EP0673218A1 - Mealtime aid device - Google Patents

Mealtime aid device

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EP0673218A1
EP0673218A1 EP94902007A EP94902007A EP0673218A1 EP 0673218 A1 EP0673218 A1 EP 0673218A1 EP 94902007 A EP94902007 A EP 94902007A EP 94902007 A EP94902007 A EP 94902007A EP 0673218 A1 EP0673218 A1 EP 0673218A1
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handle
meal
container
taking device
containers
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Michel Caldi
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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
    • A47G19/08—Plate-holders
    • 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 present invention relates to a meal-taking device.
  • the invention relates to a device which allows the user to hold, with one hand, preferably several containers containing various dishes and, preferably, a glass while leaving the other free hand to handle the utensils necessary for taking these dishes.
  • This device proves to be very useful also at the time of receptions where the guests are not seated, for example the vernissages, the "lunches", the buffets, but also in all the situations where the user wants to eat but the availability of a table is not possible, as well as in several public places such as station halls, trains, stadiums, cinema queues, and also quite simply in front of the television.
  • container refers to any type of object that may contain food, whatever its shape or the material of which it is composed, for example dishes, trays, cardboard plates, this list not being of course not limiting.
  • glass used below refers to any type of object that may contain liquids, whatever its shape or the material of which it is composed, such as: glass, goblet, ice cream cones, this list not being well sure not limiting.
  • the invention aims to provide a solution to all of the problems set out above, namely:
  • the device intended for taking meals comprises handle means able to be entered manually, said means extending substantially vertically, n containers intended to receive food (n> 1) and securing means for temporarily connecting said n containers substantially to the upper end of the handle means.
  • the means forming a handle define an internal recess at least open at its upper end to receive means forming glass. It can be seen that with this improved embodiment, the user has in addition to the drink contained in a glass which is suitably kept vertical by the means forming a handle. In addition, as the glass is directly introduced into the handle means, a very good holding of the glass is obtained since the user's hand holds the meal-taking device by this handle.
  • Said securing means can be produced for example in a male / female manner, that is to say that the bottom of the containers has a projection (protrusion) which fits into a housing having the same perimeter as the projection and being placed on the arms integral with the central handle; or conversely, said securing means can also be of the female / male type, that is to say that the outer bottom of the containers has a housing of identical shape to the projection which is positioned at the free end of the radiating arms; or again, said securing means may consist of rails, for example in the form of a T, placed on the arms which slide in cracks appropriate to their dimensions and which are located on the bottom of the containers. The opposite situation where the rails are placed on the bottom of the containers and the cracks on the arms can be easily envisaged. Many other means of securing these parts exist.
  • the central handle can be limited to a simple cylinder or truncated cone open at its two ends, of sufficient height to be grasped and supported by a carrying hand and, preferably, provided with a vertical slot allowing to pass inside the foot of a cup and to house it thanks to the support of the cup on the upper edge of the handle.
  • this slot gives the handle a certain elasticity which allows the cup to be clamped when such a container is used.
  • the upper edge has circularly, and except of course where the slot is placed, an extension of its material going from the periphery outwards, like a crown, perpendicular to its walls, so that this extension of material may contain in its alveoli other containers containing food and which are embedded in these alveoli.
  • This extension of material substantially perpendicular to the walls of the central handle can also contain either projections predisposed to receive a housing placed on the bottom of the container, or housings or openings to receive prominent parts placed on the bottom of containers containing food and thus attach to the central receptacle.
  • This embodiment can be carried out, in addition to techniques adapted to plastics, by stamping metals as is practiced for the manufacture of cans.
  • the central handle is a truncated cone open at its upper and lower ends. It is preferably provided with a vertical slit giving it an opening from the top to the bottom and which allows it to support a cut, because it is possible to pass the foot of the cut through this slit which also allows it to have a little flexibility to better hold the cup housed in this receptacle.
  • This receptacle is provided on its upper edge with vertical tabs intended to be inserted in notches which are provided on the edge of the container placed on the face intended to rest on the side of the receptacle, so that the fixing of the container to the receptacle is ensured by the engagement of these tabs in the notches and by the support of this same side of the container on the wall of the receptacle.
  • the container which is the subject of this embodiment, as well as all the containers described in the present text, can have any suitable shape. It is desirable that the side intended to rest on the receptacle have a wall which matches the shape of the receptacle in the part where it touches it. Consequently, the gravitational force caused by the container containing the food is preferably countered either by the support of these two walls against each other, or by the latch / notch engagement system which also retains the container through leverage.
  • the side of the container intended to be positioned against the receptacle may have an inclination contrary to the inclination necessary to have the conical shape of the walls. It is therefore recommended to give a corresponding inclination to the other wall of the container so that the containers are nestable.
  • the attachment of the container to the receptacle can be done in reverse.
  • the vertical legs directed downwards are located on the edge of the face of the container which bears against the receptacle and engage in notches located on the arms of the upper edge of the handle.
  • the central receptacle forming the handle is designed, in its upper part, with a shape such that the perimeter has, in certain places where it is desired to fix a container, a protuberance which exactly matches a concavity of the perimeter of the container, located, of course, on the wall of the container intended to rest on the receptacle.
  • the container is fixed to the receptacle by sliding the concave part of the receptacle in the protuberance of the upper wall of the receptacle. This sliding of the concavity of the container in the protuberance of the receptacle stops when the small edge which goes around the perimeter of the container comes to bear on the upper edge of the receptacle.
  • This embodiment can also be designed in reverse.
  • the protuberance is located on the wall of the container intended to rest against the receptacle and the concavity is located on the perimeter of the upper edge of the receptacle.
  • the top of the receptacle, and in particular the upper part on which the receptacles rest may have a shape different from the lower part where the hand grips the receptacle, which will be substantially conical. All imaginable shapes can be adapted to the receptacles as well as to the means of securing, because the concavities and the protuberances can have various shapes provided that the protuberance is partially surrounded by the concavity so as to be retained by it in the manner of 'a slide in a slide.
  • the device intended for taking meals consists of a container intended to receive other removable containers and provided with a bottom and, in certain cases, with a side wall and gripping means forming handle, the gripping means extending substantially perpendicular to said bottom, substantially from the center of said bottom, the length of said gripping means being sufficient to allow them to be grasped manually.
  • the bottom has a central portion projecting inside said container defining an external housing and the gripping means consist of an extension of said bottom projecting from the external face of said central portion and entirely housed in said external housing.
  • the means for gripping the container form an integral part of the latter and are located substantially in the middle of the external face of its bottom.
  • the bottom extends from the periphery towards the center gradually rising towards the middle in a conical manner, so that the handle, while being of sufficient length to be graspable, preferably does not exceed the part the lower from the bottom of the container, to allow it, among other things, autonomous stability on a flat surface.
  • This advantageously results in the open upper part of the handle having an opening of diameter allowing it to receive a cup or a glass.
  • the bottom of this container can be provided with partitions limiting cells allowing the accommodation of other removable containers which can be secured to the container by means of attachment of the male / female type or vice versa or simply placed in these cells.
  • the handle means may have the shape of a truncated cone open at its upper end and closed at its lower end.
  • the slot in the side wall extends into the bottom of the handle along a radius of the bottom. This slit extends beyond the center of the bottom. The foot of the glass is thus held in the slot in the bottom of the handle.
  • the handle means consist of a beverage can of substantially cylindrical shape.
  • extensions of its material preferably in the form of vertical tabs intended to be inserted in notches which are provided on the edge of the container placed on the face intended to rest on the side of the beverage can, so that the fixing of the container on the beverage can is ensured by the engagement of these tabs in the notches and by the support of this same side of the container on the wall of the beverage can.
  • the stability of the container, thus hooked to the drink box, is obtained by pressing against the drink box of the wall of the container where the notch is provided.
  • Said wall will, on this occasion, have a rounded shape with a concave curvature of the same dimension of the convex curvature of the beverage can to allow, thanks to the embedding of the volumes, better stability.
  • no modification is necessary on the beverage can because the fixing of the container to the can is done by clipping the space created between the edge of the container and the tab placed on the edge of the container and which is substantially parallel to the wall of the container intended to bear against the wall of the box on the edge of the upper end of the box in the manner of a rail.
  • This method of fixing the containers to the handle can also be used with the first mode of implementation.
  • the stability of the container is obtained by pressing against the beverage can of the wall of the container where the tongue is provided.
