EP3962326A1 - Telleranordnung zur essenshilfe - Google Patents
Telleranordnung zur essenshilfeInfo
- Publication number
- EP3962326A1 EP3962326A1 EP20715354.5A EP20715354A EP3962326A1 EP 3962326 A1 EP3962326 A1 EP 3962326A1 EP 20715354 A EP20715354 A EP 20715354A EP 3962326 A1 EP3962326 A1 EP 3962326A1
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- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- plate
- receiving
- arrangement according
- plate arrangement
- arrangement
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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
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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
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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
- A47G21/00—Table-ware
- A47G21/08—Serving devices for one-handed persons
Definitions
- the present invention relates to tableware, in particular a plate arrangement as a eating aid for small children and / or people with motor impairments.
- tableware in particular a plate arrangement as a eating aid for small children and / or people with motor impairments.
- Eating with cutlery is often a problem, especially for small children, but also for people with impaired motor skills.
- the motor skills of patients in hospitals or clinics can be severely impaired after an accident, stroke or a disease affecting the musculoskeletal system.
- circumferential overhanging outer walls prevent the food from being pushed over the edge of the plate, the food cannot be scooped efficiently onto the fork or spoon, as the food is pushed out laterally over the cutlery with such outer walls.
- the food can be distributed over the entire surrounding area of the overhanging outer walls, with some areas being very difficult to reach depending on the positioning of the plate, which is a major problem, especially for people with severely restricted motor skills. In the case of small children, there is also the fact that motivation decreases and frustration increases, so that the learning effect is reduced.
- a plate arrangement which enables food to be applied efficiently to the cutlery used, preferably preventing the applied food from falling down again immediately to the side.
- a plate arrangement is provided which can be used by both right-handed and left-handed people.
- a plate arrangement for use as a meal aid comprising a plate with a plate surface for receiving food and an outer wall peripherally surrounding the plate surface.
- the plate surface can be both flat and curved, in particular bowl-shaped.
- the plate also contains a receiving arrangement which has an inner limitation.
- the inner delimitation forms a concave indentation for receiving a spoon.
- the concave indentation is typically designed in such a way that a spoon can at least partially be inserted into it.
- Concave in the sense of the present invention means that the inner delimitation is designed to be curved in cross section perpendicular to the plate surface and / or in cross section parallel to the plate surface.
- the indentation preferably forms a hollow.
- the spoon is preferably surrounded by the receiving arrangement not only on one side, but on several sides, so that the food can be applied to the spoon more efficiently.
- the carbon preferably has an opening with a width of 3 to 6, preferably 4 to 5 cm.
- the plate is made of plastic, in particular of polyethylene, polypropylene, PET or polystyrene.
- the plate has a diameter of 20 to 30 cm.
- the plate surface can have a smaller diameter.
- the plate surface 1 can be 5 to 20 cm.
- the inner delimitation has at most the same height as the outer wall, at least in a partial area. This prevents the food from being pushed over the outer wall while being placed on the cutlery and falling from the plate.
- the height of the outer wall of the plate, measured from the inner surface of the plate can be 3 to 5 cm, preferably 3.5 to 4.5 cm.
- the outer wall of the plate can have a thickness of 1 to 5 mm, preferably 3 mm.
- the top of the inner boundary has a concave depression for stripping off the cutlery.
- the outline of the depression can essentially be adapted to the curvature of a commercially available spoon.
- the result of the depression is that the user can wipe off excess food, such as, for example, porridge, sauce, etc., from the underside of the spoon.
- the excess food stays inside the plate and does not contaminate the edge of the plate, as with conventional plates.
- the edges of the depression are at essentially at least the same height as the outer wall, so that the depression can be easily reached.
- the plate is preferably designed in one piece.
- this can be achieved by manufacturing the plate by means of injection molding. This has the particular advantage that there are no gaps and cracks that are difficult to clean or that there are loose parts that can be lost.
- one-piece embodiments can be produced more quickly and more cheaply.
- the one-piece plates are designed to be stackable.
- the receiving arrangement is designed to be curved when viewed from above on the plate.
- the receiving arrangement can be essentially C-shaped.
- the plate arrangement does not have any corners, which has the advantage that, for example, small children can completely eat the food without major difficulties, without leftovers of food remaining in the corners.
- the receiving arrangement is connected directly to the outer wall.
