EP0398273B1 - Tablettartige Tragvorrichtung für Geschirrteile - Google Patents

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EP0398273B1
EP0398273B1 EP90109172A EP90109172A EP0398273B1 EP 0398273 B1 EP0398273 B1 EP 0398273B1 EP 90109172 A EP90109172 A EP 90109172A EP 90109172 A EP90109172 A EP 90109172A EP 0398273 B1 EP0398273 B1 EP 0398273B1
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tray
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Betina Geb. Quensen Laumann
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Frauenberger & Co Mbh Kunststoff-Erzeugnisse
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G19/00—Table service
    • A47G19/02—Plates, dishes or the like
    • A47G19/06—Plates with integral holders for spoons, glasses, or the like
    • A47G19/065—Plates with integral holders for spoons, glasses, or the like with thumb holes, handles or the like enabling the user to support the plate from below

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  • the invention relates to a tray-like carrying device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Trays are used to transport dishes, for example from the kitchen to the dining table. For example, they can also be used at parties when food and drinks are to be offered.
  • GB 2 154 428 discloses a tray with a grip hole for the thumb and with a large number of recesses for holding dishes.
  • the tray has a circumferential edge flange, which has rounded recesses on the underside in order to be able to carry the tray on the forearm.
  • the tray is provided with a slot with a circular extension at the end of the slot for receiving a stemmed glass.
  • FR 2 615 086 shows a tray with a grip hole for the thumb and with a plate-like recess for direct access To accommodate food or to accommodate a disposable plate.
  • a stand is provided on the tray for a drinking glass that must be held with the thumb.
  • the known tray is only intended to be carried by hand.
  • GB 2 078 095 shows a serving tray for carrying in hand with a grip hole for the thumb and with a thumb support surface on the top of the tray. Two bowl-like depressions are provided, one of which is intended to hold a drinking glass and the other is intended to directly accommodate food.
  • the object of the present invention is to design the tray-like carrying device of the type mentioned at the outset in such a way that it is even more convenient and safe to eat food while standing.
  • the tray-like carrying device enables the convenient and safe consumption of food while standing.
  • the guest for example at a party, grabs the carrying device, slides his thumb through the grip hole, places the front thumb link on the non-slip area on the top and supports the bottom with the thumb or the back of the hand.
  • Crockery parts in particular those with dishes such as from the cold buffet, can now be placed on the carrying device.
  • a plate is placed in the recess or opening and is securely secured against slipping.
  • the guest's second hand remains free and can be used to eat with a fork or spoon. The place can be changed with the food and drinks and also be entered another room. Conversations can be held without having to put down the tray.
  • the tray-like carrying device also allows the cutlery to be placed on the plate if it is not currently needed.
  • the posture of the user of the carrying device is relaxed, since the center of gravity of the carrying device can be aligned economically by the user himself and can be supported vertically with the entire length of the forearm. This is an advantage over most previously known trays.
  • the arm posture is thus safer and more comfortable and also more variable due to the inventive design. In this way, fatigue of the arms is avoided despite the weight load. Even if, in addition to the plate, a drinking glass with a stem, in particular a wine or champagne glass, but possibly also a cognac glass or the like, is inserted, the stem protruding from the underside of the carrying device, is still only used to hold the tray-like carrying device one hand is needed so that the second remains completely free.
  • the filled glass with contents is kept non-slip on the top of the carrying device.
  • the intended handling of the carrying device is also possible for people with a relatively short forearm length without a significant restriction due to an edge recess for the crook of the arm on the side of the plate opposite the grip hole.
  • a firm grip is guaranteed by the training according to claim 2.
  • the carrier device can have approximately the shape of a painter's plate in plan view, as in claim 4 is specified.
  • a particularly elegant design is characterized by the fact that the carrying device has an oval shape.
  • the various recesses can be evenly and space-savingly distributed over the oval. While the recess for the plate is usually circular and takes up the greater part of the available space on the top of the carrying device and embosses one side of the oval in the middle, the smaller recesses for the grip hole and the drinking glass are arranged on the other side .
  • This space-saving design also ensures that particularly little material is required for the tray-like support device, which also reduces its weight.
  • the tray-like carrying device will be used in large numbers during a party. It is therefore expedient if it is designed to be stackable, as specified in claims 9 and 10. In order to be able to easily separate the carrying devices from one another during removal, it is advantageous if the underside is provided with spacer projections at at least three spaced-apart points, as stated in claim 3. This makes it easy to reach between the individual support devices and remove the top one.
  • the carrying device consists of washable plastic material.
  • the carrying device can also consist of enamelled metal. In both cases, a particularly elegant, easy-to-clean, but also durable manufacture of the carrying device is possible.
  • the tray-like carrying device essentially consists of a flat, plate-shaped, rigid plate 10 with an oval outline, an edge 11, an upper side 12, which faces the viewer in FIG. 1, and an underside 13.
  • a first circular recess in the form of an opening 21 takes up most of one side of the oval body.
  • the center of the circular opening 21 lies in the middle between the two long sides of the edge 11, adjacent to a narrow side of the oval.
  • a second recess is designed as a grip hole 22.
  • This has a long, oval shape. It runs from the top 12 to the bottom 13 of the plate 10, as shown in FIG. 3. The outline is rounded since the thumb of the user is inserted into this grip hole 22.
  • the width of the grip hole 22 therefore corresponds to the width of a human thumb. The length is such that the thumb can rest on the top 12 of the plate 10.
  • corrugations 25 are provided, which run parallel to the outline of the grip hole 22 and ensure an improved slip resistance of the thumb on the upper side 12.
  • the back of the hand of the user can be supported on the underside 13 of the plate 10, namely to the left and right of the grip hole 22 or between the grip hole 22 and the Opening 21.
  • a third recess 23 has a circular cross section and, like the grip hole 22, is also arranged on the side of the oval plate 10 facing away from the opening 21.
  • the circular cross section of the recess 23 is flared from the bottom 13 to the top 12 of the plate 10, cf. Fig. 2, in order to be able to accommodate an inverted conical drinking glass and to support it well.
  • This drinking glass with a stem can be inserted laterally through a slot 24 into the recess 23.
  • the slot 24 connects the recess 23 with the edge 11 of the plate 10.
  • the width of the slot 24 is greater than the diameter of the stem of the drinking glass.
  • the front shape of the plate 10 is formed on the narrow sides by two semicircular arches.
  • the circular opening 21 is arranged concentrically in the one semicircular arch.
  • the center point of the second semicircular arch lies approximately on the edge of the circular opening 21 facing away from the first semicircular arch.
  • the edge of the opening 21 can have an upward curvature.
  • the underside of the opening 21 can be provided with a circumferential, downwardly projecting edge 28 adjacent to the edge.
  • the material of the plate 10 can be washable plastic material or also enamelled metal. Cardboard or a disposable material could also be used for particularly simple designs.

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ES2046584T3 (es) 1994-02-01
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