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[[Image:Trongs2.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Trongs in use]]
'''Trongs''' are [[wikt:gripping|gripping]] and lifting [[tool]]s which are made up of three limbs, or finger-channels, each with teeth on the end of them. They are generally made of [[polypropylene]] and are dishwasher safe.  Trongs are designed for eating finger food such as [[buffalo wings]] and [[bbq]] ribs so that the user doesn't get their fingers messy.  They are used in pairs so that the user has one for each hand.  Trongs stand on the table like a [[tripod]] and the user is able to lift them by applying a slight inward pressure.

Trongs were invented in 2007 by Eric Zimmermann and Dan Ferrara Jr. of New York. They decided to invent a device for eating messy food while keeping fingers clean, after not being able to answer a cell phone due to sauce covered fingers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/trongs/36211/|title=Wing and Rib Eaters Finally Come Clean Thanks to New Utensil|date=26 November 2008|agency=PR Newswire|publisher=PoiDomani Marketing Products|accessdate=20 December 2009}}</ref>

The word "trong" - a [[portmanteau]] of "tri" and "[[tongs]]" - is a noun that describes the product, not the brand name.<ref>{{cite video |date = 9 October 2009 |title = Eric Zimmermann - Tech Podcast Listener & Inventor of Trongs |url = http://www.theworld.org/2009/10/09/wtp-262-moon-crash-peruvian-fog-nets-nobel-prize-in-physics-and-trongs/ |format = flash video |medium = Podcast |publisher = ''[[The World (radio program)|PRI's The World]]''|accessdate = 20 December 2009 
}}</ref>  Trongs are sold under various different brands.

==References==
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*{{cite news|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/1495005301.html?dids=1495005301:1495005301&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+15%2C+2008&author=William+Hageman&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Wings+%2B+Trongs+%3D+Clean+fingers&pqatl=google|title=Wings + Trongs = Clean fingers|last= Hageman|first=William|date= June 15, 2008|work=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=14 December 2009}}
*{{cite news|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/1480711741.html?dids=1480711741:1480711741&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+19%2C+2008&author=Christopher+Borrelli&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=5+items+coming+to++a+table+near+you&pqatl=google|title=5 items coming to a table near you|last=Borrelli|first=Christopher |date= May 19, 2008 |work=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=14 December 2009}}

==External links==
*{{official|http://www.trongs.com/}}

[[Category:Eating utensils]]

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