| 摘要 |
The increasing popularity of on-premises purchase and consumption of confections, pastries and the like, and especially that of pizza pie, has created a demand for a serving implement or utensil with the aid of which articles may be manipulated for eating or other purposes, without involving contact of the hand or glove of the user and the present invention is directed to a serving implement comprising a pair of hinged leaves which may be actuated through linkage connected with hand-held actuating elements, as for grasping a portion of an article to hold it securely while it is being consumed or otherwise disposed of, the linkage being arranged to close the leaves upon an object in response to a squeezing action or contraction of the fingers against the actuating elements, while release of such contraction causes the implement's leaves to retract automatically allowing them to open and to remain open in their natural position.
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