Training chopsticks including an upper chopstick having a forward end, a rearward end, an upper side, a lower side, a lateral side, and an oppositely lateral side; a lower chopstick having a forward end, a rearward end, an upper side, a lower side, a lateral side, and an oppositely lateral side; a first finger loop extending upwardly from the upper chopstick; a second finger loop extending downwardly from the upper chopstick; a third finger loop extending downwardly from the lower chopstick; a first slot attaching the first finger loop to the upper chopstick; a second slot attaching the second finger loop to the upper chopstick, the second mounting means positioning the second finger loop forwardly from the first finger loop; and a third slot attaching the third finger loop to the lower chopstick.

Training chopsticks including a lower chopstick having a longitudinal end, an oppositely longitudinal end, an upper side, a lower side, a lateral side, and an oppositely lateral side; an upper chopstick having an upper side, a lower side, a longitudinal end, an oppositely longitudinal end, a lateral side, and an oppositely lateral side; at least a first arm having proximal and distal ends, the at least first arm's proximal end being fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the lower chopstick; a longitudinally extending slide track fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the upper chopstick; and a pin fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the at least first arm's distal end, the pin operatively engaging the longitudinally extending slide track.

The reinforced structure of the composite chopsticks of the present invention is fixed in a gripping portion and a clamping portion, and mainly comprises a first tubular member, a filling portion and a second tubular member. The first tubular member is positioned in the clamping portion and has at least one first open slot; the filling portion fills in the interior of the clamping portion and the first open slot to fix the first tubular member; and the second tubular member is fixed in the interior of the gripping portion and is formed by extending one end of the first tubular member. In this way, the reinforced structure can be effectively positioned during the molding process, and the bonding force between the heterogeneous materials can be increased to enhance the strength of the clamping portion, so as to improve the product quality and to prolong the service life.

Disclosed are chopsticks for children learning, comprising: a first chopstick, a second chopstick, and a connecting assembly for connecting the first chopstick with the second chopstick, wherein the connecting assembly is provided with a connecting shaft allowing rotation of the first chopstick and the second chopstick relative to each other, and the connecting shaft is connected with a non-top portion of the first chopstick and/or the second chopstick. Therefore, it can effectively guide children to hold the chopsticks at designated positions, and the holding positions are almost the same as the positions of the fingers when actually using ordinary chopsticks. Therefore, it can effectively help children learn how to use chopsticks correctly.

The present invention relates to a process for producing a food article consisting of an edible composition having an elongated member extending therefrom, the edible composition having a water content of less than 5 wt. %. The present invention also relates an edible composition and to the of the edible composition for preparing a meal or snack.

An object disposing structure is adapted for being disposed with an object. The structure includes a main body, a character unit fixed to the main body and provided with one or more strokes, and a retaining and coupling unit disposed with the main body for retaining and coupling the object in a way that a shape of the object and the character unit are substantially and visually located on a same plane. As soon as the object is coupled with the retaining and coupling unit or after the object is coupled with the retaining and coupling unit for a predetermined period of time, the shape of the object forms a part of the at least one stroke of the character unit to result in that a semantic meaning of the character unit remains unchanged, changes, or becomes a pun, thereby creating interactive fun.

The reinforced structure of the composite chopsticks of the present invention is fixed in a gripping portion and a clamping portion, and mainly comprises a first tubular member, a filling portion and a second tubular member. The first tubular member is positioned in the clamping portion and has at least one first open slot; the filling portion fills in the interior of the clamping portion and the first open slot to fix the first tubular member; and the second tubular member is fixed in the interior of the gripping portion and is formed by extending one end of the first tubular member. In this way, the reinforced structure can be effectively positioned during the molding process, and the bonding force between the heterogeneous materials can be increased to enhance the strength of the clamping portion, so as to improve the product quality and to prolong the service life.

Chopstick buddies illustrated by various embodiments of the present disclosure are attachments to a chopstick. Chopstick buddies allow a human hand to avoid the awkward thumb pose required by the standard chopstick grip, while still being able to hold both chopsticks firmly as extensions of fingers. Chopstick buddies accomplish this without interfering with finger movements of the standard grip. As a result, users continue to enjoy benefits of the standard grip, despite not complying with the required and awkward thumb pose. These benefits include: the ability to extend tips of the chopsticks wide apart to embrace a food item, to manipulate chopsticks with dexterity, and to generate enough compression force to hold food items firmly between tips, with ease.

A piece of edible cutlery and a method to create the piece of edible cutlery is described. The piece of edible cutlery includes at least a main flour and a binder. The main flour is a wheat flour, a rice flour, a corn flour, a chickpea flour, an oat flour, and/or a millet flour. The binder facilitates gelatinization of a gelatin content in the main flour to enable the piece of edible cutlery to be formed. The binder is a rice flour, an oat flour, a soy flour, a corn flour, a chickpea flour, a tapioca starch, and/or a cassava starch. The piece of edible cutlery is a spoon, a dessert spoon, a fork, a knife, a spork, a straw, a chopstick, an ice cream stick, a coffee stirrer, a cup, a bowl, and/or a plate.

Training chopsticks are designed to guide beginners and lifelong users alike to adopt a proper chopstick grip, allowing learners to extend chopstick tips wide apart. They allow learners to focus first on mastering the twirling of chopsticks between the closed posture to the wide-open posture, based on principles of the planetary gear train, without having to simultaneously learn to secure chopsticks using the required thumb pose. Such thumb pose can be mastered later as a second step. Furthermore, a variation of training chopsticks provides an elevated thumb rest to accommodate learners suffering from anatomical limitations. As a result, a learner can wield these training chopsticks to embrace large food items with ease, manipulate these large items with dexterity and finesse in the same way she can small items, and generate enough compression force to hold all items firmly between training chopsticks.