US Patent 10555630 Cutlery lifting and separating device with contamination prevention

A cutlery holding system and method. Each of first, second and third pieces of cutlery are on a cutlery holder surface, each of the pieces of cutlery have an operative end that includes a food eating portion at a first end, and a handle portion culminating at a second end. The cutlery holder has a height which is effective to maintain a single tangent point between the bottom surface of each piece of cutlery and the top surface of the cutlery holder, and to keep the pieces spaced from one another.