IP Library Granted Patent US 12,137,841
Granted Patent B2
US 12,137,841 · App. 17/894,395 · Granted Nov 12, 2024

Personal food delivery apparatus and method

Inventors: Doug Gonterman (Gulf Breeze, FL); Jessica Lineberry (Gulf Breeze, FL)
Assignee: NUMNUM, LLC
A47J43/28A47J43/288
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Patent No.
US 12,137,841
App. No.
17/894,395
Granted
Nov 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A personal food delivery apparatus and method includes a utensil with a handle end and a food end where the food end is a flat surface. A food retaining device is connected with the food end where the food retaining device retains food on the food retaining device.

Claims (10)

1. A utensil, comprising:

a rounded handle end; and

a food end consisting of an exterior edge and a first non-concave surface having interior extending arms, wherein the utensil is approximately four inches long,

wherein the food end is to enter into a person's mouth, and

wherein the interior extending arms in combination with portions of the first non-concave surface together define a food retaining edge, wherein the food retaining edge defines a hole comprising one or more projecting portions.

2. The utensil of claim 1 , wherein the food end comprises a second non-concave surface opposite the first non-concave surface and defining a second side of the exterior edge, the interior arms, the food retaining edge, and the hole.

3. The utensil of claim 1 , wherein the handle end blends into the food end.

4. The utensil of claim 1 , wherein the hole is the only hole in the utensil.

5. The utensil of claim 1 , wherein the interior extending arms comprise eight arms.

6. The utensil of claim 1 , wherein the utensil has a longitudinal axis, wherein the food end has a maximum width in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein the hole has a maximum width in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and wherein the maximum width of the hole is most of the maximum width of the food end in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2024
From: BRANDED ACQUICO NO 4, LLC; BRANDED ACQUICO NO 1, LLC; BRANDED ACQUICO NO 2, LLC; BRANDED ACQUICO NO 3, LLC; BRANDED ACQUICO NO 5, LLC; BRANDED ACQUICO NO 6, LLC; BRANDED ACQUICO NO 8, LLC; BALLSY, INC.; BUCKTHORN ONLINE LIMITED; DOFIDA LLC; FULLSTAR HOUSEWARE, LLC; HEZE LLC; HYDY, INC.; KARAKA LLC; NEW CRAFTY OPERATING COMPANY LLC; NEW VIKING REVOLUTION LLC; WILLOW INTERNATIONAL LIMITED; YELLAPRO LIMITED; NUMNUM LLC; BOKA, LLC; NEW KITCHEN OPERATING COMPANY, LLC; HEYDAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; BELEL LLC; ZITSTICKA, INC.; IRON FLASK GROUP LLC; MOONSHINE ROD COMPANY, INC.; HOME NATIVE LTD
To: GLAS USA LLC, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 069380/0771 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2023
From: GONTERMAN, DOUG; LINEBERRY, JESSICA
To: NUMNUM, LLC.
Reel/Frame 062717/0198 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15294414 · Oct 14, 2016
Continuation 13694237 · Nov 9, 2012
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