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US20030116681A1
US20030116681A1 US10/325,984 US32598402A US2003116681A1 US 20030116681 A1 US20030116681 A1 US 20030116681A1 US 32598402 A US32598402 A US 32598402A US 2003116681 A1 US2003116681 A1 US 2003116681A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G21/00—Table-ware
    • A47G21/14—Knife racks or stands; Holders for table utensils attachable to plates
    • A47G21/145—Holders for table utensils attachable to plates, jars or the like

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  • the invention relates to a device for retaining an item of cutlery capable of being supported at the edge of an item of tableware, which has a retaining body provided with a clamping mouth delimited by two clamping jaws for clamping an item of cutlery.
  • a device of this type is known from DE-PS 637 094.
  • the disk-shaped retaining body is provided with two clamping slots, crossing one another, delimited in each case by flanks running parallel to one another, of which the clamping slot arranged as a radial slot parallel to the disk axis serves to clamp the retaining body at the edge of an item of cutlery, and the other clamping slot designed as a circumferential slot crossing the axis of the disk serves to clamp an item of cutlery.
  • the double clamping effect leads to a comparatively rigid, impractical arrangement.
  • a further disadvantage is to be seen in the fact that the clamping slots are designed in this case as narrow slots with parallel side flanks.
  • the suspension device allocated to the item of cutlery allows, in an advantageous manner, for a rapid and easy support of the retaining body on the side of an item of tableware, regardless of the individual thickness of the edge of the item of tableware and of the individual edge diameter of the item of tableware. As a result of the loose arrangement, a simple and rational means of handling is provided.
  • the clamp sections on the side of the clamping jaw ensure that the expansion of the clamping mouth remains in the same range even with widely differing thicknesses of the items of cutlery which are to be clamped, so that in any event a reliable clamping effect is achieved without the risk of breakage or slackening of the clamping body arising.
  • the measures according to the invention accordingly provide a high degree of security and reliability as well as universal applicability.
  • At least one clamping jaw may have, on the jaw side, an engagement contour, designed as a corrugated contour, with engagement recesses arranged one behind another, with a clear width decreasing from the outside to the inside. This allows for what is practically a frame-like click insertion of items of cutlery of different thicknesses.
  • both clamping jaws may have an engagement contour in corrugated form, running symmetrically to one another. This provides an especially high degree of security.
  • the clamping mouth is designed as a slot of a plate-shaped retaining body, whereby the slot, which has a clear width of the sections adjacent to one another which decreases from the outside to the inside, is designed to the purpose as a radial recess passing over the thickness of the plate-shaped retaining body, running from the edge to the inside.
  • This provides a width of the jaws which corresponds to the thickness of the retaining body, and ensures that a shaft of an item of cutlery allocated to it engages practically in the direction of the thickness of the retaining body, and is therefore encompassed by the retaining body, which facilitates the handling of the item of cutlery in question when the retaining body is in position.
  • the measures described facilitate the application of a suspension device.
  • a further purposeful measure may be provided in that the plate-shaped retaining body is designed as a round disk, which has a flattening on the circumferential side, for the purpose running parallel to the clamping jaws.
  • the flattening forms a deposit surface, which facilitates the sorting of the cutlery holder according to the invention in a cutlery box or the like.
  • a defined upper surface is provided as a result, so that decoration which may be provided here will likewise be facing upwards be protected in the storage state, and in this manner protected.
  • FIG. 1 a plan view of a first variant of a cutlery holder according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 a side view of the arrangement according to FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 a plan view of a further variant of the cutlery holder according to the invention.
  • FIG. 4 a side view of the arrangement according to FIG. 3.
  • the cutlery holder on the basis of FIGS. 1 and 2 consists of a plate-shaped retaining body 1 , designed in this case as a disk, which has a clamping mouth 2 for clamping the shaft of an item of cutlery, not shown in any greater detail, for example of a spoon or a fork, and is provided with a suspension device for loose suspension at the edge of an item of tableware, not shown in any greater detail, such as a dish or bowl, etc.
  • Said suspension device in the embodiment shown, as can best be seen in FIG. 2, is designed as a groove 3 , delimited by secants approximately parallel to the clamping mouth 2 , provided on the underside of the disk on which the retaining body 1 is based. Instead of a groove, provision can of course also be made for a hook or a web or the like.
  • the slot forming the clamping mouth 2 is designed as a recess passing over the thickness of the disk forming the retaining body 1 , running from the circumference of the disk to the inside, in this case approximately secant-parallel.
  • the clamping mouth 2 narrows in steps from the outside to the inside.
  • the clamping jaw 4 is provided on the mouth side with a step contour 6 , gradated from the outside to the inside.
  • clamping jaw sections 2 a , 2 b , 2 c are derived, located adjacent to one another, with clear widths decreasing from the outside to the inside.
  • the clamp sections 2 a , 2 b , 2 c with differing clear widths are well-suited for clamping items of cutlery of different thicknesses, whereby items of cutlery with thin shafts, such as tea spoons, can be clamped in the innermost clamping section 2 c , while parts with thick shafts, such as ladles or scoops, can be clamped in the outermost clamping section 2 a , and items with medium shaft thickness in the middle clamping section 2 b.
  • clamping jaw 4 is provided with a step contour 6 .
  • the clamping jaw 5 has a contact surface passing flat over the entire depth of the clamping mouth 2 .
  • both clamping jaws 4 and 5 could of course also be provided with a step contour of the type indicated by 6 .
  • the mouth-side contact surfaces of the clamping jaws 4 , 5 provided with the continuous or mutually-stepped sections, to be provided with a surface structure which improves the desired clamping effect, for example in the form of grooves or teeth or the like.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 corresponds to the arrangement according to FIGS. 1 and 2. Accordingly, in the first instance details are considered hereinafter of the differences, whereby, for the sake of simplicity, the same reference designations are used for the same parts.
  • the clamping jaws 4 , 5 delimiting the clamping mouth 2 , are provided on the mouth side with a corrugated engagement contour 7 , to form the clamping sections 2 a , 2 b , 2 c , which results in depressions arranged one behind another in the direction of the depth of the clamping mouth 2 , with clear width decreasing from the outside to the inside.
  • a corrugated contour of the type indicated by 7 it would of course also be conceivable for only one clamping jaw to be provided with a corrugated contour of the type indicated by 7 .
  • a surface contour arrangement on the mouth side could be provided in the form of grooves or teeth, etc.
  • a strip 8 is provided, projecting opposite the underside of the disk, with which the cutlery holder according to the invention can be supported at the edge of an item of tableware.
  • the strip 8 is formed as part of the arrangement in this case, but an applied strip would also be conceivable.
  • the round disk on which the retaining body 1 is based is provided in the arrangement according to FIGS. 3 and 4 with a flattening area 9 on the edge side, approximately parallel to the slot forming the clamping mouth 2 .
  • This flattening area forms a standing surface, on which the cutlery holder is set up in a cutlery box or the like.
  • the cutlery holder on which FIGS. 3 and 4 is based is provided with a decorative element 10 , in this case in the form of a projection designed and applied in the form of a precious stone.
  • the retaining body 1 requires practically no rubber-elastic properties.
  • the retaining body 1 can therefore be manufactured from a comparatively hard material which produces the desired clamping effect, such as metal or hard plastic.
  • the retaining body 1 is manufactured as an injection moulding.

