JP2003265297A - Dining aid for manually challenging person - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dining aid for manually challenging persons with which a person having troubles in a hand or a person who cannot move his fingers freely can take with ease. <P>SOLUTION: This dining aid for the manually challenging persons consists of a pair of spoon structural bodies which form a spoon with tip parts thereof by putting them together, a pair of holding parts for holding handle parts of the spoon structural bodies, a connection piece connecting the base end parts of the pair of holding parts, and a hold string for preventing the pair of holding parts from falling off the palm of the person. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dietary aid for a handicapped person for assisting the operation of a person with a hand disorder or a person who cannot move his / her fingers freely when he / she eats. It is a thing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For persons with handicappedness and persons who cannot move their fingers freely, it is very inconvenient to eat by themselves. Therefore, various auxiliary tools have been developed. For example, JP 2001-17
Japanese Patent Publication No. 298 discloses that a chopstick holder that can detachably hold chopsticks is provided with a holder body that is rotatably provided by a V-shaped elastic plate that is connected to the rear part of the chopstick holder and one chopstick holder. A chopstick holder comprising a gripping tubular body detachably attachable and a finger pressing member detachably attachable to the other chopstick holding portion, wherein a rotation guide portion is attached to the holder body. ,
A chopstick holder for handicapped persons in which a grip cylinder is attached to the sliding ring, a finger pressing member is attached to the sliding ring, and the grip cylinder and the finger pressing member are attached to the chopstick holder so that their positions can be changed. Is disclosed. Further, in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 7-24174, a head combination in which a main body head at the front end of the main body and a movable base are movably combined, and a fork-shaped front end and a movable front end are provided at the other end of the main body. Fork type chopsticks are disclosed.

[0003]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.
Since the chopstick holder for handicapped persons disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 001-17298 is intended only for chopsticks, it is sufficient for current dietary habits in which chopsticks, spoons, forks and the like are used according to the content of the meal. There was a problem that it could not cope with. In addition, since the gripping cylinder that can be detachably attached to the chopstick holder and the finger pressing member that can be detachably attached to the other chopstick holder must be grasped and used with inconvenient fingers, There was a problem of dropping it from the palm.

On the other hand, in the head-jointed fork type chopstick disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 7-24174, since the tip of one piece is bifurcated, it is more convenient than ordinary chopsticks. However, similar to the above, the problem of not being able to cope with the current eating habits by properly using chopsticks, spoons, forks, etc. according to the content of the meal and holding the head-jointed fork type chopsticks with inconvenient fingers The problem of dropping it from the palm was still unsolved because it had to be done. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a dietary aid for a handicapped person who can easily eat a person with a handicap, a person who cannot freely move his / her fingers, and the like.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and in claim 1, a pair of spoon constituents whose tips form a spoon when the left and right sides are matched, and the spoon. A pair of holding parts for holding the handle of the structure, a connecting piece for connecting the base end parts of the pair of holding parts, and a holding cord for preventing the pair of holding parts from falling off the palm. It is used as a dietary aid for handicapped people.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a meal aid for a handicapped person, wherein the spoon structure is detachably attached to a pair of holding portions. In the third aspect, the fork structure is used instead of the spoon structure. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in place of the spoon structure, a pair of spoon structures having a fork partially forming a fork is used as a meal aid for a handicapped person. As a result, it is possible to select a food aid suitable for each dish such as Japanese food, Western food, and Chinese food. Further, even a person who cannot move his / her fingers sufficiently can easily open / close the assisting tool.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments and can be modified and implemented as appropriate. 1A and 1B show an example of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1A is a plan view, FIG. 1B is a sectional view taken along the line AA, and FIG. 1C is a view taken along the line BB. In FIG. 1, a meal assisting tool 1 for handicapped persons includes a pair of spoon constituents 2 whose tip forms a spoon when the left and right sides are matched, and the spoon constituent 2 described above.
A pair of holding portions that hold the handle portion 21 of the same in a fixed or detachable manner, and a connecting piece 10 that connects the base end portions of the pair of holding portions.
And a pair of holding portions 7 for preventing the pair of holding portions from falling off the palm.

The spoon structure 2 is composed of two pieces, one side of which has a curved surface and the other side of which is formed in a straight line. When the straight sides are brought into contact with each other, a spoon is formed at the tip. To be done. Further, a handle portion 21 is formed at the base end portion of the spoon structure 2. The holding portion is composed of two pieces, a movable body portion 61 and a holding body portion 62. The movable body portion 61 has a substantially rectangular shape, and one end of the movable body portion 61 has the handle portion 21 of the spoon forming body 2.
Is provided with an insertion hole 63 for detachably holding, and the other end is fixed to the connecting piece 10. On the other hand, the holding body portion 62 is also substantially rectangular, and one end thereof is provided with an insertion hole 63 for holding the handle portion 21 of the spoon constructing body 2 in a fixed or removable manner, and the movable body portion 61.
In order to grip the handle portion 21 which is fixedly or detachably held at the tip of the, it is formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section as shown in FIG. 1 (b). The other end is fixed to the connecting piece 10 and connected to the movable body portion 61.

