AnyTongs
Status: active as of 2026-09-09
Also known as: Anytongs, Anytongs, LLC
AnyTongs remains an operating product brand with a live Shopify storefront, support and returns pages, and a federal patent application listing Anytongs LLC as assignee. Availability is uneven: the current six-pack page is sold out even though the storefront and customer-support infrastructure remain live. The televised Daymond John deal is unresolved: one later report says it closed, while Shark Tank Blog reported no evidence of closing, so the tracker does not call it a completed investment.
Shark Tank appearance
Season 14, episode 13
- Appearance source
- Shark Tank US | Entrepreneur Designs AnyTongs To Make Cooking Easier pitch
- Pitch
- A device that turns ordinary eating utensils into tongs
- Ask
- $150,000 for 20%
- Offer
- $150,000 for 49% from Daymond John, as reported by secondary coverage
- Deal closed?
- Unresolved
Dated timeline
| Date | Event | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-19 | The trademark application reproduced in the research record claims first use in commerce for Anytongs by this date. | S-ANY-TM |
| 2023-09-09 | Sony Pictures Television published the official Season 14, Episode 13 AnyTongs clip. | S-ANY-VIDEO |
| 2024-09-26 | A federal patent application lists Tsogyel Samphel as inventor and Anytongs LLC as current and original assignee. | S-ANY-PATENT |
| 2026-09-09 | The official storefront, contact page and returns infrastructure remain live; the six-pack product page is currently marked sold out. | S-ANY-CURRENT-PRODUCT, S-ANY-CURRENT-CONTACT, S-ANY-CURRENT-RETURNS |
Legal and entity identity
- Legal entities
- Anytongs LLC
- Aliases
- Anytongs, Anytongs, LLC
- Successor/acquirer
- None verified
Delaware
Anytongs LLC · unresolved
Limitation: The Delaware search portal was identified, but an exact entity record was not retrieved in this pass; the federal patent and trademark records are not substitutes for a state certificate of status.
Delaware entity search portal · accessed 2026-09-09
Notable findings and disputes
- strong corroboration AnyTongs remains an operating product brand with a live storefront and support/returns channels, although at least one current product listing is sold out. [ S-ANY-CURRENT-PRODUCT, S-ANY-CURRENT-CONTACT, S-ANY-CURRENT-RETURNS ]
- verified fact Anytongs LLC is the assignee named in a federal patent application for modular grasping tongs. [ S-ANY-PATENT ]
- credible report The televised Daymond John deal is unresolved: Shark Tank Blog reported no evidence it closed, while Food Republic later reported that it did. [ S-ANY-BLOG, S-ANY-FOOD-REPUBLIC ]
- verified fact A live storefront must not be treated as proof that the Shark Tank investment closed. [ S-ANY-CURRENT-PRODUCT, S-ANY-BLOG, S-ANY-FOOD-REPUBLIC ]
What we could not verify
- The bounded Wayback query was rate-limited in this pass, so no complete archived-page diff is claimed.
- The Delaware entity's current standing and the post-show investment closing remain unresolved.
- The current six-pack being sold out does not establish that the company is closed.
Full research sources
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S-ANY-CURRENT-PRODUCT — AnyTongs — current six-pack product page
official company page
accessed 2026-09-09
Current product description, reviews, sold-out state and fulfillment language.
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S-ANY-CURRENT-CONTACT — AnyTongs — contact page
official company page
accessed 2026-09-09
Current support and wholesale contact channels.
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S-ANY-CURRENT-RETURNS — AnyTongs — returns page
official company page
accessed 2026-09-09
Current returns process and support address.
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S-ANY-PATENT — Modular grasping tongs — US20240316730A1
federal patent record
published 2024-09-26 accessed 2026-09-09
Federal record lists Anytongs LLC as assignee; Google warns legal-status labels are not legal conclusions.
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S-ANY-TM — Anytongs trademark application — serial 97122837
federal trademark filing mirror
published 2021-11-12 accessed 2026-09-09
Reproduces applicant Anytongs, LLC, Delaware organization and claimed first-use dates; direct TSDR verification remains desirable.
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S-ANY-VIDEO — AnyTongs Shark Tank clip — Sony Pictures Television
official video
published 2023-09-09 accessed 2026-09-09
SPTV provenance for S14E13.
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S-ANY-DE-REG — Delaware entity search portal
state registry portal
accessed 2026-09-09
Portal identified; exact record retrieval was blocked by the portal's interactive challenge in this pass.
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S-ANY-BLOG — AnyTongs Shark Tank update — Shark Tank Blog
secondary follow-up
published 2024-04 accessed 2026-09-09
Reports no evidence that the Daymond John deal closed as of its update.
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S-ANY-FOOD-REPUBLIC — AnyTongs — Food Republic follow-up
secondary follow-up
published 2025 accessed 2026-09-09
Later report says the deal closed; retained as conflicting coverage, not primary proof.
Status-Verification Sources
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AnyTongs — current six-pack product page
(anytongs.com)
2026
The official storefront still describes the product, customer reviews, shipping, returns and support, while the six-pack listing is currently marked Sold out.
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AnyTongs — contact page
(anytongs.com)
2026
The current site maintains general, wholesale, support and returns contact channels.
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Modular grasping tongs — US20240316730A1
(patents.google.com)
2024-09-26
The federal patent record lists Tsogyel Samphel as inventor and Anytongs LLC as current and original assignee.
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AnyTongs Shark Tank clip — Sony Pictures Television
(youtube.com)
2023-09-09
Official SPTV provenance for the Season 14, Episode 13 AnyTongs pitch.
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AnyTongs Shark Tank update — Shark Tank Blog
(sharktankblog.com)
2024-04
This secondary update says the $150,000 Daymond John deal had no evidence of closing as of its April 2024 update.
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AnyTongs — Food Republic follow-up
(foodrepublic.com)
2025
A later secondary report says Samphel and John closed their deal, creating a direct conflict that remains unresolved without a primary closing document.