| 摘要 |
2132325 9318693 PCTABS00025 There is provided a foldable eating utensil (10) including an elongate handle member (11) having a food-engaging blade (12) extending integrally from one end (13) thereof when operatively disposed, the blade (12) being hingedly connected about a transverse axis (16) to the inner edge (17) of a connector plate (18) of the handle member (11) extending laterally between spaced handle arms (19, 20) of the handle member which define therebetween an opening (21) to receive said blade (12) to lie coplanar with said handle member when said blade is hinged to storage disposition, the blade (12) including a longitudinally extending neck portion (22) at its hinged connection to said connector plate (18) and adapted to lie against said connector plate (18) when operatively disposed, the handle arms being foldable each about a lengthwise axis adjacent said connector plate (18), and the parts being so made and arranged that when the blade (12) has been hinged to operative disposition, said handle arms (19, 20) may be folded digitally towards each other and brought to and held in co-acting relationship in which parts of said handle member (11) engage said blade (12) at its neck portion (22) in such manner as to restrain the blade against movement away from operative disposition.
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