Chopsticks

FIG. 1 is a top view of the chopsticks showing my new design.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a back view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a left end view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a right end view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a view showing a state of the chopsticks during use.

The broken lines in the drawings are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Number	Name	Date	Kind
426039	Mitchell	Apr 1890	A
448155	Merrill	Mar 1891	A
2711339	McGogy	Jun 1955	A
3186749	Dawes	Jun 1965	A
3239262	Rines	Mar 1966	A
3501191	Darr	Mar 1970	A
3637248	Arita	Jan 1972	A
3807781	Rollband	Apr 1974	A
3884456	Lew	May 1975	A
3937510	Lew	Feb 1976	A
4576408	Maneki	Mar 1986	A
4659128	Dong	Apr 1987	A
4721334	Nakatsu	Jan 1988	A
4787663	Laramie	Nov 1988	A
4826227	Lew	May 1989	A
4973095	Kunihisa	Nov 1990	A
5486029	Kobayashi	Jan 1996	A
D368208	Lachapelle	Mar 1996	S
5611586	Kang	Mar 1997	A
5791053	Koong	Aug 1998	A
5810411	Major	Sep 1998	A
6749239	Choi	Jun 2004	B2
7234745	Tsai	Jun 2007	B1
D578834	Do	Oct 2008	S
D657636	Carr	Apr 2012	S
20020096899	Kang	Jul 2002	A1

Number	Date	Country
S51-059374	Oct 1974	JP
S54-123178	Feb 1978	JP

Entry
Japanese Office Action, Nov. 6, 2014, Japanese Patent Application No. 2014-013525 with English translation (5 pages).
Japanese Office Action, Nov. 6, 2014, Japanese Patent Application No. 2014-013526 with English translation (3 pages).
The picure book of Health, Comfort, Nursing care and vital convenient goods 2002-2003, vol. 5, p. 83; The Design of assisting tool within the design of chopsticks with assisting tool (the JPO Design Division well-known document No. HC14045783); See concise explanation of relevance in English translated Office Action.