Device for lifting up eating utensils

Abstract

A device for lifting up eating utensils from a support with an eating utensil region ( 1 ) wherein an eating utensil holder ( 7.1 to 7.8 ) of the eating utensil region ( 1 ) is capable of being unfolded.

1 - 37 . (canceled) 
   
   
       38 . A device for raising eating utensils off a support, comprising an eating utensil region and an eating utensil holder, wherein the eating utensil holder of the eating utensil region is provided with a fold line which allows the eating utensil holder to be folded upward in a tent shape. 
   
   
       39 . The device as claimed in  claim 38 , wherein the eating utensil holder is accommodated in a frame and, together with the latter, forms a base body. 
   
   
       40 . The device as claimed in  claim 39 , wherein the eating utensil holder is joined to the frame on at least one side via a bend line (a). 
   
   
       41 . The device as claimed in  claim 39 , wherein the eating utensil holder has integral moldings. 
   
   
       42 . The device as claimed in  claim 41 , wherein the integral moldings of the eating utensil holder are operatively connected to undercuts in the frame. 
   
   
       43 . The device as claimed in  claim 39 , wherein the eating utensil holder has latching lugs on at least one side (b, d). 
   
   
       44 . The device as claimed in  claim 43 , wherein the latching lugs of the eating utensil holder are operatively connected to latching cutouts in the frame. 
   
   
       45 . The device as claimed in  claim 44 , wherein the eating utensil holder is foldable upward step-by-step by means of a plurality of latching cutouts arranged one after another. 
   
   
       46 . The device as claimed in  claim 38 , wherein the eating utensil holder has at least one cutout for holding at least one eating utensil. 
   
   
       47 . The device as claimed in  claim 46 , wherein one edge of the folded utensil holder is operatively connected to two cutouts belonging to a crossmember. 
   
   
       48 . The device as claimed in  claim 38 , wherein the eating utensil holder has two or more stability cutouts which are operatively connected to a crossmember. 
   
   
       49 . The device as claimed in  claim 38 , wherein a drinking utensil region is joined to the eating utensil region at a joint. 
   
   
       50 . The device as claimed in  claim 49 , wherein the joint is made with a perforation. 
   
   
       51 . The device as claimed in  claim 50 , wherein at least one of the eating and drinking utensil regions has areas for textual and/or pictorial symbols. 
   
   
       52 . The device as claimed in  claim 50 , wherein the eating utensil region and the drinking utensil region are composed of a flexible material. 
   
   
       53 . A blank for the production of a device as claimed in  claim 38  comprising punch lines for the eating utensil holder capable of being folded upward are formed into a base body. 
   
   
       54 . The blank as claimed in  claim 53 , wherein the eating utensil holder is joined to a frame via a bend line. 
   
   
       55 . The blank as claimed in  claim 54 , wherein a fold line is molded into the eating utensil holder. 
   
   
       56 . The blank as claimed in  claim 55 , wherein the fold line runs approximately parallel to the bend line. 
   
   
       57 . The blank as claimed in  claim 54 , wherein the punch line (c) remote from the bend line (a) forms integral moldings which interact with undercuts. 
   
   
       58 . The blank as claimed in  claim 54 , wherein the punch line (b, d) forms lateral latching lugs which interact with latching cutouts in the frame. 
   
   
       59 . The blank as claimed in  claim 53 , wherein cutouts are molded into the eating utensil holder. 
   
   
       60 . The blank as claimed in  claim 55 , wherein the cutouts at least partly reach beyond the fold line. 
   
   
       61 . The blank as claimed in  claim 53 , wherein the eating utensil holder is formed from peripheral punch lines, in each case opposite punch lines (e, g) having a greater length than opposite punch lines (f, h). 
   
   
       62 . The blank as claimed in  claim 61 , wherein the eating utensil holder has a fold line. 
   
   
       63 . The blank as claimed in  claim 62 , wherein the eating utensil holder can be removed completely from a frame along the punch lines (e, f, g, h). 
   
   
       64 . The blank as claimed in  claim 53 , wherein at least one latching bridge is accommodated in a cutout belonging to the eating utensil holder. 
   
   
       65 . The blank as claimed in  claim 64 , wherein the latching bridge has a conical shape. 
   
   
       66 . The blank as claimed in  claim 64 , wherein the latching bridge is joined to the eating utensil holder on at least one side via a bend line (i to n). 
   
   
       67 . The blank as claimed in  claim 65 , wherein the latching bridge has teeth on at least one inner edge. 
   
   
       68 . The blank as claimed in  claim 67 , wherein the latching bridge is operatively connected to a cutout. 
   
   
       69 . The blank as claimed in  claim 64 , wherein the at least one latching bridge has the form of an item of eating utensil cutlery. 
   
   
       70 . The blank as claimed in  claim 64 , wherein the latching bridge at an end of a bend line (j) has a retaining web and a bar of different length and shape, which are configured in the shape of an arrow. 
   
   
       71 . The blank as claimed in  claim 70 , wherein one cutout has latching cutouts after the retaining web and the bar have been broken. 
   
   
       72 . The blank as claimed in  claim 64 , wherein the eating utensil holder has a slot shaped cutout for holding napkins.