US 12,420,516 B2
Blank for folding to form a spoon or a fork
Kar Yin Lee, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to GENIIQ PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed by GENIIQ PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed on May 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/195,310.
Application 18/195,310 is a continuation of application No. 17/047,688, abandoned, previously published as PCT/IB2019/053169, filed on Apr. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10201803205P (SG), filed on Apr. 17, 2018; and application No. 10201807997Y (SG), filed on Sep. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0190101 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. B31D 5/04 (2017.01)
CPC B31D 5/04 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blank for folding to form a spoon, the blank comprising:
an elongated sheet that comprises:
a top surface and a bottom surface being provided opposite the top surface,
a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end being provided opposite the first longitudinal end,
a first side end and a second side end being provided opposite the first side end,
a circumferential edge that comprises a rear edge being provided at the first longitudinal end,
a front edge being provided at the second longitudinal end,
a first side edge being provided at the first side end, and
a second side edge being provided at the second side end,
a bending cum connecting strip extending between the side edges of the blank, the bending cum connecting strip comprising:
a first strip segment,
a second strip segment, the first strip segment and the second strip segment extending at an oblique angle inwards from respective endpoints at the side edges of the blank, pointing along a longitudinal direction towards the front edge of the blank, and
a connecting strip segment, the connecting strip segment providing a blunt vertex,
a first bending line extending between the rear edge and the first strip segment and a second bending line extending between the rear edge and the second strip segment,
at least one pair of handle locking slits being provided on the first side edge and the second side edge,
wherein:
the bending cum connecting strip and the front edge enclose a first flat portion,
the bending cum connecting strip and the rear edge enclose a second flat portion, and
the first flat portion is provided for bending to form a container portion of the spoon and the second flat portion is provided for bending to form a handle portion of the spoon; and
a pair of spoon rest grooves extending into the first side edge and the second side edge and configured to receive a rim of a container, wherein the pair of spoon rest grooves extend into the handle portion of the spoon.