US 20140283389Al (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2014/0283389 A1 Chang (43) Pub. Date: Sep. 25, 2014

(54) EATING UTENSILS, KITCHEN UTENSILS, (52) US. Cl. AND COOKING UTENSILS; UTENSILS CPC ...... A47G 21/06 (2013.01) MADE OF GLAss, CRYSTAL, CERAMICS, USPC ...... 30/147 AND PORCELAIN (57) ABSTRACT (71) Applicant: Alice Chang, South Pasadena, CA (U S) 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 (72) Inventor: Alice Chang, South Pasadena, CA (U S) group consisting of glass, crystal, ceramic, and porcelain, including glass-ceramic, silicone, clay, and stone; wood, (21) Appl. No.: 14/090,526 bamboo, resin, plastic, and bio-plastic; and metal and metal alloy. At least one material comprising glass, crystal, ceramic, (22) Filed: Dec. 30, 2013 and porcelain having advantages including washable, reus able, long lasting, environmentally friendly, not cold to the Related US. Application Data touch, do not conduct heat, not hot for hands and mouth, do not get rusty, more sanitary than plastic, chemically resistant, (60) Provisional application No. 61/804,734, ?led on Mar. microwave safe, dishwasher safe, manufactured from non 24, 2013. stick material, easy to clean, and recyclable. At least one material useful for making utensil selected from group con Publication Classi?cation sisting of part of utensil, and entire utensil. At least one function selected from group consisting of eating, drinking, (51) Int. Cl. food preparation, food storage, food container, food serving, A47G 21/06 (2006.01) and cooking. Patent Application Publication Sep. 25, 2014 US 2014/0283389 A1

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EATING UTENSILS, KITCHEN UTENSILS, cooking utensils made from a wide range of material, includ AND COOKING UTENSILS; UTENSILS ing glass, crystal, ceramics, and porcelain. For purposes of MADE OF GLASS, CRYSTAL, CERAMICS, summarizing the invention, certain aspects, advantages, and AND PORCELAIN novel features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED may be achieved in accordance with any one particular APPLICATION embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be [0001] The present application is related to and claims pri embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or opti ority from prior provisional application Ser. No. 61/804734, mizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein ?led Mar. 24, 2013 which application is incorporated herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be by reference. taught or suggested herein. The features of the invention which are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and COPYRIGHT NOTICE distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the speci?ca tion. These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the [0002] A portion of the disclosure of this patent document present invention will become better understood with refer contains material which is subject to copyright protection. ence to the following drawings and detailed description. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile repro duction by anyone of the patent document or the patent dis BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS closure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Of?ce patent ?le or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright [0013] The ?gure which accompany the written portion of rights whatsoever. 37 CFR 1.71(d). this speci?cation illustrate embodiments and method(s) of use for the present invention, eating utensils, kitchen utensils, BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION and cooking utensils; and utensils made of glass, crystal, ceramics, and porcelain, constructed and operative according [0003] The following includes information that may be to the teachings of the present invention. useful in understanding the present invention(s). It is not an [0014] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view illustrating a uten admission that any of the information provided herein is prior sil system according to an embodiment of the present inven art, or material, to the presently described or claimed inven tion. tions, or that any publication or document that is speci?cally or implicitly referenced is prior art. DETAILED DESCRIPTION [0004] 1. Field of the Invention [0005] The present invention relates generally to the ?eld of [0015] As discussed above, embodiments of the present utensils, and more speci?cally relates to eating utensils, invention relate to utensils and more particularly to eating kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils; and utensils made of utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils made from a glass, crystal, ceramics, and porcelain. wide range of material, including glass, crystal, ceramics, and [0006] 2. Description of the Related Art porcelain forming a utensil system 100. [0007] Currently on the market, eating utensils, kitchen [0016] As mentioned earlier, eating utensils, kitchen uten utensils, and cooking utensils are very limited in the material sils, and cooking utensils comprises utensil, having at least used for making them; and utensils made of glass, crystal, one material, with at least one function. At least one function ceramics, and porcelain are very limited. is selected from the group consisting of eating, drinking, food [0008] Various attempts have been made to solve the above preparation, food storage, food container, food serving, and mentioned problems such as those found in US. Pat. Nos. cooking. 