IP Library Granted Patent US 8,668,171
Granted Patent B2
US 8,668,171 · App. 13/495,154 · Granted Mar 11, 2014

Utensil rest

Inventors: Jay Tarantino (Marion, OH); Jeanine Tarantino (Marion, OH); William P. Camp, Jr. (Vanlue, OH)
Assignee: Ivan Mudd LLC
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Patent No.
US 8,668,171
App. No.
13/495,154
Granted
Mar 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A utensil rest includes a main body having a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The first sidewall and the second sidewall are connected and define an edge of the main body. At least one of the first sidewall and the second sidewall have at least one utensil receiving portion formed therein. The at least one utensil receiving portion is configured to receive a utensil.

Claims (9)

1. A utensil rest, comprising:

a main body having a first sidewall and a second sidewall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall connected and defining an apex edge of the main body, each of the first sidewall and the second sidewall having a free base that is disposed opposite the apex edge, and each of the first sidewall and the second sidewall having a first side and a second side extending between the apex edge and the free base, the first sidewall and the second sidewall having a plurality of utensil receiving portions formed therein and configured to support utensils,

wherein the first sidewall has a tray disposed between the first side and the second side of the first sidewall and between the free base of the first sidewall and the apex edge of the main body, the tray including at least one side portion and a bottom portion, the at least one side portion disposed laterally inwardly from one of the first side and the second side of the first sidewall, the at least one side portion connected to and extending away from the first sidewall, the bottom portion disposed at least partly beneath the first sidewall and connected to the at least one side portion, the at least one side portion and the bottom portion defining a space configured to hold an advertisement in the first sidewall,

wherein the plurality of utensil receiving portions include a first recess and a second recess spaced apart along the apex edge of the main body, the first sidewall, and the second sidewall, each of the first recess and the second recess having a closed bottom and arranged entirely between the first side and the second side of each of the first sidewall and the second sidewall, the first recess having a first recess length that permits the first recess to receive a narrow utensil, the second recess having a second recess length that permits the second recess to receive a broad utensil, the second recess length greater than the first recess length.

2. The utensil rest of claim 1 , wherein the main body is substantially V-shaped.

3. The utensil rest of claim 1 , wherein a length of the first sidewall is greater than a length of the second sidewall.

4. The utensil rest of claim 1 , wherein the first sidewall is oriented substantially orthogonal with the second sidewall.

5. The utensil rest of claim 1 , wherein the apex edge of the main body is rounded.

6. The utensil rest of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of utensil receiving portions includes a third recess on the apex edge of the main body, the second recess disposed between the first recess and the third recess, the third recess also having the first recess length.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 6, 2014
From: IVAN MUDD LLC
To: ORIGINAL SILVERWARE REST, LLC
Reel/Frame 034177/0897 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 5, 2012
From: TARANTINO, JAY; TARANTINO, JEANINE; CAMP, WILLIAM P., JR.
To: IVAN MUDD LLC
Reel/Frame 028492/0941 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61521165 · Aug 8, 2011
Related Publication 20130037660A1 · Feb 14, 2013