Wishbone utensil.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: Cool Colorado Stuff - Brief Article

Engineer-inventor-journalist Rory F. Krieger sat down for a meal in 1996 and came away with an idea for a new product. "We were in Vegas for the Super Bowl at Benihana," he said of the meal. "The waitress walked away with my spork. All I had left was those freaking chopsticks. I was the last one to finish my meal." So the self-described "chopstick-challenged" Krieger took it upon himself to create an easy-to-use, one-piece utensil that would take chopsticks out of his hands -- forever. Four years later, Krieger's first FDA-approved, feng shul-designed Wishbone Utensils were rolling off the line at a Colorado Springs factory...