Grapefruit spoon with built-in cocktail umbrella from 1933
In 1933, Modern Mechanics magazine proposed to end the "grapefruit wars" with a spoon that had a cocktail-umbrella-like shield to protect one's eyes from errant squirts:
LinkAT LAST the grapefruit has heen conquered. The weapon employed in the conquest is an "umbrella spoon" shown at left, which automatically opens into a large shield when you gouge down into the meat of the fruit. When you raise the spoon to your mouth the shield closes.

AT LAST the grapefruit has heen conquered. The weapon employed in the conquest is an "umbrella spoon" shown at left, which automatically opens into a large shield when you gouge down into the meat of the fruit. When you raise the spoon to your mouth the shield closes.

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