wherein said cooking utensils are selected from group consisting of baking pan, saucepan, frying pan, stock pot, cooking pot, and wok.

12. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 3 wherein said at least one material comprising glass, crystal, ceramic, and porcelain being non conductor of heat having advantages including washable, reusable, long lasting, environmentally friendly, not cold to the touch, do not conduct heat, not hot for hands and mouth, do not get rusty, more sanitary than plastic, chemically resistant, microwave safe, dishwasher safe, manufactured from non-stick material, easy to clean, and recyclable.

13. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 3 wherein said at least one material comprising glass, crystal, ceramic, and porcelain being non conductor of heat useful for making said utensil selected from group consisting of part of said utensil, and entire said utensil;

said part of said utensil is selected from group consisting of lid, cover, base, stand, lining, and handle.

14. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 4 wherein said at least one material comprising wood, bamboo, resin, plastic, and bio-plastic being non conductor of heat useful for making said utensil selected from group consisting of part of said utensil, and entire said utensil; said part of said utensil is selected from group consisting of lid, cover, base, stand, lining, and handle.

15. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 5 wherein said at least one material being heat conductor having advantage of thermal conductivity.

16. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 1 wherein said utensil comprising chopsticks is selected from group consisting of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.

17. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 1 wherein said utensil comprising chopsticks with a length of about 6 to 16 inches, and having function of eating and cooking; said chopsticks with shorter length useful for consumption of food; and said chopsticks with longer length useful for cooking, including use of large stock pot, and wok.

18. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 1 wherein said utensil comprising chopsticks with matching chopsticks rests created with same material as chopsticks with purpose of resting 1 or 2 pairs of chopsticks during non-use conditions.

19. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 1 wherein said utensil comprising spoon is selected from group consisting of tea spoon, soup spoon, serving spoon, and dessert spoon.

20. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 1 wherein said utensil comprising fork is selected from group consisting of dessert fork, relish fork, salad fork, dinner fork, cold cuts fork, serving fork, and carving fork.

21. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 1 wherein said utensil comprising knife is selected from group consisting of butter knife, table knife, carving knife, chopping knife, and cutting knife.

22. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 1 wherein said utensil comprising dinnerware set selected from group consisting of a pair of chopsticks, a chopsticks rest, a soup spoon, a dessert spoon, a salad fork, a dinner fork, a dessert fork, a butter knife, and 2 table knives; and said dinnerware is made of same said at least one material.

23. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 1 wherein said utensil is created to match dishware, drinkware, and tableware with same said at least one material.

24. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of claim 1 wherein said utensil is created in a variety of colors, and in transparent so that said utensil can see through.