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US20090050585A1 (en) * 2007-08-22 2009-02-26 Whirlpool Corporation Utensil holder for a dishwasher
US20110031361A1 (en) * 2009-08-06 2011-02-10 Garvin Edward D Utensil holder
USD647374S1 (en) * 2010-08-02 2011-10-25 Garvin Edward D Utensil holder
US20140190911A1 (en) * 2012-03-18 2014-07-10 Matthew Dino Minuti Device for securing chopsticks to dishwasher rack
US10160126B2 (en) 2009-12-16 2018-12-25 Laura Ranieri Protective sheath for securing a blade of a cutlery implement

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US1687795A (en) * 1927-06-25 1928-10-16 George T Ritter Spoon holder
US2783515A (en) * 1953-04-23 1957-03-05 Herrmann B Tobias Dual fastener
US3228640A (en) * 1964-08-20 1966-01-11 Bernard B Wolsh Unitary plastic pipe support clip
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US3521332A (en) * 1968-03-04 1970-07-21 Roy G Kramer Double ended clip
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US1601572A (en) * 1925-05-25 1926-09-28 Lester Louis Walter Spoon holder
US1687795A (en) * 1927-06-25 1928-10-16 George T Ritter Spoon holder
US2783515A (en) * 1953-04-23 1957-03-05 Herrmann B Tobias Dual fastener
US3228640A (en) * 1964-08-20 1966-01-11 Bernard B Wolsh Unitary plastic pipe support clip
US3346153A (en) * 1966-08-15 1967-10-10 Galasso Louis Putty holder attachment
US3521332A (en) * 1968-03-04 1970-07-21 Roy G Kramer Double ended clip
US3983602A (en) * 1975-06-11 1976-10-05 Barry Robert L Implement holder for a safety helmet
US4320832A (en) * 1979-08-06 1982-03-23 Richard Edstrom Clip for holding safety razor
US5555607A (en) * 1992-09-09 1996-09-17 Parveris; John I. Retaining device
US5820095A (en) * 1992-11-18 1998-10-13 Stone; John W. Holder device for writing implements
US5772166A (en) * 1994-04-13 1998-06-30 Adams Mfg. Corp. Mounting clip
US5823483A (en) * 1994-08-24 1998-10-20 Gaskill; Garold B. Utensil-holder attachment for containers
US5695162A (en) * 1995-11-16 1997-12-09 Dicastro; James Holder for beverage containers
US5867874A (en) * 1997-04-08 1999-02-09 Simpson; David Implement holder attached to a hat or cap
US5887830A (en) * 1997-08-14 1999-03-30 Liang; Jui-Chang Spoon holder device
US6588721B1 (en) * 1998-01-12 2003-07-08 Guy Robert Rischmueller Suspending device for a plant container
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US6477744B1 (en) * 1999-01-25 2002-11-12 Gregory Henry Miles Visor clip
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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US20090050585A1 (en) * 2007-08-22 2009-02-26 Whirlpool Corporation Utensil holder for a dishwasher
US20110031361A1 (en) * 2009-08-06 2011-02-10 Garvin Edward D Utensil holder
US10160126B2 (en) 2009-12-16 2018-12-25 Laura Ranieri Protective sheath for securing a blade of a cutlery implement
USD647374S1 (en) * 2010-08-02 2011-10-25 Garvin Edward D Utensil holder
US20140190911A1 (en) * 2012-03-18 2014-07-10 Matthew Dino Minuti Device for securing chopsticks to dishwasher rack

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