US Patent Issued on March 11 for "Eating assistance device" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,242, issued on March 11.

"Eating assistance device" was invented by Leslie G. Smith (Mississauga, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eating assistance device includes a curved plate and a handle. The curved plate is sized and configured to be disposed within an oral cavity of a mouth between a cheek and adjacent teeth. The curved plate is sized and configured to follow an exterior contour of the adjacent teeth along a lateral side of the mouth. The curved plate is sized and configured to span a gap between top and bottom teeth of the adjacent teeth when a jaw within the mouth is opened to retain food items within the oral cavi...