The movable body portion 61 and the holding body portion 62 are provided with holes for connection respectively on the end faces of the base end portions thereof, and a flexible connection piece 10 such as rubber or plastic is screwed or rivet. Etc. are used for connection. Note that the example of the present embodiment is described on the assumption that the user's right hand holds it, but in the case of holding it in the left hand, the meal assisting tool formed symmetrically with the above may be used.

At an appropriate position of the movable body portion 61, one end of the holding cord 7 is attached so that at least one or more fingers can be inserted in order to prevent the holding portion from falling off from the palm. The other end is attached to an appropriate position of the holding body portion 62 via the connecting piece 10. As a result, the user of this assisting device can prevent the holding part from falling off from the palm by inserting his / her fingers into the holding frame and eating, so that the user can easily eat the food. You can

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the dietary aid 1a for handicapped person is
A pair of fork components 3 whose front ends form a fork when the left and right sides are matched, a pair of holding parts which hold the handle 31 of the fork components 3 in a fixed or removable manner, and base ends of the pair of holding parts. It is composed of a connecting piece 10 for connecting the parts.

The fork structure 3 is composed of two pieces, each of which has a tip portion forming a half side of the fork, and when the two sides are brought into contact with each other, the tip portion forms a fork. Further, a handle portion 31 is formed at the base end portion of the fork structure 3. The configurations and functions of the holding portion and the connecting piece 10 are the same as those in the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, the dietary aid 1b for handicapped person is
When the left and right sides are combined, a pair of spoon components 4 having a fork-shaped tip is formed, and a handle 41 of the spoon components 4.
It is composed of a pair of holding parts for fixing or detachably holding and a connecting piece 10 for connecting the base end parts of the pair of holding parts.

A pair of spoon components 4 each having a fork-shaped tip is composed of two pieces, and one side of the tip is curved and the other side is linear. When abutted against, the tip forms a spoon with a fork. Further, a handle portion 41 is formed on the base end portion of the spoon structure 4. The configurations and functions of the holding portion and the connecting piece 10 are the same as those in the above embodiment. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, in order to prevent the grasped food from falling off the spoon, as another embodiment, a part of the linear portion of the spoon may be formed in a saw-tooth shape 5.

[0015]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, a spoon, a fork, or a spoon structure with a fork, even for a person with a handicap or a person who cannot freely move his / her fingers, etc. You can easily eat by yourself. Further, since each of the spoon, the fork, and the spoon structure with a fork is composed of two pieces, it has the function of chopsticks, which is extremely useful. Further, since the spoon, fork, or spoon structure with a fork is detachably attached, it is extremely useful because it can be freely replaced with another structure, replaced with a new one, or removed for cleaning. is there.

Further, on the outer side surface in the longitudinal direction of the movable body part,
Since a holding cord is provided to prevent the holding portion from falling off from the palm, the user of the assisting tool inserts his / her fingers into the holding cord and eats to hold the holding cord from the palm. The part does not fall off.

[Brief description of drawings]

1A and 1B show an example of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1A is a plan view, FIG. 1B is a sectional view taken along the line AA, and FIG. 1C is a view taken along the line BB.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the present invention,
(A) is a closed state, (b) is an open state.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the present invention,
(A) is a closed state, (b) is an open state.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the present invention,
(A) is a closed state, (b) is an open state.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,1a, 1b Meal aids for handicapped people 2 spoon components 3 Fork structure 4 Spoon structure with a fork-shaped tip 5 serrated 7 holding string 10 connecting pieces 61 Movable part 62 holding body 63 insertion hole

Front page continuation (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification code FI theme code (reference) A47J 43/28 A47J 43/28

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A pair of spoon constituents whose tip forms a spoon when left and right are combined, a pair of holding portions which hold a handle of the spoon constituent, and a base end portion of the pair of holding portions. And a pair of holding parts for preventing the pair of holding parts from falling off from the palm of the hand. 2. The meal aid for a handicapped person according to claim 1, wherein the spoon structure is detachably attached to a pair of holding portions. 3. A pair of fork components is used in place of the pair of spoon components.
3. A food aid for a handicapped person according to any one of to 2. 4. The hand injury according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein, instead of the pair of spoon constituents, a pair of spoon constituents whose tip part forms a fork is used. Meal aids for the elderly.