3,201,266, 4,360,567, 5,270,269, 5,922,271, 2012/0077154, [0017] The utensil is selected from the group consisting of 2013/0020335. This prior art is representative of utensils. eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils. None of the above inventions and patents, taken either singly [0018] At least one material being non conductor of heat is or in combination, is seen to describe the invention as selected from the group consisting of glass, crystal, ceramic, claimed. and porcelain, including glass-ceramic, silicone, clay, and [0009] Ideally, eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cook stone. ing utensils are made from a wide range of material, including [0019] At least one material being non conductor of heat is glass, crystal, ceramics, and porcelain. And yet manufactured selected from the group consisting of wood, bamboo, resin, at a modest expense. plastic, and bio-plastic. [0020] At least one material being heat conductor is metal BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION and metal alloy, and are selected from the group consisting of [0010] In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in steel, iron, copper, gold, silver, aluminum, chromium, man the known related utensils art, the present invention provides ganese, nickel, Zinc, titanium, tin, other metal, and other eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils made chemical element. from a wide range of material, including glass, crystal, ceram [0021] At least one material useful for making utensil ics, and porcelain. selected from the group consisting of part of utensil, and [0011] Eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten entire utensil. The part of utensil is selected from the group sils comprises utensil, having at least one material, with at consisting of lid, cover, base, stand, lining, and handle. least one function. At least one function is selected from the [0022] The eating utensils are selected from the group con group consisting of eating, drinking, food preparation, food sisting of chopsticks, chopsticks rest, spoon, knife, fork, storage, food container, food serving, and cooking. cocktail stick, drinking straw, skewer, tong, and trong. [0012] The present invention holds signi?cant improve [0023] The eating utensils comprising combination uten ments and serves as eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and sils are selected from the group consisting of chopfork, chork, US 2014/0283389 A1 Sep. 25, 2014

forkchops, knork, spoonstraw, sporf, spork, and spife. The [0034] The utensil comprising spoon is selected from the chopfork having a fork at one end and chop sticks at other end. group consisting of tea spoon, soup spoon, serving spoon, and The chopfork having a fork at one end and tongs at other end. dessert spoon. The chork having pointed and slightly curved tongs. The [0035] The utensil comprising fork is selected from the chork having a fork with a split handle which can be broken in group consisting of dessert fork, relish fork, salad fork, dinner half to make two chopsticks. The forkchops having two chop fork, cold cuts fork, serving fork, and carving fork. sticks with a small fork and knife on non pointed ends. The [0036] The utensil comprising knife is selected from the knork having knife and fork. The spoonstraw having scoop group consisting of butter knife, table knife, carving knife, ended drinking straw for slushies and milkshakes. The sporf chopping knife, and cutting knife. having spoon and fork and knife. The spork having spoon and [0037] The utensil comprising dinnerware set is selected fork. The spife having spoon and knife. from the group consisting of a pair of chopsticks, a chopsticks [0024] The kitchen utensils are selected from the group rest, a soup spoon, a dessert spoon, a salad fork, a dinner fork, consisting of kitchenware, wares for the kitchen; ovenware a dessert fork, a butter knife, and 2 table knives. The dinner and bakeware, kitchen utensils that are for use inside ovens ware set is made of same at least one material. and for baking; and cookware, merchandise used for cooking. [0038] The utensil can be created to match dishware, drink [0025] The kitchen utensils are selected from the group ware, and tableware with same at least one material. consisting of biscuit cutter, cake and pie server, bottle opener, [0039] The utensil can be created in a variety of colors. The tin opener, cork screw, nut cracker, crab cracker, pizza cutter, utensil can be created in transparent so that the utensil can see potato masher, rolling pin, corer, curler, pitter, peeler, sieve, through. scissors, scraper, shear, slicer, scaler, sifter, scoop, spatula, [0040] It should be noted that the steps described in the spider, chopper, squeezer, grater, grinder, blender, whisk, method of use can be carried out in many different orders tong, ladle, bowl, dish, plate, platter, saucer, tray, sauce boat, according to user preference. The use of “step of” should not gravy boat, creamer, salt shakers, pepper shaker, salt cellar, be interpreted as “step for”, in the claims herein and is not sugar bowl, jug, pitcher, cup, mug, glass, teapot, and coffee intended to invoke the provisions of 35 U.S.C. §112, 1]6. Upon pot. reading this speci?cation, it