- the receiving arrangement can extend from the outer wall of the plate into the plate surface.
- the receiving arrangement is curved.
- the receiving arrangement preferably merges directly into the outer wall at the top of the inner boundary. This avoids the occurrence of gaps and gullies which are not completely accessible to common cutlery.
- the inner limitation is in direct contact with the outer wall in a contact area over the entire height of the inner limitation.
- the concave indentation which is formed by the inner delimitation has a cross section perpendicular to the plate surface, which is curved. This can be designed, for example, S-shaped or C-shaped.
- the inner limitation of the receiving arrangement forms a ramp which is arranged opposite the concave indentation or bulge.
- a ramp is designed in such a way that the thickness of the receiving arrangement increases towards the plate surface along the ramp. Typically, the thickness increases regularly, so that a flat ramp surface is formed.
- the receiving arrangement can thus each have one side which is designed as a ramp and one side which is formed as a concave indentation. The ramp enables the user to push the food over the receiving arrangement towards the concave indentation.
- the plate arrangement has two receiving arrangements.
- the respective concave indentations of the receiving arrangements 5 are preferably aligned with one another.
- the second receiving arrangement can be designed mirror-symmetrically to the first receiving arrangement.
- the plate arrangement has only one receiving arrangement or more than two receiving arrangements.
- exactly two receiving arrangements are preferably provided.
- the receiving arrangement or arrangements dividing the plate into a receiving area and a storage area.
- the receiving area and / or the storage area can preferably be essentially kidney-shaped.
- two of the receiving area and / or the storage area can preferably be essentially kidney-shaped.
- Receiving arrangements of the receiving area and the storage area can be connected to one another by a connecting area.
- Such kidney-shaped areas are advantageous because they have contours which can be fully reached with conventional cutlery and thus the food is easily accessible in all areas of the plate.
- the connection area can have a width of 3 to 5 cm on the plate surface.
- connection area can be defined by the shortest distance between the two receiving arrangements.
- the ratio between the connecting area to the plate diameter can be 0.05 to 0.25, preferably 0.1 to 0.15.
- the plate arrangement comprises a base in addition to the plate, the plate being releasably connectable to the base by means of a connection structure.
- the base can, for example, be an essentially flat structure, to which the plate can be attached.
- the base is preferably rounded at the corners and edges.
- Such a base has the advantage that the plate arrangement cannot easily be knocked over or pushed off the table.
- the base can have a length of 30 to 40 cm and a width of 20 to 30 cm.
- the thickness of the base can be 1 to 3 cm.
- the base can easily be cleaned of leftover food, which means that the
- the table remains free of leftovers.
- the surface of the base is typically larger than the plate.
- the weight of the base is chosen so that a toddler cannot move the plate assembly.
- the weight of the base can be 0.5 to 10 kg, in particular 0.5 to 3 kg, preferably 0.5 to 1.5 kg.
- the thickness of the base decreases by 1 to 5 mm from the center to the periphery. This makes it more difficult to raise the base in an undesired manner.
- the base can furthermore have an anti-slip coating, for example an elastomer coating, or also suction cups on the underside. This makes it even more difficult to move the plate arrangement horizontally on the table.
- an anti-slip coating for example an elastomer coating, or also suction cups on the underside. This makes it even more difficult to move the plate arrangement horizontally on the table.
- connection structure comprises a bayonet lock, magnetic lock, snap lock, hook lock or screw
- a further aspect of the invention relates to a set of parts with a plate arrangement as described here and a base which can be detachably connected to the plate of the plate arrangement.
- FIG. 1 shows a view of a plate arrangement according to an embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the plate arrangement from FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 shows a perspective side view of the plate arrangement of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic cross section through a plate arrangement with a base according to a further embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 5 shows a cross section of the plate arrangement from FIG.
- FIG. 1 shows a plate arrangement with a plate 1.
- Plate 1 comprises a plate surface 1 0, which is peripherally surrounded by the outer wall 1 1.
- the plate also contains a receiving arrangement which has two inner delimitations 1 2 and 1 2 '.
- the inner boundaries 1 2 and 1 2' each form a concave indentation 1 3 and 1 3 'for receiving a spoon or a fork.
- the inner delimitation is curved in cross section perpendicular to the plate surface and / or in cross section parallel to the plate surface.
- the curved shape of the inner boundary allows the user to push the food into the concave indentation as far as the stop of the spoon against the inner boundary, whereby the food is pushed onto the spoon or fork from several sides.