  • Said wall will take, on this occasion, a rounded shape with a concave curvature substantially of the same dimension as the convex curvature of the beverage can to allow, thanks to the embedding of the volumes, better stability.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the device, similar to that of Figure 1 but provided with a vertical slot which allows it to accommodate a cup-shaped glass, passing the foot of the glass in this vertical slot;
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a second embodiment
  • FIG. 4 illustrates in exploded perspective a third embodiment of the securing means
  • FIG. 5 is a top view of the embodiment of Figure 4, the device being assembled
  • FIG. 6 illustrates in exploded perspective another embodiment of the device
  • FIG. 7 shows in perspective another embodiment of the food presentation device
  • FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the device according to a first embodiment of the second embodiment where the elements are not yet secured;
  • - Figure 10 is a perspective view of the device according to a second embodiment of the second embodiment, where a container, the one on the right, is secured to the beverage can and the other container is not ;
  • - Figure 11 is a cross-sectional view of the second embodiment;
  • FIG. 12 is a top view of the second embodiment.
  • FIG. 13 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the principle of the invention.
  • the meal-taking device consists of a handle 10 which preferably defines a housing 12 for receiving a glass 14, several containers 16 containing food and fastening means 18 between the handle 10 and the removable containers 16.
  • the handle 10 is of slightly frustoconical shape. Its lower end 20 is closed while its upper end 22 is open.
  • the attachment means consist of radiating arms 24 secured to the upper edge of the handle 10. At their free end 26, the arms are provided with a recess 28 capable of cooperate with a corresponding projecting part 30 provided in the bottom of the containers 16.
  • the arms 24 form only one piece with the handle 10 and they are defined to ensure a rigid connection between the handle 10 and the removable containers 16
  • the connecting device between the handle 10 'and the containers of Figure 1 The difference consists in the shape of the handle 10'. It is open at its two ends 22 and 20 '.
  • its frustoconical wall preferably has a longitudinal slot 32 extending over its entire length. The slot 32 has a width sufficient to allow the foot 34 of a glass 36 to pass. The glass itself is in abutment on the upper edge of the handle and the base of the foot is outside the handle.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates another embodiment where the upper edge of the handle has, circularly, except where the slot 32 is placed, an extension 40 of its material going from the circumference outwards perpendicularly to its wall.
  • These material extensions which could be flat and contain securing means such as notches, hooks, rails, projections or the like, are in this example advantageously hollowed out in certain places 42 to receive receptacles 44 which have a bottom whose shape is adapted to these hollows.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate an embodiment in which the handle 50 has the same shape as in FIG. 2 and has a longitudinal slot 52.
  • the upper edge 54 of the handle is provided with vertical hooking lugs 56 regularly distributed over its periphery in a number equal to that of the containers 58 to be joined.
  • Each container 58 has a wall portion 60 which can follow the external shape of the handle 50. It also has a flange 62 projecting from the container 58. This flange is provided with a slot 64 into which one of the tabs of 'attachment 56. To secure the container 58, it suffices to engage the tab 56 in the slot 64.
  • the surface 60 comes to bear on the external wall of the handle 50.
  • Figure 5 shows three containers 58a, 58b and 58c fixed on the handle 50.
  • the containers 58a, 58b, 58c can consist of cans or other closed container containing already cooked food. These containers must have the hanging slots.
  • the container comprises, in addition to the extension comprising the slot, a second lower extension which comes to bear on the external wall of the handle.
  • Figure 6 shows a variant of the embodiment of Figures 4 and 5.
  • the handle 70 comprises, near its upper edge 72, prominent hooking pieces 74 which extend radially out of the handle. These parts are for example in the form of a dovetail.
  • Each receptacle to be joined 76 presented at its joining end with a recess 78 which has a shape combined with that of the hooking pieces 74.
  • the hooking pieces 74 and the recesses 78 have a length sufficient to ensure a support allowing a stable joining containers on the handle.
  • the container 76 has an external rim 80.
  • the rim 80 by pressing on the upper free edge 72 of the handle 70 ensures the immobilization of the containers in the vertical direction.
  • it could be provided that it is the container which presents the attachment part and that it is the handle which presents the recesses of conjugate shape.
  • FIG. 7 shows another embodiment in which the upper edge 90 of the handle 92 is connected to a part of revolution 94 serving to secure the removable containers 93.
  • This part 94 has the shape of a crown defined by a first conical surface 96 connected to a second conical surface 98 in the opposite direction. These two conical surfaces define, above them, an annular space 100 capable of receiving the containers 93.
  • the handle 92 is defined by a frustoconical side wall and a bottom, the cavity thus produced being capable of receiving a cup.
  • the annular space may include radial partitions defining cells for receiving each container.
  • the underside of the conical surface 96 defines an annular space 102 surrounding the handle 92. This space allows the engagement of the hand around the handle 92.
  • the piece 94 can be completed by a cylindrical skirt 104 connected to the conical surface 98.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates a variant of the embodiment of FIG. 3. It differs therefrom by the embodiment of the means forming a handle.
  • the handle 110 is in the form of a truncated cone. It is open at its upper end 112 but closed by a bottom 114 at its lower end.
  • the slot 116 formed in the side wall of the handle is extended by a radial slot 118 formed in the bottom 114.
  • the slot 118 ends in a circular opening 120 disposed substantially in the center of the circular bottom 114 and capable of allowing passage the bottom of the glass. It goes without saying that this embodiment of the handle could be used in the embodiments of FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 6.
  • receptacles are fixed, for example in the form of a ring, in which the gripping means supporting these receptacles can be fitted.
  • the motorist or his passengers will have available in the vehicle the meal-taking device which can therefore be fixed independently and removably for consumption in the vehicle or to be transported temporarily without the need for a hand to be occupied. this task.
  • the handle means are shaped to be able to be introduced into the support means such as a ring.
  • FIG. 9 shows the principle of the invention according to a first embodiment of the second embodiment.
  • the meal-taking device is made up of handle means 210, constituted by a generally cylindrical beverage can, provided on the circular edge of its upper end with fastening means, represented in this figure by tabs.
  • vertical attachment 212 regularly distributed over its periphery in a number equal to that of the containers 214 to be joined.
  • Each container 14 has a wall portion 216 which can match the external shape of the handle 210. It also has a rim 218 projecting from the container 214. This rim is provided with a slot 220 into which one of the tabs of 'hooking 212. To secure the container 214, it suffices to engage the lug 212 in the slot 220.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates an embodiment in which the means for securing do not require any modification of the beverage can 222.
  • the latter has, on the perimeter of its upper end 224, an edge 226 projecting vertically out of the plane 224.
  • Each container 228 has a wall portion 230 which can match the external shape of the handle 222.
  • Each container 228 also has a rim 232 which projects substantially parallel to the upper part of the wall 230 and is directed downwards.
  • the containers may have angles at the center of different value, the sum of the angles at the center possibly being equal to 360 * .
  • FIG. 11 shows, in a cross-sectional view, a container 234 secured to the handle means 236, according to this second embodiment, where we partially see the rim 238 of the container which, like a slide, is engaged on its rail shown by the edge 240 of the upper end of the handle means.
  • FIG. 12 shows, in top view, four containers 228a,
  • FIG. 13 illustrates in perspective a variant in which the securing means 242 develop all around the upper part of the beverage can 244.
  • the securing means and the handle means are secured by simple interlocking a cylindrical sheath 246 in the handle means 244.
  • the upper end of the sheath is preferably bordered by a circular rim 248 which fits on the edge of the upper end of the handle means as on a rail. But this embedding on the edge is not a necessity when the shape of the sheath is designed to follow the horizontal curve defined in the upper part of the wall of the beverage can placed just below the upper end.
  • each container must be determined to leave free a height H of the side wall of the beverage container sufficient to allow it to be grasped despite the presence of the containers.

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A mealtime aid device including a portion (70') forming a handle and a number of containers (e.g. 76) joined to the upper end of the handle by releasable securing portions (74, 78).

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DISPOSITIF DE PRISE DE REPAS MEAL DEVICE
La présente invention a pour objet un dispositif de prise de repas.The present invention relates to a meal-taking device.
De façon plus précise, l'invention concerne un dispositif qui permet à l'utilisateur de maintenir, à l'aide d'une seule main, de préférence plusieurs récipients contenant divers mets et, de préférence, un verre tout en laissant l'autre main libre pour manipuler les ustensiles nécessaires à la prise de ces mets.More specifically, the invention relates to a device which allows the user to hold, with one hand, preferably several containers containing various dishes and, preferably, a glass while leaving the other free hand to handle the utensils necessary for taking these dishes.
