US Patent Issued to Kinder Cutlery on Oct. 27 for "Training cutlery having finger placement receptacles" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,056, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Kinder Cutlery LLC (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Training cutlery having finger placement receptacles" was invented by Sarah G. Kurachek (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example utensil includes a handle and a head portion. The handle includes a grip portion, a neck portion, a finger receptacle, and a finger stop. A finger receptacle is disposed on aback side of the utensil and at least partially defines a passage extending between an entry opening oriented toward a proximal end of the utensil and an exit opening oriented toward a distal end of the utensil opposite the proximal ...