Title: Pastry serving implement

Abstract: The increasing popularity of on-premises purchase and consumption of confections, pastries and the like, and especially that of pizza pie, has created a demand for a serving implement or utensil with the aid of which articles may be manipulated for eating or other purposes, without involving contact of the hand or glove of the user and the present invention is directed to a serving implement comprising a pair of hinged leaves which may be actuated through linkage connected with hand-held actuating elements, as for grasping a portion of an article to hold it securely while it is being consumed or otherwise disposed of, the linkage being arranged to close the leaves upon an object in response to a squeezing action or contraction of the fingers against the actuating elements, while release of such contraction causes the implement's leaves to retract automatically allowing them to open and to remain open in their natural position.

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Inventors: Federico, Arthur (Brigantine, NJ, US)

Application Number: 712029
Filing Date: 1976-08-05
Publication_date: 1978-02-21
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 294/7 294/25, D7/687
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

345846	Jul, 1886	Holmes	294/25.
1049956	Jan, 1913	Wheeler	294/104.
1104338	Jul, 1914	Babitzky	294/115.
2031183	Feb, 1936	Sonnenburg	294/7.
2182726	Dec, 1939	King et al.	294/7.
2304966	Dec, 1942	Thrower	294/33.
2561807	Jul, 1951	Malavazos	294/33.

Other Refs: 5,701 OF

�, 1884	UK

Primary Examiner: Cherry, Johnny D.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Walton; W. Wyclif