Ce dispositif se révèle très utile aussi à l'occasion de réceptions où les convives ne sont pas attablés, par exemple les vernissages, les "lunchs", les buffets, mais aussi dans toutes les situations où l'utilisateur veut s'alimenter mais la disponibilité d'une table n'est pas possible, ainsi que dans plusieurs lieux publics comme les halls de gare, les trains, les stades, les files d'attente des cinémas, et aussi tout simplement devant la télévision.This device proves to be very useful also at the time of receptions where the guests are not seated, for example the vernissages, the "lunches", the buffets, but also in all the situations where the user wants to eat but the availability of a table is not possible, as well as in several public places such as station halls, trains, stadiums, cinema queues, and also quite simply in front of the television.
Le terme "récipient" utilisé ci-après fait référence à tout type d'objet pouvant contenir des aliments, quels que soient sa forme ou le matériau dont il est composé, par exemple plats, barquettes, assiettes en carton, cette liste n'étant bien sûr pas limitative. Le terme "verre" utilisé ci-après fait référence à tout type d'objet pouvant contenir des liquides, quels que soient sa forme ou le matériau dont il est composé comme: verre, gobelet, cônes à glaces, cette liste n'étant bien sûr pas limitative.The term "container" used below refers to any type of object that may contain food, whatever its shape or the material of which it is composed, for example dishes, trays, cardboard plates, this list not being of course not limiting. The term "glass" used below refers to any type of object that may contain liquids, whatever its shape or the material of which it is composed, such as: glass, goblet, ice cream cones, this list not being well sure not limiting.
Plusieurs types de récipients, assiettes, barquettes, plateaux- repas en carton alimentaire ou en plastique existent déjà sur le marché.Several types of containers, plates, trays, meal trays made of food cardboard or plastic already exist on the market.
Il est vrai que tous peuvent contenir de la nourriture et certains peuvent être utilisés avec un verre ou gobelet pour manger debout ou assis sans une table.It is true that all can contain food and some can be used with a glass or goblet to eat standing or sitting without a table.
Ces solutions qui apportent quelques avantages à la consommation de repas en position non attablée, comme une meilleure prise sur l'assiette ou encore la possibilité de loger ou fixer un verre sur l'assiette, ont néanmoins des inconvénients constants qu'on retrouve dans chaque solution, à savoir:These solutions which bring some advantages to the consumption of meals in a non-seated position, such as a better grip on the plate or the possibility of accommodating or fixing a glass on the plate, nevertheless have constant drawbacks that are found in each solution, namely:
- la transmission de chaleur à la main qui tient le récipient, lorsqu'on consomme des mets chauds ;- the transmission of heat to the hand holding the container, when hot food is consumed;
- la stabilité très précaire du verre quand il est simplement posé sur l'assiette (problème de barycentre surélevé) même si son pied est encerclé par un alvéole ;- the very precarious stability of the glass when it is simply placed on the plate (problem of raised barycenter) even if its foot is surrounded by a cell;
- le déséquilibre de l'assiette provoqué par une masse et un poids importants, tel qu'un verre plein, qui se trouvent sur sa périphérie ;- the imbalance of the plate caused by a large mass and weight, such as a full glass, which are on its periphery;
miU£ DE REMPLACEMENT (REG E 2$) - l'impossibilité enfin de remettre en température ou de cuire ensemble des aliments variés nécessitant des temps différents de cuisson ou de remise en température et d'autres qui ne nécessitent pas de remise en température ou cuisson comme les desserts. L'invention vise à apporter une solution à l'ensemble des problèmes énoncés ci-dessus, à savoir:REPLACEMENT miU £ (REG E $ 2) - finally, the impossibility of reheating or cooking together various foods requiring different cooking or reheating times and others which do not require reheating or baking such as desserts. The invention aims to provide a solution to all of the problems set out above, namely:
- permettre de supporter en même temps et par une seule main plusieurs récipients et de préférence un verre ou un conteneur de boisson tout en laissant la deuxième main libre pour porter les aliments à la bouche ou pour boire ;- allow to support at the same time and with one hand several containers and preferably a glass or a container of drink while leaving the second hand free to bring food to the mouth or to drink;
- éviter la transmission de chaleur entre les récipients chauds et la main porteuse ;- avoid heat transmission between hot containers and the carrying hand;
- donner une complète autonomie à chaque aliment, soit par rapport aux contraintes de cuisson ou de remise en température soit par rapport à la liberté de choix du consommateur, qui peut ainsi composer son menu en choisissant des barquettes autonomes ;- give complete autonomy to each food, either in relation to the constraints of cooking or reheating or in relation to the freedom of choice of the consumer, who can thus compose his menu by choosing autonomous trays;
- améliorer, par conséquent, la restauration effectuée hors des établissements appropriés.- consequently, improving the catering carried out outside of the appropriate establishments.
Pour atteindre ce but, le dispositif destiné à la prise de repas, selon l'invention, comprend des moyens formant poignée aptes à être saisis manuellement, lesdits moyens s'étendant sensiblement verticalement, n récipients destinés à recevoir des aliments (n > 1) et des moyens de solidarisation pour relier de façon temporaire lesdits n récipients sensiblement à l'extrémité supérieure des moyens formant poignée.To achieve this aim, the device intended for taking meals, according to the invention, comprises handle means able to be entered manually, said means extending substantially vertically, n containers intended to receive food (n> 1) and securing means for temporarily connecting said n containers substantially to the upper end of the handle means.
On comprend qu'ainsi les récipients correspondant aux mets choisis peuvent être simultanément tenus d'une main tout en ayant l'autre main disponible pour saisir les mets.It is understood that thus the containers corresponding to the chosen dishes can be simultaneously held with one hand while having the other hand available to grasp the dishes.
Selon un premier mode de mise en oeuvre, les moyens formant poignée définissent un évidement interne au moins ouvert à son extrémité supérieure pour recevoir des moyens formant verre. On voit qu'avec ce mode de réalisation perfectionné l'utilisateur dispose en plus de la boisson contenue dans un verre qui est maintenu vertical de façon convenable par les moyens formant poignée. De plus, comme le verre est directement introduit dans les moyens formant poignée, on obtient un très bon maintien du verre puisque la main de l'utilisateur tient le dispositif de prise de repas par cette poignée.According to a first embodiment, the means forming a handle define an internal recess at least open at its upper end to receive means forming glass. It can be seen that with this improved embodiment, the user has in addition to the drink contained in a glass which is suitably kept vertical by the means forming a handle. In addition, as the glass is directly introduced into the handle means, a very good holding of the glass is obtained since the user's hand holds the meal-taking device by this handle.
Lesdits moyens de solidarisation peuvent être réalisés par exemple de façon mâle/femelle, c'est à dire que le fond des récipients présente une saillie (protubérance) qui s'encastre dans un logement ayant le même périmètre que la saillie et étant placé sur les bras solidaires de la poignée centrale ; soit à l'inverse, lesdits moyens de solidarisation peuvent aussi être du type femelle/mâle, c'est-à-dire que le fond extérieur des récipients possède un logement de forme identique à la saillie qui est positionnée à l'extrémité libre des bras rayonnants ; ou encore, lesdits moyens de solidarisation peuvent être constitués par des rails, par exemple en forme de T, placés sur les bras qui glissent dans des fissures appropriées à leurs dimensions et qui se trouvent sur le fond des récipients. La situation contraire où les rails seraient placés sur le fonds des récipients et les fissures sur les bras peut être aisément envisagée. Beaucoup d'autres moyens de solidarisation de ces pièces existent.Said securing means can be produced for example in a male / female manner, that is to say that the bottom of the containers has a projection (protrusion) which fits into a housing having the same perimeter as the projection and being placed on the arms integral with the central handle; or conversely, said securing means can also be of the female / male type, that is to say that the outer bottom of the containers has a housing of identical shape to the projection which is positioned at the free end of the radiating arms; or again, said securing means may consist of rails, for example in the form of a T, placed on the arms which slide in cracks appropriate to their dimensions and which are located on the bottom of the containers. The opposite situation where the rails are placed on the bottom of the containers and the cracks on the arms can be easily envisaged. Many other means of securing these parts exist.
