Device for retaining an item of cutlery

Abstract

With a device for the retention of an item of cutlery at the edge of an item of tableware, which has a retaining body ( 1 ) provided with a clamping mouth ( 2 ) delimited by two clamping jaws ( 4, 5 ), for the clamping of an item of cutlery, said device being capable of being supported at the edge of an item of tableware an universally applicable construction may be achieved in that the retaining body ( 1 ) can be applied loose at the edge of an item of tableware by means of a suspension device, and that the clamping mouth ( 2 ) has several clamping sections ( 2 a , 2 b, 2 c ) allocated to different thicknesses of items of cutlery.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A device for the retention of an item of cutlery at the edge of an item of tableware, which has a retaining body provided with a clasping mouth delimited by two clamping jaws, for the clamping of an item of cutlery, said device being capable of being supported at the edge of an item of tableware, whereby 
 the retaining body can be applied loose at the edge of an item of tableware by means of a suspension device, and that the clamping mouth has several clamping sections allocated to different thicknesses of items of cutlery.    
     
     
         2 . The device according to  claim 1 , whereby the clamping mouth is designed as a slot of a plate-shaped retaining body, whereby the slot has several sections adjacent to one another, with a clear width reducing from the outside to the inside.  
     
     
         3 . The device according to  claim 1 , whereby at least one clamping jaw has on the mouth side a stepped contour with clamping sections gradated against one another.  
     
     
         4 . The device according to  claim 1 , whereby at least one clamping jaw has on the mouth side a corrugated contour with engagement recesses arranged one behind another forming the clamping sections, with clear width reducing from the outside to the inside.  
     
     
         5 . The device according to  claim 1 , whereby both clamping jaws have a stepped contour and/or corrugated contour.  
     
     
         6 . The device according to  claim 1 , whereby the surface of the clamping jaws on the clamping mouth side has a surface structure which increases its roughness.  
     
     
         7 . The device according to  claim 2 , whereby the slot forming the clamping mouth is formed as a recess passing over the thickness of the plate-shaped retaining body, running from the edge inwards.  
     
     
         8 . The device according to  claim 2 , whereby the plate-shaped retaining body, in order to form the suspension device has, in the area of its underside, a slot running approximately parallel to the clamping mouth, passing from edge to edge, and/or a projecting strip.  
     
     
         9 . The device according to  claim 2 , whereby the plate-shaped retaining body is designed as a disk, which has a circumferential flattening area.  
     
     
         10 . The device according to  claim 2 , whereby the plate-shaped retaining body is designed as a disk, which has a circumferential flattening area and whereby the flattening area runs approximately parallel to the clamping mouth.  
     
     
         11 . The device according to  claim 2 , whereby the plate-shaped retaining obdy is designed as a disk, which has a circumferential flattening area and whereby the retaining body is provided for preference in the area opposite the flattening area with a decorative element designed for preference in the manner of a precious stone.  
     
     
         12 . The device according to  claim 1 , whereby the retaining body is made of plastic.