Post on Eating Utensil

Abstract

The invention consists of the addition of a post to eating utensils where the post raises the working end of the utensil above the surface on which the utensil is placed. This raising helps prevent the working end of the utensil from being contaminated by substances on a table or other planar surface.

1 . I claim addition of a post to a eating utensil:
 the post located between a working end of the utensil and a center of balance along the linear axis of the utensil;   the post serving to contact any planar surface on which the eating utensil is placed such that the post raises the working end of the eating utensil above the in order that the working end does not come into contact with the planar surface; and   the post being sized proportional to the eating utensil.   
     
     
         2 . The post of Claim I where the post is round, conical, square, rectangular, cubic, triangular, heart-shaped, diamond-shaped, or irregular. 
     
     
         3 . The post of  claim 1  where the post is attached to the underside or top side of the eating utensil. 
     
     
         4 . The post of  claim 1  where the post is about one-quarter inch from tip to the eating utensil. 
     
     
         5 . The post of  claim 1  where the post is perpendicular to the eating utensil. 
     
     
         6 . The post of  claim 1  where the post is within 30 degrees of perpendicular to the eating utensil. 
     
     
         7 . The post of  claim 1  where the eating utensil is one from the list of fork, spoon, knife, spork, and chopstick. 
     
     
         8 . The post of  claim 1  where the post is hollow and can be stacked such that the tip of the post of a first eating utensil fits inside the post of a second eating utensil underneath the first eating utensil. 
     
     
         9 . The post of  claim 1  where the post is cylindrical and attaches to the underside of the eating utensil with the center line of the cylinder lying across the eating utensil. 
     
     
         10 . The eating utensil of  claim 9  where the eating utensil has a depression across the eating utensil such that the cylindrical post of a first eating utensil fits into the depression of a second eating utensil.