Selon un autre mode de réalisation, la poignée centrale peut se limiter à un simple cylindre ou tronc de cône ouvert à ses deux extrémités, de hauteur suffisante pour être empoigné et soutenu par une main porteuse et, de préférence, pourvu d'une fente verticale permettant de passer à l'intérieur le pied d'une coupe et de loger cette dernière grâce à l'appui de la coupe sur le bord supérieur de la poignée. En outre, cette fente confère à la poignée une certaine élasticité qui permet le serrage du gobelet lorsqu'un tel récipient est utilisé. Le bord supérieur a circulairement, et sauf bien entendu à l'endroit où la fente est placée, une extension de sa matière allant de la périphérie vers l'extérieur, comme une couronne, perpendiculairement à ses parois, de sorte que cette extension de matière puisse contenir dans ses alvéoles d'autres récipients contenants de la nourriture et qui s'encastrent dans ces alvéoles. Cette extension de matière sensiblement perpendiculaire aux parois de la poignée centrale peut aussi contenir soit des saillies prédisposées pour recevoir un logement placé sur le fond du récipient, soit des logements ou des ouvertures pour recevoir des parties proéminantes placées sur le fond des récipients contenant de la nourriture et qui se fixent ainsi au réceptacle central. Ce mode de réalisation peut être réalisé, outre par des techniques adaptées aux matières plastiques, par l'emboutissage de métaux comme il est pratiqué pour la fabrication des boîtes de conserve.According to another embodiment, the central handle can be limited to a simple cylinder or truncated cone open at its two ends, of sufficient height to be grasped and supported by a carrying hand and, preferably, provided with a vertical slot allowing to pass inside the foot of a cup and to house it thanks to the support of the cup on the upper edge of the handle. In addition, this slot gives the handle a certain elasticity which allows the cup to be clamped when such a container is used. The upper edge has circularly, and except of course where the slot is placed, an extension of its material going from the periphery outwards, like a crown, perpendicular to its walls, so that this extension of material may contain in its alveoli other containers containing food and which are embedded in these alveoli. This extension of material substantially perpendicular to the walls of the central handle can also contain either projections predisposed to receive a housing placed on the bottom of the container, or housings or openings to receive prominent parts placed on the bottom of containers containing food and thus attach to the central receptacle. This embodiment can be carried out, in addition to techniques adapted to plastics, by stamping metals as is practiced for the manufacture of cans.
Selon un troisième mode de réalisation, la poignée centrale est un tronc de cône ouvert à ses extrémités supérieure et inférieure. Elle est pourvue de préférence d'une fente verticale lui donnant une ouverture du haut vers le bas et qui lui permet de supporter une coupe, car il est possible de passer le pied de la coupe à travers cette fente qui lui permet aussi d'avoir un peu de flexibilité pour mieux tenir la coupe logés dans ce réceptacle. Ce réceptacle est pourvu sur son bord supérieur de pattes verticales destinées à s'insérer dans des encoches qui sont prévues sur le bord du récipient placé sur la face destiné à s'appuyer sur le côté du réceptacle, de façon que la fixation du récipient au réceptacle soit assurée par l'enclenchement de ces pattes dans les encoches et par l'appui de ce même côté du récipient sur la paroi du réceptacle. Le récipient objet du présent mode d'exécution, ainsi que tous les récipients décrits dans le présent texte, peut avoir toutes les formes convenables. Il est souhaitable que le côté destiné à s'appuyer sur le réceptacle ait une paroi qui épouse la forme du réceptacle dans la partie où il le touche. Par conséquent, la force de gravité provoquée par le récipient contenant les aliments est de préférence contrée soit par l'appui de ces deux parois l'une contre l'autre, soit par le système d'enclenchement pattes/encoches qui lui aussi retient le récipient grâce à un effet de levier.According to a third embodiment, the central handle is a truncated cone open at its upper and lower ends. It is preferably provided with a vertical slit giving it an opening from the top to the bottom and which allows it to support a cut, because it is possible to pass the foot of the cut through this slit which also allows it to have a little flexibility to better hold the cup housed in this receptacle. This receptacle is provided on its upper edge with vertical tabs intended to be inserted in notches which are provided on the edge of the container placed on the face intended to rest on the side of the receptacle, so that the fixing of the container to the receptacle is ensured by the engagement of these tabs in the notches and by the support of this same side of the container on the wall of the receptacle. The container which is the subject of this embodiment, as well as all the containers described in the present text, can have any suitable shape. It is desirable that the side intended to rest on the receptacle have a wall which matches the shape of the receptacle in the part where it touches it. Consequently, the gravitational force caused by the container containing the food is preferably countered either by the support of these two walls against each other, or by the latch / notch engagement system which also retains the container through leverage.
Dans ce dernier mode de réalisation le côté du récipient destiné à être positionné contre le réceptacle peut avoir une inclinaison contraire à l'inclinaison nécessaire pour avoir la forme conique des parois. Il est donc recommandé de donner une inclinaison correspondante à l'autre paroi du récipient afin que les récipients soient emboîtables. Bien entendu, dans ce mode de réalisation, ainsi que dans les autres, la fixation du récipient au réceptacle peut se faire de manière inverse. Les pattes verticales dirigées vers le bas sont situées sur le bord de la face du récipient qui s'appuie contre le réceptacle et s'enclenchent dans des encoches situées sur bras du bord supérieur de la poignée.In this latter embodiment, the side of the container intended to be positioned against the receptacle may have an inclination contrary to the inclination necessary to have the conical shape of the walls. It is therefore recommended to give a corresponding inclination to the other wall of the container so that the containers are nestable. Of course, in this embodiment, as in the others, the attachment of the container to the receptacle can be done in reverse. The vertical legs directed downwards are located on the edge of the face of the container which bears against the receptacle and engage in notches located on the arms of the upper edge of the handle.
Selon un autre mode de réalisation, le réceptacle central formant la poignée est conçu, dans sa partie supérieure, avec une forme telle que le périmètre présente, dans certains endroits où on veut fixer un récipient, une protubérance qui épouse exactement une concavité du périmètre du récipient, située, bien entendu, sur la paroi du récipient destinée à s'appuyer sur le réceptacle. La fixation du récipient au réceptacle se fait en faisant glisser la partie concave du récipient dans la protubérance de la paroi supérieure du réceptacle. Ce glissement de la concavité du récipient dans la protubérance du réceptacle s'arrête lorsque le petit bord qui contourne le périmètre du récipient arrive en appui sur le bord supérieur du réceptacle. Ce mode de réalisation peut être aussi conçu de manière inverse. La protubérance est située sur la paroi du récipient destinée à s'appuyer contre le réceptacle et la concavité se trouve sur le périmètre du bord supérieur du réceptacle. Dans le cas présent, le haut du réceptacle, et notamment la partie supérieure sur laquelle les récipients s'appuient, peut avoir une forme différente de la partie inférieure où la main empoigne le réceptacle, qui elle sera sensiblement conique. Toutes les formes imaginables peuvent être adaptées aux récipients ainsi qu'aux moyens de solidarisation, car les concavités et les protubérances peuvent avoir des formes variées pourvu que la protubérance soit en partie encerclée par la concavité de façon à être retenue par elle à la manière d'un coulisseau dans une glissière. Selon un cinquième mode de réalisation le dispositif destiné à la prise de repas est constitué par un récipient destiné à recevoir d'autres récipients amovibles et muni d'un fond et, dans certains cas, d'une paroi latérale et de moyens de préhension formant poignée, les moyens de préhension s'étendant sensiblement perpendiculairement audit fond, sensiblement à partir du centre dudit fond, la longueur desdits moyens de préhension étant suffisante pour permettre de les saisir manuellement. Le fond comporte une portion centrale en saillie à l'intérieur dudit récipient définissant un logement externe et les moyens de préhension consistent en une extension dudit fond faisant saillie hors de la face externe de ladite portion centrale et logée entièrement dans ledit logement externe.According to another embodiment, the central receptacle forming the handle is designed, in its upper part, with a shape such that the perimeter has, in certain places where it is desired to fix a container, a protuberance which exactly matches a concavity of the perimeter of the container, located, of course, on the wall of the container intended to rest on the receptacle. The container is fixed to the receptacle by sliding the concave part of the receptacle in the protuberance of the upper wall of the receptacle. This sliding of the concavity of the container in the protuberance of the receptacle stops when the small edge which goes around the perimeter of the container comes to bear on the upper edge of the receptacle. This embodiment can also be designed in reverse. The protuberance is located on the wall of the container intended to rest against the receptacle and the concavity is located on the perimeter of the upper edge of the receptacle. In the present case, the top of the receptacle, and in particular the upper part on which the receptacles rest, may have a shape different from the lower part where the hand grips the receptacle, which will be substantially conical. All imaginable shapes can be adapted to the receptacles as well as to the means of securing, because the concavities and the protuberances can have various shapes provided that the protuberance is partially surrounded by the concavity so as to be retained by it in the manner of 'a slide in a slide. According to a fifth embodiment, the device intended for taking meals consists of a container intended to receive other removable containers and provided with a bottom and, in certain cases, with a side wall and gripping means forming handle, the gripping means extending substantially perpendicular to said bottom, substantially from the center of said bottom, the length of said gripping means being sufficient to allow them to be grasped manually. The bottom has a central portion projecting inside said container defining an external housing and the gripping means consist of an extension of said bottom projecting from the external face of said central portion and entirely housed in said external housing.