- the inner boundaries 1 2 and 1 2 ' have at most the same height as the outer wall 1 1.
- the receiving arrangement is connected directly to the outer wall 11 and is essentially C-shaped both in plan view and in cross section in the vertical direction to the plate surface 10.
- the plate 1 shown in Figure 1 has two separate receiving arrangements, the respective concave indentations 1 3 and 1 3 'are directed towards each other.
- the receiving arrangements are thus designed to be mirror-symmetrical to one another. This enables the plate arrangement to be used equally by right and left-handers.
- the inner boundaries 1 2 and 1 2 ' form a ramp 1 5 and 1 5', whereby the user can move food directly over the ramp towards the concave indentation.
- FIG. 2 shows the plate arrangement shown in FIG. 1 in a plan view of plate 1.
- the two receiving arrangements divide the plate 1 into a receiving area A and a storage area V, both of which are essentially kidney-shaped, whereby narrow edges and gaps, which are not accessible with conventional cutlery, are avoided.
- the two areas A and V are connected to one another by a connecting area.
- the area A includes the concave indentations 1 3 and 1 3 'of the two inner boundaries 1 2 and 1 2'.
- FIG. 3 a side view of the plate from FIG. 1 is shown.
- the upper side of the inner delimitation 1 2 has a concave depression 1 4, which essentially corresponds to the curvature of a commercially available spoon.
- FIG. 4 shows, very schematically, a plate arrangement according to a further embodiment of the invention.
- the plate arrangement also contains a base 20.
- Plate 1 and base 20 are detachably connected to one another by means of a connecting structure 1 6 in the form of a bayonet lock.
- the base fixes the plate 1 so that it cannot be pushed off the table by a small child, for example.
- the base 20 offers the advantage that the plate 1 does not slip when the cutlery is loaded, which is particularly advantageous for users who at least temporarily only have one arm available.
- FIG. 5 shows a cross section of a plate arrangement with a plate 1 according to an embodiment of the invention.
- the plate 1 has an outer wall 11 and two receiving arrangements.
- the receiving arrangements each include an inner delimitation 1 2 and 1 2 ', which each form a concave indentation 1 3 and 1 3' and a ramp 1 5 and 1 5 '.
- both receiving arrangements comprise a concave depression 1 4 and 1 4 '.
- the two receiving arrangements define a connecting area between the receiving area and the storage area through the distance V (see FIG. 2).
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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CH00585/19A CH716142A1 (de) | 2019-05-02 | 2019-05-02 | Telleranordnung zur Essenshilfe. |
PCT/EP2020/058786 WO2020221526A1 (de) | 2019-05-02 | 2020-03-27 | Telleranordnung zur essenshilfe |
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EP3962326A1 true EP3962326A1 (de) | 2022-03-09 |
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Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP20715354.5A Pending EP3962326A1 (de) | 2019-05-02 | 2020-03-27 | Telleranordnung zur essenshilfe |
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EP (1) | EP3962326A1 (de) |
CH (1) | CH716142A1 (de) |
WO (1) | WO2020221526A1 (de) |
Family Cites Families (7)
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US766427A (en) | 1904-02-12 | 1904-08-02 | John H Crowell | Dish. |
USD99827S (en) * | 1936-03-04 | 1936-05-26 | Seaman Samuel A | Design for a dish |
DE2543048A1 (de) * | 1975-09-26 | 1977-03-31 | Martin Eberlein | Kinderteller |
JPS5898879U (ja) * | 1981-12-26 | 1983-07-05 | 羽山 紀彦 | 食器 |
SE516107C2 (sv) * | 2000-06-16 | 2001-11-19 | Baby Bjoern Ab | Barntallrik |
US7121422B2 (en) * | 2002-10-21 | 2006-10-17 | Solo Cup Operating Corporation | Disposable plate having improved ergonomics |
DE202014002664U1 (de) | 2014-03-26 | 2014-04-15 | Torsten Katzler | Esshilfe |
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- 2019-05-02 CH CH00585/19A patent/CH716142A1/de unknown
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- 2020-03-27 WO PCT/EP2020/058786 patent/WO2020221526A1/de unknown
- 2020-03-27 EP EP20715354.5A patent/EP3962326A1/de active Pending
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WO2020221526A1 (de) | 2020-11-05 |
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