Appeal No. 2004-1304
Application 08/730,625
APPENDIX
1. An improved utensil for feeding a small child,
comprising:
a handle; and
a feeding end attached to said handle, said feeding end
comprising:
a rigid base portion that is made from a first
material that has a relatively high capacity for storing and
conducting heat, and
a coating of a relatively soft non-water absorbing
plastic material provided over said rigid base portion, said
relatively soft plastic material being formulated to change color
when exposed to a substance, such as food, that is above a pre-
determined temperature that is appropriate for the comfortable
consumption of food for a small child, whereby the presence of
said base portion acts as a heat storage reservoir in order to
lengthen and delocalize the color change response of the soft
plastic material during use, thereby making the color change
response more continuous and more noticeable to the caregiver.
9. A kit for feeding infants and small children,
comprising:
a plurality of utensils, each of said utensils having a handle
and a feeding end attached to said handle, said feeding ends of
said utensils being, under unheated conditions, of different
initial colors, and wherein said materials on said feeding ends
of said utensils are, irrespective of the initial colors of the
feeding ends, formulated to change color when exposed to a sub-
stance, such as food, that is above a predetermined temperature
that is appropriate for the comfortable consumption of food for
a small child, to turn to a uniform warning color that is recog-
nizable by a user as such regardless of which utensil is in use
at a given time.
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