Spoonless food bowl

Abstract

A bowl with one or more indentations built into the inside surface of the bowl, enabling its user to collect pasta and other foods onto a fork and twirl it into a “ball” against one spot in the inside of the bowl without the use of a spoon, thus eliminating the need to hold a spoon in connection with the consumption of pasta or noodles and other similar foods.

1 . A bowl, including a base, a lateral surface and a rim that eliminates the need to hold a spoon in connection with the consumption of pasta or noodles or other similar foods comprising: 
 one or more indentations,    wherein said rim defines an edge of said lateral surface and said lateral surface forms a wall of said bowl; and    further wherein said indentation is formed into said lateral surface of said bowl forming a concave surface.    
   
   
       2 . The bowl of  claim 1 , wherein said bowl forms a geometric shape.  
   
   
       3 . The bowl of  claim 2 , wherein said geometric shape is spherical.  
   
   
       4 . The bowl of  claim 1 , wherein said bowl further comprises feet at said base of said bowl.  
   
   
       5 . The bowl of  claim 1 , wherein said bowl further comprises a non-slip surface at said base of said bowl.  
   
   
       6 . The bowl of  claim 1 , wherein said bowl further comprises a depth dimension and width dimension, said depth dimension being less than said width dimension.  
   
   
       7 . The bowl of  claim 6 , wherein said bowl has a depth dimension of at least one inch.  
   
   
       8 . The bowl of  claim 7 , wherein said bowl has a width dimension in a range from approximately 1 to 7 and a depth dimension in a range from approximately 7 to 1/7.  
   
   
       9 . The bowl of  claim 1 , wherein said indentation forms an opening that is approachable at an angle between ten degrees and eighty degrees from horizontal.  
   
   
       10 . The bowl of  claim 1 , wherein said indentation forms the size and shape of a spoon.  
   
   
       11 . The bowl of  claim 1 , wherein said indentation forms a circular shape.  
   
   
       12 . The bowl of  claim 1 , wherein said indentation forms an oval shape.  
   
   
       13 . A bowl, including a base, a lateral surface and a rim that eliminates the need to hold a spoon in connection with the consumption of pasta or noodles and other similar foods comprising: 
 one or more spherical contours,    wherein said rim defines an edge of said lateral surface and said lateral surface forms a wall of said bowl that is connected to said base; and    further wherein one or more of said spherical contour is formed at a point where said lateral surface is connected to said base.    
   
   
       14 . The bowl of  claim 13 , wherein said spherical contour forms the shape of a spoon.  
   
   
       15 . A bowl, including an interior surface and an exterior surface together forming a wall that eliminates the need to hold a spoon in connection with the consumption of pasta or noodles and other similar foods comprising: 
 one or more craters formed by elevated edges located upon the interior surface of said bowl,    wherein the exterior surface of said bowl forms a consistent shape and design along the entire exterior surface of said bowl.    
   
   
       16 . The bowl of  claim 15 , wherein one or more of said craters is in the shape of a spoon.