Dans ce cas, les moyens de préhension du récipient font partie intégrante de ce dernier et sont situés sensiblement au milieu de la face extérieure de son fond. De préférence, le fond s'étend de la périphérie vers le centre en remontant graduellement vers le milieu de façon conique, de sorte que la poignée, tout en étant de longueur suffisante pour être empoignable, ne dépasse pas, de préférence, la partie la plus basse du fond du récipient, pour permettre à celui-ci, entre autres, une stabilité autonome sur une surface plane. Il en résulte avantageusement que la partie supérieure ouverte de la poignée présente une ouverture de diamètre lui permettant de recevoir un gobelet ou un verre.In this case, the means for gripping the container form an integral part of the latter and are located substantially in the middle of the external face of its bottom. Preferably, the bottom extends from the periphery towards the center gradually rising towards the middle in a conical manner, so that the handle, while being of sufficient length to be graspable, preferably does not exceed the part the lower from the bottom of the container, to allow it, among other things, autonomous stability on a flat surface. This advantageously results in the open upper part of the handle having an opening of diameter allowing it to receive a cup or a glass.
Le fond de ce récipient peut être pourvu de séparations limitant des alvéoles permettant le logement des autres récipients amovibles qui peuvent être solidarisés au récipient par des moyens de solidarisation du type mâle/femelle ou vice-versa ou simplement posés dans ces alvéoles.The bottom of this container can be provided with partitions limiting cells allowing the accommodation of other removable containers which can be secured to the container by means of attachment of the male / female type or vice versa or simply placed in these cells.
Selon une variante de réalisation, les moyens formant poignée peuvent avoir la forme d'un tronc de cône ouvert à son extrémité supérieure et fermé à son extrémité inférieure. Dans ce cas, la fente ménagée dans la paroi latérale se prolonge dans le fond de la poignée selon un rayon du fond. Cette fente s'étend au-delà du centre du fond. Le pied du verre est ainsi maintenu dans la fente du fond de la poignée.According to an alternative embodiment, the handle means may have the shape of a truncated cone open at its upper end and closed at its lower end. In this case, the slot in the side wall extends into the bottom of the handle along a radius of the bottom. This slit extends beyond the center of the bottom. The foot of the glass is thus held in the slot in the bottom of the handle.
Selon un deuxième mode de mise en oeuvre de l'invention, les moyens formant poignée sont constitués par une boîte à boisson de forme sensiblement cylindrique.According to a second embodiment of the invention, the handle means consist of a beverage can of substantially cylindrical shape.
On comprend qu'ainsi les récipients correspondant aux mets choisis peuvent être simultanément tenus d'une main tout en ayant l'autre main disponible pour saisir les mets.It is understood that thus the containers corresponding to the chosen dishes can be simultaneously held with one hand while having the other hand available to grasp the dishes.
A partir de l'extrémité supérieure de la boîte à boisson sont fixés, selon un premier mode de réalisation, des prolongations de sa matière, de préférence sous forme de pattes verticales destinées à s'insérer dans des encoches qui sont prévues sur le bord du récipient placé sur la face destiné à s'appuyer sur le côté de la boîte à boisson, de façon que la fixation du récipient sur la boîte à boisson soit assurée par l'enclenchement de ces pattes dans les encoches et par l'appui de ce même côté du récipient sur la paroi de la boîte à boisson.From the upper end of the beverage can are fixed, according to a first embodiment, extensions of its material, preferably in the form of vertical tabs intended to be inserted in notches which are provided on the edge of the container placed on the face intended to rest on the side of the beverage can, so that the fixing of the container on the beverage can is ensured by the engagement of these tabs in the notches and by the support of this same side of the container on the wall of the beverage can.
La stabilité du récipient, ainsi accroché à la boîte à boisson, est obtenue par l'appui contre la boîte à boisson de la paroi- du récipient où est prévu l'encoche. Ladite paroi prendra, à cette occasion, une forme arrondie avec une courbure concave de même dimension de la courbure convexe de la boîte à boisson pour permettre, grâce à l'encastrement des volumes, une meilleure stabilité.The stability of the container, thus hooked to the drink box, is obtained by pressing against the drink box of the wall of the container where the notch is provided. Said wall will, on this occasion, have a rounded shape with a concave curvature of the same dimension of the convex curvature of the beverage can to allow, thanks to the embedding of the volumes, better stability.
Selon un deuxième mode de réalisation, aucune modification n'est nécessaire sur la boîte à boisson car la fixation du récipient à la boîte se fait par l'enclipsage de l'espace créé entre le bord du récipient et la languette placée sur le bord du récipient et qui est sensiblement parallèle à la paroi du récipient destiné à s'appuyer contre la paroi de la boîte sur le bord de l'extrémité supérieure de la boîte à la façon d'un rail.According to a second embodiment, no modification is necessary on the beverage can because the fixing of the container to the can is done by clipping the space created between the edge of the container and the tab placed on the edge of the container and which is substantially parallel to the wall of the container intended to bear against the wall of the box on the edge of the upper end of the box in the manner of a rail.
Ce mode de fixation des récipients sur la poignée peut également être utilisé avec le premier mode de mise en oeuvre.This method of fixing the containers to the handle can also be used with the first mode of implementation.
Bien entendu dans ce cas aussi la stabilité du récipient est obtenue par l'appui contre la boîte à boisson de la paroi du récipient où est prévu la languette. Ladite paroi prendra, à cette occasion, une forme arrondie avec une courbure concave sensiblement de même dimension que la courbure convexe de la boîte à boisson pour permettre, grâce à l'encastrement des volumes, une meilleure stabilité.Of course in this case also the stability of the container is obtained by pressing against the beverage can of the wall of the container where the tongue is provided. Said wall will take, on this occasion, a rounded shape with a concave curvature substantially of the same dimension as the convex curvature of the beverage can to allow, thanks to the embedding of the volumes, better stability.
D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de la présente invention apparaîtront mieux à la lecture de la description qui suit de plusieurs modes de réalisation de l'invention donnés à titre d'exemples non limitatifs. La description se réfère aux figures annexées sur lesquelles : - la figure 1 est une vue en perspective du dispositif selon un premier mode de réalisation où les éléments sont éclatés ;Other characteristics and advantages of the present invention will appear better on reading the following description of several embodiments of the invention given by way of nonlimiting examples. The description refers to the appended figures in which: - Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device according to a first embodiment where the elements are exploded;
- la figure 2 est une vue en perspective du dispositif, semblable à celui de la figure 1 mais pourvu d'une fente verticale qui lui permet de loger un verre en forme de coupe, en passant le pied du verre dans cette fente verticale ;- Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device, similar to that of Figure 1 but provided with a vertical slot which allows it to accommodate a cup-shaped glass, passing the foot of the glass in this vertical slot;
- la figure 3 est une vue en perspective d'un deuxième mode de réalisation ;- Figure 3 is a perspective view of a second embodiment;
- la figure 4 illustre en perspective éclatée un troisième mode de réalisation des moyens de solidarisation ;- Figure 4 illustrates in exploded perspective a third embodiment of the securing means;
- la figure 5 est une vue de dessus du mode de réalisation de la figure 4, le dispositif étant assemblé ;- Figure 5 is a top view of the embodiment of Figure 4, the device being assembled;
- la figure 6 illustre en perspective éclatée un autre mode de réalisation du dispositif ; - la figure 7 montre en perspective un autre mode de réalisation du dispositif de présentation des mets ;- Figure 6 illustrates in exploded perspective another embodiment of the device; - Figure 7 shows in perspective another embodiment of the food presentation device;
- la figure 8 montre une variante de réalisation de la figure 3 ;- Figure 8 shows an alternative embodiment of Figure 3;
- la figure 9 est une vue en perspective du dispositif selon un premier mode de réalisation du deuxième mode de mise en oeuvre où les éléments ne sont pas encore solidarisés ;- Figure 9 is a perspective view of the device according to a first embodiment of the second embodiment where the elements are not yet secured;
- la figure 10 est une vue en perspective du dispositif selon un deuxième mode de réalisation du deuxième mode de mise en oeuvre, où un récipient, celui de droite, est solidarisé à la boîte à boisson et l'autre récipient ne l'est pas ; - la figure 11 est une vue en coupe transversale du deuxième mode de réalisation ;- Figure 10 is a perspective view of the device according to a second embodiment of the second embodiment, where a container, the one on the right, is secured to the beverage can and the other container is not ; - Figure 11 is a cross-sectional view of the second embodiment;
- la figure 12 est une vue de dessus du deuxième mode de réalisation ; et- Figure 12 is a top view of the second embodiment; and
- la figure 13 est une vue en perspective d'une variante de réalisation.- Figure 13 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment.
