Eating tool

Abstract

An eating tool (100) is composed of a rod-shaped member (102) which comprises a holding portion (104) and a utensil portion (108) provided at a tip of the holding portion (104) for holding or cutting food (106) to carry the food (106) into mouth, wherein the utensil portion (108) comprises a fork (110) split into two and a knife portion (114) in which a plurality of grooves (112) are formed outside one of the split portion of the fork (110).

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to an eating tool for having a meal.DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART[0002]In the past, forks and knives have been used for Western dishes and chopsticks have been used for Japanese dishes. Various shapes of chopsticks have been created (For example, Japanese Patent Publication No. JP 2006-20700 A). Further, disposable chopsticks are used for eating out or eating home. In Japan, 2.6 million pairs of disposable chopsticks are annually used and in China, 4.5 million pairs of disposable chopsticks are annually used, resulting in the consumption of 8 million pairs of disposable chopsticks that are disposed of as a large amount of wastes after use.[0003]Originally, Japanese disposable chopsticks contributed to natural environment protection. That is, the use of disposable chopsticks was good Japanese traditional culture because such disposable chopsticks were created to effectively use thinned wood and pieces of wood left from lumber...

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Benefits of technology

[0020]According to the eating tool of the present invention, a utensil portion comprises a fork and a knife portion, so that the eating tool can be used either as a fork or a knife and the eating tool can be used as chopsticks when using two pieces. Further, when the holding portion is helically shaped, it is easily possible to prevent the slippery of a hand as well as holding the holding portion having a prescribed thickness, even if the eating tool is used either as a fork or as a knife. Furthermore, according to the eating tool of the present invention, one kind of eating tool can be used for a variety of foods. For instance, regarding a course meal, one kind of eating tool can be used for the whole meal, such as appetizers, such as a soup and a salad and the like, a main course, such as a fish dish and a meat dish and the like, and desserts, such as fruits or sweets and the like.

[0021]Moreover, if the use of disposable chopsticks is reduced by the widespread of the eating tool according to the present invention, it will become possible to prevent the destruction of forests, as well as restricting the generation of about 1.2 million tons of wastes per year caused by the use of disposable chopsticks. CO2 absorption by forests can be promoted. Accordingly, it is possible to contribute to the nature preservation by using the eating tool of the present invention, resulting in support of people's movement for nature preservation.

Problems solved by technology

In Japan, 2.6 million pairs of disposable chopsticks are annually used and in China, 4.5 million pairs of disposable chopsticks are annually used, resulting in the consumption of 8 million pairs of disposable chopsticks that are disposed of as a large amount of wastes after use.

Therefore, an issue that forests of China or the like are decreasing has been raised.

On the contrary, Japan has facing the crises that man-made forests in Japan are not taken care without thinning the man-made forests, resulting in death of the forests.

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