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Formal Place Setting for 8 Course Dinner; ice cream fork at top of place setting
Drawing from a 1998 spork design patent
In the US, patents for sporks and proto-sporks have been issued. A combined spoon, fork, and knife closely resembling the modern spork was invented by Samuel W. Francis and issued US Patent 147,119 in February 1874.[4] Other early patents predating the modern spork include US Patent 904,553,[5] for a "cutting spoon", granted on November 24, 1908 to Harry L. McCoy and US Patent 1,044,869,[6] for a spoon with a tined edge, granted to Frank Emmenegger in November 1912. Many of these inventions predated the use of the term "spork" and thus may be considered proto-sporks. Given this significant prior art, the basic concept of combining aspects of a spoon and fork is well established; more modern patents have limited themselves to the specific implementation and appearance of the spork. These design patents do not prevent anyone from designing and manufacturing a different version of a spork. Examples of modern US design patents for sporks include patent number D247,153 issued in February 1978[7] and patent D388,664 issued in January 1998.[8]
The word spork originated in the early 20th century to describe such devices. According to a December 20, 1952 New York Times article, Hyde W. Ballard of Westtown, Pennsylvania filed an application to register "Spork" as a trademark for a combination spoon and fork made of stainless steel, although there is no longer any record of this application at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The Van Brode Milling Company subsequently registered SPORK for a combination plastic spoon, fork and knife at the USPTO on October 27, 1970, but abandoned the registration several years later. The word Spork accompanied by a stylised design is registered in the US in relation to hand tools, in the name of a UK based individual (reg. no. 2514381).
In the UK, Plastico Limited registered Spork as a trademark in relation to cutlery with effect from September 18, 1975 (reg. no. 1052291). The registration is now in the name of another company and remains in force. The trademark is also registered in the UK in relation to gardening tools in the name of the same UK based individual who owns US trademark registration no. 2514381. Another British company, Lifeventure, sells titanium and plastic versions using the name "Forkspoon".
A Japanese spork
In an unsuccessful lawsuit in 1999 where the company Regalzone sought to invalidate Plastico Limited's UK registration for Spork, Justice Neuberger wrote: "I accept that the word Spork involves a clever idea of making a single word by eliding beginning of the word spoon and the end of the word fork. The fact that it is clever and the fact that the meaning of Spork could be said to be obvious once it is explained does not mean that it is obvious what it is. Indeed, I would have thought that if one asked a person in 1975 what a Spork was, he or she would not know. If one then explained what it was and how the word came about, one might then be told that it was obvious or that it was clever."
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Four types of sporks
Materials such as stainless steel, silver, aluminum, titanium,[9] and polycarbonate plastic have been used in spork manufacture. Plastic sporks are common in prisons in the United States because they are difficult to form into weapons. Prepackaged meals may come with a disposable plastic spork. Sporks are also frequently used by backpackers and other outdoors enthusiast as they are a light weight and space saving alternative to carrying both a fork and spoon.
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Grapefruit spoon
Knork
Lusikkahaarukka (spoon-fork in Finnish)
Pastry fork
Spife
Splayd
Sporf
Runcible spoon
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^ Shepard, Helen-Marie (27 May 2002). "The splendid spork a marvel to behold". The Register Guard. http://www.articlearchives.com/travel-hospitality-tourism/restaurants-food-service/471277-1.html. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
^ Petroski, Henry (1992). The Evolution of Useful Things. Knopf. p. 135. ISBN 0679412263. http://books.google.com/books?id=zZtRAAAAMAAJ&q=terrapin&pgis=1.
^ "Terrapin Forks (1890 - 1900)". Prices 4 Antiques. http://www.prices4antiques.com/silver-gold/flatware/Terrapin-Forks-12-Sterling-Gorham-Imperial-Chrysanthemum-Pattern-Engraved-D9814231.htm.
^ U.S. Patent 147,119
^ U.S. Patent 904,553
^ U.S. Patent 1,044,869
^ U.S. Patent D247,153
^ U.S. Patent D388,664
^ ThinkGeek:, The Spork of the Gods.
D. Green & Co. (Stoke Newington) Ltd. and Plastico Ltd. v Regalzone Ltd. [2002] ETMR 241 (CA)
Gazette, US Patent and Trademark Office, August 11, 1970
Small Fry attempting to get peek at yule gifts may be caught in act (December 20, 1952). New York Times
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