La figure 1 illustre le principe de l'invention. Le dispositif de prise de repas se compose d'une poignée 10 qui de préférence définit un logement 12 pour recevoir un verre 14, de plusieurs récipients 16 contenant des aliments et de moyens de solidarisation 18 entre la poignée 10 et les récipients amovibles 16. Selon ce premier mode de réalisation, la poignée 10 est de forme légèrement tronconique. Son extrémité inférieure 20 est fermée alors que son extrémité supérieure 22 est ouverte. Les moyens de solidarisation sont constitués par des bras rayonnants 24 solidaires du bord supérieur de la poignée 10. A leur extrémité libre 26, les bras sont munis d'un évidement 28 apte à coopérer avec une partie correspondante en saillie 30 prévue dans le fond des récipients 16. De préférence, les bras 24 ne forment qu'une pièce avec la poignée 10 et ils sont définis pour assurer une liaison rigide entre la poignée 10 et les récipients amovibles 16. Sur la figure 2 on retrouve le dispositif de liaison entre la poignée 10' et les récipients de la figure 1. La différence consiste dans la forme de la poignée 10'. Elle est ouverte à ses deux extrémités 22 et 20'. De plus sa paroi tronconique comporte de préférence une fente longitudinale 32 s'étendant sur toute sa longueur. La fente 32 a une largeur suffisante pour laisser passer le pied 34 d'un verre 36. Le verre proprement dit est en appui sur le bord supérieur de la poignée et l'embase du pied est à l'extérieur de la poignée.Figure 1 illustrates the principle of the invention. The meal-taking device consists of a handle 10 which preferably defines a housing 12 for receiving a glass 14, several containers 16 containing food and fastening means 18 between the handle 10 and the removable containers 16. According to this first embodiment, the handle 10 is of slightly frustoconical shape. Its lower end 20 is closed while its upper end 22 is open. The attachment means consist of radiating arms 24 secured to the upper edge of the handle 10. At their free end 26, the arms are provided with a recess 28 capable of cooperate with a corresponding projecting part 30 provided in the bottom of the containers 16. Preferably, the arms 24 form only one piece with the handle 10 and they are defined to ensure a rigid connection between the handle 10 and the removable containers 16 In Figure 2 we find the connecting device between the handle 10 'and the containers of Figure 1. The difference consists in the shape of the handle 10'. It is open at its two ends 22 and 20 '. In addition, its frustoconical wall preferably has a longitudinal slot 32 extending over its entire length. The slot 32 has a width sufficient to allow the foot 34 of a glass 36 to pass. The glass itself is in abutment on the upper edge of the handle and the base of the foot is outside the handle.
La figure 3 illustre un autre mode de réalisation où le bord supérieur de la poignée comporte circulairement, sauf à l'endroit où la fente 32 est placée, une extension 40 de sa matière allant de la circonférence vers l'extérieur perpendiculairement à sa paroi. Ces extensions de matière, qui pourraient être plates et contenir des moyens de solidarisation comme des encoches, des crochets-, des rails, des saillies ou autres, sont dans cet exemple avantageusement creusées à certains endroits 42 pour recevoir des récipients 44 qui possèdent un fond dont la forme est adaptée à ces creux.FIG. 3 illustrates another embodiment where the upper edge of the handle has, circularly, except where the slot 32 is placed, an extension 40 of its material going from the circumference outwards perpendicularly to its wall. These material extensions, which could be flat and contain securing means such as notches, hooks, rails, projections or the like, are in this example advantageously hollowed out in certain places 42 to receive receptacles 44 which have a bottom whose shape is adapted to these hollows.
Les figures 4 et 5 illustrent un mode de réalisation dans lequel la poignée 50 a la même forme que sur la figure 2 et comporte une fente longitudinale 52. Le bord supérieur 54 de la poignée est muni de pattes d'accrochage verticales 56 régulièrement réparties sur sa périphérie en nombre égal à celui des récipients 58 à solidariser. Chaque récipient 58 comporte une portion de paroi 60 qui peut épouser la forme externe de la poignée 50. Il comporte également un rebord 62 faisant saillie hors du récipient 58. Ce rebord est muni d'une fente 64 dans laquelle peut pénétrer une des pattes d'accrochage 56. Pour solidariser le récipient 58, il suffit d'engager la patte 56 dans la fente 64. La surface 60 vient en appui sur la paroi externe de la poignée 50. La figure 5 montre trois récipients 58a, 58b et 58c fixés sur la poignée 50.FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate an embodiment in which the handle 50 has the same shape as in FIG. 2 and has a longitudinal slot 52. The upper edge 54 of the handle is provided with vertical hooking lugs 56 regularly distributed over its periphery in a number equal to that of the containers 58 to be joined. Each container 58 has a wall portion 60 which can follow the external shape of the handle 50. It also has a flange 62 projecting from the container 58. This flange is provided with a slot 64 into which one of the tabs of 'attachment 56. To secure the container 58, it suffices to engage the tab 56 in the slot 64. The surface 60 comes to bear on the external wall of the handle 50. Figure 5 shows three containers 58a, 58b and 58c fixed on the handle 50.
Les récipients 58a, 58b, 58c peuvent consister en des boîtes de conserve ou autre conteneur fermé contenant des aliments déjà cuisinés. Ces conteneurs doivent comporter les fentes d'accrochage. De préférence, le conteneur comporte, en plus de l'extension comportant la fente, une deuxième extension inférieure qui vient en appui sur la paroi externe de la poignée. La figure 6 montre une variante du mode de réalisation des figures 4 et 5. La poignée 70 comporte, à proximité de son bord supérieur 72, des pièces d'accrochage proéminantes 74 qui s'étendent radialement hors de la poignée. Ces pièces sont par exemple en forme de queue d'aronde. Chaque récipient à solidariser 76 présenté à son extrémité de solidarisation un évidement 78 qui a une forme conjuguée de celle des pièces d'accrochage 74. Les pièces d'accrochage 74 et les évidements 78 ont une longueur suffisante pour assurer un appui autorisant une solidarisation stable des récipients sur la poignée. De préférence, le récipient 76 comporte un rebord externe 80. Le rebord 80 en s'appuyant sur le bord libre supérieur 72 de la poignée 70 assure l'immobilisation des récipients selon la direction verticale. Bien entendu, on pourrait prévoir que ce soit le récipient qui présente la pièce d'accrochage et que ce soit la poignée qui présente les évidements de forme conjuguée.The containers 58a, 58b, 58c can consist of cans or other closed container containing already cooked food. These containers must have the hanging slots. Preferably, the container comprises, in addition to the extension comprising the slot, a second lower extension which comes to bear on the external wall of the handle. Figure 6 shows a variant of the embodiment of Figures 4 and 5. The handle 70 comprises, near its upper edge 72, prominent hooking pieces 74 which extend radially out of the handle. These parts are for example in the form of a dovetail. Each receptacle to be joined 76 presented at its joining end with a recess 78 which has a shape combined with that of the hooking pieces 74. The hooking pieces 74 and the recesses 78 have a length sufficient to ensure a support allowing a stable joining containers on the handle. Preferably, the container 76 has an external rim 80. The rim 80 by pressing on the upper free edge 72 of the handle 70 ensures the immobilization of the containers in the vertical direction. Of course, it could be provided that it is the container which presents the attachment part and that it is the handle which presents the recesses of conjugate shape.
