Claims
- 1. An implement comprising:
a body having a proximal handle portion and a distal operational portion, the body being non-sharpenable and fabricated from a non-meltable material, and having frangible means for limiting body strength by facilitating structural failure of the body upon application thereto of a force exceeding a predetermined magnitude.
- 2. The implement of claim 1 wherein the non-meltable material is a thermoset resin.
- 3. The implement of claim 2 wherein the thermoset resin is a polymeric resin selected from the group consisting of epoxy, melamine, phenolic, urea-formaldehyde resin phenol-formaldehyde resin, polyurethane, polyimide, polyurea, butadiene polymer, silicone polymer, allyl resins and unsaturated polyesters.
- 4. The implement of claim 1 wherein the non-meltable material is a paper-containing material.
- 5. The implement of claim 1 wherein the distal operational portion supports bristles.
- 6. The implement of claim 5 wherein the implement is a toothbrush.
- 7. The implement of claim 1 wherein the distal operational portion supports a razor blade.
- 8. The implement of claim 7 wherein the implement is a shaving implement.
- 9. The implement of claim 1 wherein the implement is a writing implement.
- 10. The implement of claim 1 wherein the implement is an eating implement.
- 11. The implement of claim 1 wherein the proximal handle portion includes an outer wall portion defining an interior space.
- 12. The implement of claim 11 wherein the interior space contains particles.
- 13. The implement of claim 12 wherein the interior space is under a vacuum.
- 14. The implement of claim 11 wherein the interior space contains a fluid.
- 15. The implement of claim 14 wherein the fluid is under pressure.
- 16. The implement of claim 1 wherein the body contains particles of a filler.
- 17. The implement of claim 1 wherein the body includes a tubular spine of relatively more rigid material extending axially therethrough.
- 18. The implement of claim 17 wherein the tubular spine is fabricated from a material selected from the group consisting of fiberglass, graphite composite or paper.
- 19. The implement of claim 18 wherein the body is fabricated from soft rubber or papercontaining material.
- 20. The implement of claim 19 wherein the paper containing material is papier-mache.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of Provisional Application No. 60/385,001 filed Jun. 3, 2002, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60385001 |
Jun 2002 |
US |