ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,518, issued on May 27.
"System for interacting with food" was invented by Carter T. Malcolm (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for interacting with food includes a rigid plate with a plurality of recessed regions formed in a body portion of the plate. The recessed regions are arranged to define a shape of an object such as a vehicle or animal for appealing to a young child. One or more of the recessed regions may include a nesting region having a shape substantially matching the shape of a head portion of a utensil for use with the plate. The recessed regions may also include a dock portion that mates with and ...