La figure 7 montre un autre mode de réalisation dans lequel le bord supérieur 90 de la poignée 92 est raccordée à une pièce de révolution 94 servant à la solidarisation des récipients amovibles 93. Cette pièce 94 a la forme d'une couronne définie par une première surface conique 96 raccordée à une deuxième surface conique 98 de direction inverse. Ces deux surfaces coniques définissent, au-dessus d'elles, un espace annulaire 100 apte à recevoir les récipients 93. De préférence, la poignée 92 est définie par une paroi latérale tronconique et un fond, la cavité ainsi réalisée étant apte à recevoir un gobelet. L'espace annulaire peut comporter des cloisons radiales définissant des alvéoles pour recevoir chaque récipient. En outre, la face inférieure de la surface conique 96 définit un espace annulaire 102 entourant la poignée 92. Cet espace permet l'engagement de la main autour de la poignée 92. La pièce 94 peut être complétée par une jupe cylindrique 104 raccordée à la surface conique 98.FIG. 7 shows another embodiment in which the upper edge 90 of the handle 92 is connected to a part of revolution 94 serving to secure the removable containers 93. This part 94 has the shape of a crown defined by a first conical surface 96 connected to a second conical surface 98 in the opposite direction. These two conical surfaces define, above them, an annular space 100 capable of receiving the containers 93. Preferably, the handle 92 is defined by a frustoconical side wall and a bottom, the cavity thus produced being capable of receiving a cup. The annular space may include radial partitions defining cells for receiving each container. In addition, the underside of the conical surface 96 defines an annular space 102 surrounding the handle 92. This space allows the engagement of the hand around the handle 92. The piece 94 can be completed by a cylindrical skirt 104 connected to the conical surface 98.
La figure 8 illustre une variante du mode de réalisation de la figure 3. Elle s'en distingue par le mode de réalisation des moyens formant poignée. La poignée 110 est en forme de tronc de cône. Elle est ouverte à son extrémité supérieure 112 mais fermée par un fond 114 à son extrémité inférieure.FIG. 8 illustrates a variant of the embodiment of FIG. 3. It differs therefrom by the embodiment of the means forming a handle. The handle 110 is in the form of a truncated cone. It is open at its upper end 112 but closed by a bottom 114 at its lower end.
La fente 116 ménagée dans la paroi latérale de la poignée se prolonge par une fente radiale 118 ménagée dans le fond 114. De préférence, la fente 118 se termine par une ouverture circulaire 120 disposée sensiblement au centre du fond circulaire 114 et apte à laisser passer le pied du verre. Il va de soi que ce mode de réalisation de la poignée pourrait être utilisé dans les modes de réalisation des figures 2, 3, 4 et 6.The slot 116 formed in the side wall of the handle is extended by a radial slot 118 formed in the bottom 114. Preferably, the slot 118 ends in a circular opening 120 disposed substantially in the center of the circular bottom 114 and capable of allowing passage the bottom of the glass. It goes without saying that this embodiment of the handle could be used in the embodiments of FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 6.
Il peut être envisageable, dans le cadre de la restauration diteIt may be possible, as part of the so-called restoration
"rapide" ou "à emporter", que les récipients soient distribués, par exemple, directement à des automobilistes qui n'ont pas la nécessité de quitter leur véhicule pour prendre possession de leur repas emballés dans lesdits récipients."fast" or "take away", whether the containers are distributed, for example, directly to motorists who do not have to leave their vehicle to take possession of their meal packed in said containers.
Dans ce cas, il peut être extrêmement pratique pour eux que, quelque part sur le véhicule, soient fixés des réceptacles, par exemple en forme d'anneau, dans lesquels on peut emboîter le moyen de préhension supportant ces récipients. Ainsi, l'automobiliste ou ses passagers auront à disposition dans le véhicule le dispositif de prise de repas qui peut donc être fixé de façon autonome et amovible pour la consommation dans le véhicule ou pour être transporté temporairement sans besoin qu'une main soit occupée à cette tache.In this case, it can be extremely practical for them that, somewhere on the vehicle, receptacles are fixed, for example in the form of a ring, in which the gripping means supporting these receptacles can be fitted. Thus, the motorist or his passengers will have available in the vehicle the meal-taking device which can therefore be fixed independently and removably for consumption in the vehicle or to be transported temporarily without the need for a hand to be occupied. this task.
Cette variante est aussi très utile à tous consommateurs qui, après avoir acheté leurs repas dans le dispositif, ont la nécessité de le transporter ailleurs en utilisant leur véhicule. Dans ce but, les moyens formant poignée sont conformés pour pouvoir être introduits dans le moyen support tel qu'un anneau.This variant is also very useful for all consumers who, after having bought their meals in the device, need to transport it elsewhere using their vehicle. For this purpose, the handle means are shaped to be able to be introduced into the support means such as a ring.
La figure 9 montre le principe de l'invention selon un premier mode de réalisation du deuxième mode de mise en oeuvre. Le dispositif de prise de repas se compose d'un moyen formant poignée 210, constitué par une boîte à boisson de forme générale cylindrique, pourvue sur le bord circulaire de son extrémité supérieure de moyens de solidarisation, représentés dans cette figure par des pattes d'accrochage verticales 212 régulièrement réparties sur sa périphérie en nombre égal à celui des récipients 214 à solidariser. Chaque récipient 14 comporte une portion de paroi 216 qui peut épouser la forme externe de la poignée 210. Il comporte également un rebord 218 faisant saillie hors du récipient 214. Ce rebord est muni d'une fente 220 dans laquelle peut pénétrer une des pattes d'accrochage 212. Pour solidariser le récipient 214, il suffit d'engager la patte 212 dans la fente 220. La surface 216 vient en appui sur la paroi externe de la poignée 210. La figure 10 illustre un mode de réalisation dans lequel les moyens de solidarisation ne nécessitent aucune modification de la boîte à boisson 222. Cette dernière comporte, sur le périmètre de son extrémité supérieure 224, un bord 226 faisant saillie verticalement hors du plan 224. Chaque récipient 228 comporte une portion de paroi 230 qui peut épouser la forme externe de la poignée 222. Chaque récipient 228 comporte également un rebord 232 qui fait saillie sensiblement de façon parallèle à la partie haute de la paroi 230 et est dirigé vers le bas. Pour solidariser le récipient 228 aux moyens formant poignée 222, il suffit de juxtaposer le récipient 228 aux moyens formant poignée 222 en gardant le récipient légèrement plus haut que l'extrémité supérieure du moyen formant poignée 222, de sorte que le rebord 232 soit un peu plus élevé que le bord 226, faire glisser ensuite vers le bas le récipient 228 en prenant garde que le bord 226 s'encastre correctement dans le rebord 232. Le dispositif comporte n récipients, de préférence chaque récipient correspondant à un angle au centre a = 360/n. En variante, les récipients peuvent avoir des angles au centre de valeur différente, la somme des angles au centre pouvant être égale à 360*.FIG. 9 shows the principle of the invention according to a first embodiment of the second embodiment. The meal-taking device is made up of handle means 210, constituted by a generally cylindrical beverage can, provided on the circular edge of its upper end with fastening means, represented in this figure by tabs. vertical attachment 212 regularly distributed over its periphery in a number equal to that of the containers 214 to be joined. Each container 14 has a wall portion 216 which can match the external shape of the handle 210. It also has a rim 218 projecting from the container 214. This rim is provided with a slot 220 into which one of the tabs of 'hooking 212. To secure the container 214, it suffices to engage the lug 212 in the slot 220. The surface 216 comes to bear on the external wall of the handle 210. FIG. 10 illustrates an embodiment in which the means for securing do not require any modification of the beverage can 222. The latter has, on the perimeter of its upper end 224, an edge 226 projecting vertically out of the plane 224. Each container 228 has a wall portion 230 which can match the external shape of the handle 222. Each container 228 also has a rim 232 which projects substantially parallel to the upper part of the wall 230 and is directed downwards. To secure the container 228 to the handle means 222, it suffices to juxtapose the container 228 to the handle means 222 while keeping the container slightly higher than the upper end of the handle means 222, so that the rim 232 is a little higher than the edge 226, then slide the container 228 downwards, taking care that the edge 226 fits correctly into the rim 232. The device comprises n containers, preferably each container corresponding to an angle at the center a = 360 / n. As a variant, the containers may have angles at the center of different value, the sum of the angles at the center possibly being equal to 360 * .