should be appreciated that, under [0026] The cooking utensils are selected from the group appropriate circumstances, considering such issues as design consisting of baking pan, saucepan, frying pan, stock pot, preference, user preferences, marketing preferences, cost, cooking pot, and wok. structural requirements, available materials, technological [0027] At least one material comprising glass, crystal, advances, etc., other methods of use arrangements such as, for ceramic, and porcelain being non conductor of heat having example, different orders within above-mentioned list, elimi advantages including washable, reusable, long lasting, envi nation or addition of certain steps, including or excluding ronmentally friendly, not cold to the touch, do not conduct certain maintenance steps, etc., may be suf?cient. heat, not hot for hands and mouth, do not get rusty, more [0041] The embodiments of the invention described herein sanitary than plastic, chemically resistant, microwave safe, are exemplary and numerous modi?cations, variations and dishwasher safe, manufactured from non-stick material, easy rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substan to clean, and recyclable. tially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, [0028] At least one material comprising glass, crystal, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the Us. ceramic, and porcelain being non conductor of heat useful for Patent and Trademark Of?ce and the public generally, and making utensil selected from the group consisting of part of especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art utensil, and entire utensil. The part of utensil is selected from who are not familiar withpatent or legal terms or phraseology, the group consisting of lid, cover, base, stand, lining, and to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and handle. essence of the technical disclosure of the application. [0029] At least one material comprising wood, bamboo, What is claimed is new and desired to be protected by resin, plastic, and bio-plastic being non conductor of heat Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims: useful for making utensil selected from the group consisting 1. Eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking utensils of part of utensil, and entire utensil. The part of utensil is comprising: selected from the group consisting of lid, cover, base, stand, lining, and handle. a utensil having, at least one material, with at least one function; [0030] At least one material comprising metal and metal wherein said at least one function is selected from group alloy being heat conductor having advantage of thermal con consisting of eating, drinking, food preparation, food ductivity. storage, food container, food serving, and cooking. [0031] The utensil comprising chopsticks is selected from 2. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten the group consisting of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. sils of claim 1 wherein said utensil is selected from group [0032] The utensil comprising chopsticks with a length of consisting of eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking about 6 to 16 inches, and having function of eating and cook utensils. ing. The chopsticks with shorter length useful for consump 3. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten tion of food. The chopsticks with longer length useful for sils of claim 1 wherein said at least one material being non cooking, including use of large stock pot, and wok. conductor of heat is selected from group consisting of glass, [0033] The utensil comprising chopsticks with matching crystal, ceramic, and porcelain, including glass-ceramic, sili chopsticks rests are created with same material as chopsticks cone, clay, and stone. with purpose of resting l or 2 pairs of chopsticks during 4. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten non-use conditions. sils of claim 1 wherein said at least one material being non US 2014/0283389 A1 Sep. 25, 2014

conductor of heat is selected from group consisting of wood, 13. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten bamboo, resin, plastic, and bio-plastic. sils of claim 3 wherein said at least one material comprising 5. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten glass, crystal, ceramic, and porcelain being non conductor of sils of claim 1 wherein said at least one material being heat heat useful for making said utensil selected from group con conductor is metal and metal alloy, and are selected from sisting of part of said utensil, and entire said utensil; group consisting of steel, iron, copper, gold, silver, alumi said part of said utensil is selected from group consisting of num, chromium, manganese, nickel, Zinc, titanium, tin, other lid, cover, base, stand, lining, and handle. metal, and other chemical element. 14. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten 6. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten sils of claim 4 wherein said at least one material comprising sils of claim 1 wherein said at least one material useful for wood, bamboo, resin, plastic, and bio-plastic being non con making said utensil selected from group consisting of part of ductor of heat useful for making said utensil selected from said utensil, and entire said utensil; said part of said utensil is group consisting of part of said utensil, and entire said utensil; selected from group consisting of lid, cover, base, stand, said part of said utensil is selected from group consisting of lining, and handle. lid, cover, base, stand, lining, and handle. 7. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten sils of claim 2 wherein said eating utensils are selected from 15. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten group consisting of chopsticks, chopsticks rest, spoon, knife, sils of claim 5 wherein said at least one material being heat fork, cocktail stick, drinking straw, skewer, tong, and trong. conductor having advantage of thermal conductivity. 8. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten 16. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten sils of claim 2 wherein said eating utensils comprising com sils of claim 1 wherein said utensil comprising chopsticks is bination utensils are selected from group consisting of chop selected from group consisting of Chinese, Korean, and J apa fork, chork, forkchops, knork, spoonstraw, sporf, spork, and nese. spife; said chopfork having a fork at one end and chopsticks 17. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten at other end; said chopfork having a fork at one end and tongs sils of claim 1 wherein said utensil comprising chopsticks at other end; said chork having pointed and slightly curved with a length of about 6 to 16 inches, and having function of tongs; said chork having a fork with a split handle which can eating and cooking; said chopsticks with shorter length useful be broken in half to make two chopsticks; said forkchops for consumption of food; and said chopsticks with longer having two chopsticks with a small fork and knife on non length useful for cooking, including use of large stock pot, pointed ends; said knork having knife and fork; said spoon and wok. straw having scoop ended drinking straw for slushies and 18. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten milkshakes; said sporf having spoon and fork and knife; said sils of claim 1 wherein said utensil comprising chopsticks spork having spoon and fork; and said spife having spoon and with matching chopsticks rests created with same material as knife. chopsticks with purpose of resting l or 2 pairs of chopsticks 9. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten during non-use conditions. sils of claim 2 wherein said kitchen utensils are selected from 19. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten group consisting of kitchenware, wares for the kitchen; oven sils of claim 1 wherein said utensil comprising spoon is ware and bakeware, kitchen utensils that are for use inside selected from group consisting of tea spoon, soup spoon, ovens and for baking; and cookware, merchandise used for cooking. serving spoon, and dessert spoon. 10. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten 20. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten sils of claim 2 wherein said kitchen utensils are selected from sils of claim 1 wherein said utensil comprising fork is selected group consisting of biscuit cutter, cake and pie server, bottle from group consisting of dessert fork, relish fork, salad fork, opener, tin opener, cork screw, nut cracker, crab cracker, pizza dinner fork, cold cuts fork, serving fork, and carving fork. cutter, potato masher, rolling pin, corer, curler, pitter, peeler, 21. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten sieve, scissors, scraper, shear, slicer, scaler, sifter, scoop, sils of claim 1 wherein said utensil comprising knife is spatula, spider, chopper, squeezer, grater, grinder, blender, selected from group consisting of butter knife, table knife, whisk, tong, ladle, bowl, dish, plate, platter, saucer, tray, carving knife, chopping knife, and cutting knife. sauce boat, gravy boat, creamer, salt shakers, pepper shaker, 22. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten salt cellar, sugar bowl, jug, pitcher, cup, mug, glass, teapot, sils of claim 1 wherein said utensil comprising dinnerware set and coffee pot. selected from group consisting of a pair of chopsticks, a 11. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten chopsticks rest, a soup spoon, a dessert spoon, a salad fork, a sils of claim 2 wherein said cooking utensils are selected from dinner fork, a dessert fork, a butter knife, and 2 table knives; group consisting of baking pan, saucepan, frying pan, stock and said dinnerware is made of same said at least one mate pot, cooking pot, and wok. rial. 12. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten 23. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten sils of claim 3 wherein said at least one material comprising sils of claim 1 wherein said utensil is created to match dish glass, crystal, ceramic, and porcelain being non conductor of ware, drinkware, and tableware with same said at least one heat having advantages including washable, reusable, long material. lasting, environmentally friendly, not cold to the touch, do not conduct heat, not hot for hands and mouth, do not get rusty, 24. The eating utensils, kitchen utensils, and cooking uten more sanitary than plastic, chemically resistant, microwave sils of claim 1 wherein said utensil is created in a variety of safe, dishwasher safe, manufactured from non- stick material, colors, and in transparent so that said utensil can see through. easy to clean, and recyclable. * * * * *