La figure 11 montre, dans une vue en coupe transversale, un récipient 234 solidarisé aux moyens formant poignée 236, selon ce deuxième mode de réalisation, où on voit partiellement le rebord 238 du récipient qui, comme un coulisseau, est engagé sur son rail représenté par le bord 240 de l'extrémité supérieure des moyens formant poignée. La figure 12 montre, en vue de dessus, quatre récipients 228a,Figure 11 shows, in a cross-sectional view, a container 234 secured to the handle means 236, according to this second embodiment, where we partially see the rim 238 of the container which, like a slide, is engaged on its rail shown by the edge 240 of the upper end of the handle means. FIG. 12 shows, in top view, four containers 228a,
228b, 228c et 228d solidarisés aux moyens formant poignée.228b, 228c and 228d secured to the handle means.
La figure 13 illustre en perspective une variante dans laquelle les moyens de solidarisation 242 se développent tout autour de la partie supérieure de la boîte à boisson 244. Dans cette représentation, les moyens de solidarisation et les moyens formant poignée sont solidarisés par simple emboîtement d'une gaine cylindrique 246 dans les moyens formant poignée 244. L'extrémité haute de la gaine est de préférence bordée par un rebord circulaire 248 qui s'encastre sur le bord de l'extrémité supérieure des moyens formant poignée comme sur un rail. Mais cet encastrement sur le bord n'est pas une nécessité quand la forme de la gaine est conçue pour épouser la courbe horizontale définie dans la partie haute de la paroi de la boîte à boisson placée juste en-dessous de l'extrémité supérieure.FIG. 13 illustrates in perspective a variant in which the securing means 242 develop all around the upper part of the beverage can 244. In this representation, the securing means and the handle means are secured by simple interlocking a cylindrical sheath 246 in the handle means 244. The upper end of the sheath is preferably bordered by a circular rim 248 which fits on the edge of the upper end of the handle means as on a rail. But this embedding on the edge is not a necessity when the shape of the sheath is designed to follow the horizontal curve defined in the upper part of the wall of the beverage can placed just below the upper end.
Les n récipients amovibles sont disposés dans la pièce 42 en forme de couronne.The n removable containers are arranged in the part 42 in the form of a crown.
La profondeur de chaque récipient doit être déterminé pour laisser libre une hauteur H de la paroi latérale de la boîte à boisson suffisante pour permettre de l'empoigner malgré la présence des récipients. The depth of each container must be determined to leave free a height H of the side wall of the beverage container sufficient to allow it to be grasped despite the presence of the containers.

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1. Dispositif de prise de repas, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend des moyens formant poignée aptes à être saisis manuellement, lesdits moyens s'étendant sensiblement verticalement, n récipients destinés à recevoir des aliments (n > 1) et des moyens de solidarisation pour relier de façon temporaire lesdits n récipients sensiblement à l'extrémité supérieure des moyens formant poignée. 1. Meal-taking device, characterized in that it comprises handle means able to be entered manually, said means extending substantially vertically, n containers intended to receive food (n> 1) and means for securing to temporarily connect said n containers substantially to the upper end of the handle means.
2. Dispositif de prise de repas selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens formant poignée définissent un évidement interne au moins ouvert à son extrémité supérieure pour recevoir des moyens formant verre.2. A meal-taking device according to claim 1, characterized in that said handle means define an internal recess at least open at its upper end to receive means forming glass.
3. Dispositif de prise de repas selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les moyens formant poignée comprennent une paroi tronconique ouverte à son extrémité supérieure et présentant un axe verticale.3. A meal-taking device according to claim 2, characterized in that the handle means comprise a frustoconical wall open at its upper end and having a vertical axis.
4. Dispositif de prise de repas selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les moyens formant poignée comprennent une paroi tronconique ouverte à ses deux extrémités et une fente latérale s'étendant sur toute la longueur de ladite paroi.4. A meal-taking device according to claim 2, characterized in that the handle-forming means comprise a frustoconical wall open at its two ends and a lateral slot extending over the entire length of said wall.
5. Dispositif de prise de repas selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens formant poignée comportent un fond et en ce que la paroi latérale comporte une fente s'étendant sur toute sa longueur, ladite fente étant prolongée par une fente radiale ménagée dans ledit fond et s'étendant au-delà du centre dudit fond.5. Meal-taking device according to claim 3, characterized in that said handle means have a bottom and in that the side wall has a slot extending over its entire length, said slot being extended by a radial slot in said bottom and extending beyond the center of said bottom.
6. Dispositif de prise de repas selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de solidarisation temporaire comprennent n extensions radiales faisant partie intégrante des moyens formant poignée et solidaires de l'extrémité supérieure de ceux-ci, chaque extension formant un réceptacle pour recevoir un récipient.6. Meal-taking device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the temporary joining means comprise n radial extensions forming an integral part of the means forming a handle and integral with the upper end thereof, each extension forming a receptacle for receiving a container.
7. Dispositif de prise de repas selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens de solidarisation temporaire comprennent une extension en forme de couronne solidaire de l'extrémité supérieure des moyens formant poignée, ladite extension en forme de couronne définissant un logement apte à recevoir les n récipients.7. Meal-taking device according to claim 1, characterized in that said temporary fastening means comprise an extension in the form of a crown secured to the upper end of the means forming a handle, said extension in the shape of a crown defining a housing suitable for receive the n containers.
8. Dispositif de prise de repas selon la revendications 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens de solidarisation temporaire comprennent n premiers organes de solidarisation disposés à l'extrémité supérieure des moyens formant poignée et décalés angulairement et n deuxièmes organes de solidarisation, chaque deuxième organe de solidarisation étant disposé à une extrémité d'un récipient et étant apte à coopérer avec un desdits premiers organes de solidarisation.8. Meal-taking device according to claim 1, characterized in that said temporary joining means comprise n first securing members arranged at the upper end of the means forming a handle and angularly offset and n second securing members, each second securing member being disposed at one end of a container and being able to cooperate with one of said first members of solidarity.
9. Dispositif de prise de repas selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les moyens formant poignée comprennent une boîte à boisson de forme générale cylindrique.9. A meal-taking device according to claim 1, characterized in that the handle means comprise a generally cylindrical beverage can.
10. Dispositif de prise de repas selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens de solidarisation temporaire comprennent n premiers organes de solidarisation (212, 226, 240) disposés sur l'extrémité supérieure de la boîte à boisson et décalés angulairement et n deuxièmes organes de solidarisation (220, 232, 238, 248), chaque deuxième organe de solidarisation étant disposé à une extrémité d'un récipient et étant apte à coopérer avec un desdits premiers organes de solidarisation.10. Meal-taking device according to claim 9, characterized in that said temporary joining means comprise n first joining members (212, 226, 240) disposed on the upper end of the beverage can and angularly offset and n second fastening members (220, 232, 238, 248), each second fastening member being arranged at one end of a container and being able to cooperate with one of said first fastening members.
11. Dispositif de prise de repas selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que ladite boîte à boisson comporte -à son extrémité supérieure un rebord périphérique vertical (226, 240, 248) et en ce que chaque récipient (228, 228a, 228b, 228c, 228d, 234, 242) comporte des moyens d'enclipsage sur ledit rebord.11. Meal-taking device according to claim 9, characterized in that said beverage can has - at its upper end a vertical peripheral rim (226, 240, 248) and in that each container (228, 228a, 228b, 228c, 228d, 234, 242) includes means for clipping onto said flange.
12. Dispositif de prise de repas selon l'une quelconque des revendications 9 à 14, caractérisé en ce que chaque récipient présente un angle au centre a = 360/n. 12. Meal-taking device according to any one of claims 9 to 14, characterized in that each container has an angle at the center a = 360 / n.
13. Dispositif de prise de repas selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de solidarisation amovible comprennent une pièce en forme de couronne solidaire de l'extrémité supérieure de la boîte de boisson et en ce que les n récipients sont placés dans ladite pièce. 13. A meal-taking device according to claim 9, characterized in that the removable securing means comprise a piece in the shape of a crown secured to the upper end of the beverage can and in that the n containers are placed in said room.
14. Dispositif de prise de repas selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens formant poignée sont conformés pour être engagés dans un élément support fixe, notamment fixé dans un véhicule. 14. Meal device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that said handle means are shaped to be engaged in a fixed support element, in particular fixed in a vehicle.
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