JP2005028008A - Eating/drinking cup for the hand's locomotor inferior - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an eating/drinking cup having a simple structure and usage, being safely used even by the elderly without any trouble, stably held thereby with scarcely dropped during a meal, facilitating molding and being produced at low cost. <P>SOLUTION: This eating/drinking cup comprises a cup body 1 with an opened upper face and a support frame 6 provided in the outer circumferential face of a circumferential side wall in the cup body 1. The support frame 6 is provided with a hand receiving side piece portion 6a disposed vertically along the outer circumferential face of the circumferential side wall 2 and a hand receiving upper piece portion 6b provided between the upper part of the hand receiving side piece portion 6a and the outer circumferential face of the circumferential side wall 2. A hand insertion part 8 having an approximately same interval with the thickness of the hand holding the cup body 1 is provided between the hand receiving side piece portion 6a and the outer circumferential face so that the cup body 1 can be held by the palm of the hand by inserting the hand from the finger tips into the hand insertion part 8. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention is a food and drink container used by elderly people, infants, physically handicapped persons and the like who have inferior hand function, and can stably lift and hold the food container and eat and drink without dropping. It relates to food and drink containers that can be made.

  Conventionally, for example, when eating rice in a bowl that is a food container, hold the upper edge of the bowl with the belly tip of the thumb of one hand and support the bottom of the bowl with the tip of the middle finger etc. However, this requires a relatively strong hand force. For this reason, it is difficult for elderly people, infants, physically handicapped persons, etc., who have weak fingertips with inferior hand function, to hold meals while holding them in their hands. Accidents such as slipping off the hand often occurred.

As a solution to this problem, there is a bowl with a handle attached to the outer surface by adhesion. The handle includes a fixed piece bonded to the outer surface, a partition protrusion protruding outward from the fixed piece, an upper support piece and a lower support piece protruding upward and downward at the tip of the partition protrusion. I have. Then, the upper and lower sides of the partition protrusion are used as finger insertion grooves for inserting two adjacent fingers vertically (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).
JP 2002-136411 A (page 4-5, FIG. 1)

  However, in the porridge of the above-mentioned patent document 1, since the handle has a design that changes in appearance, it is difficult to understand how to use it, especially for elderly people who need nursing care. It has not been effective, for example, if you don't understand it unless you tell it, or if you tell it once, you will forget the next time and you will not be able to hold it. Moreover, even if the partitioning protrusion is sandwiched between two fingers that are adjacent to each other, if the elderly have weak finger strength, the fingertips are easy to open and the heel becomes unstable. There is a risk of slipping and dropping the bowl. Further, since the gripping tool is molded separately from the bowl and attached to the bowl, there is a problem that an extra molding die is required and the production becomes troublesome and the production cost increases.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and is very easy to use and can be used with confidence without hesitation even by elderly people, etc. In addition, the object of the present invention is to provide a food and drink container used by a person with inferior hand function that can be manufactured at low cost because of its simple construction and molding.

  In order to achieve such an object, the food and drink container used by a person with inferior hand function of the present invention comprises a container body having an open upper surface and a support frame portion provided on the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall of the container body. The frame includes a hand receiving side piece disposed in the vertical direction along the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall, and a hand receiving upper piece provided between the upper part of the hand receiving side piece and the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall. Provided, a hand insertion part having approximately the same distance as the thickness of the hand holding the container body is provided between the hand receiving side piece and the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall, and the hand is inserted into the hand insertion part from the fingertip. The container body can be held by the palm.

  Further, the support frame portion is a hand receiving side piece disposed in the vertical direction along the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall, and a hand provided between the upper portion of the hand receiving side piece and the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall. A receiving upper piece and a hand receiving lower piece provided between the lower part of the hand receiving side piece and the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall, and between the hand receiving side piece and the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall Is provided with a manual insertion portion having a width dimension that is substantially the same as the thickness of the hand that holds the container body, and a vertical width dimension that allows insertion of four fingers excluding the thumb so as to overlap each other. You may do it.

  The food and drink container used by the person with inferior hand exercise function according to the present invention is provided with a hand insertion portion having a distance substantially equal to the thickness of the hand between the hand receiving side piece and the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall. Therefore, even if the configuration is simple and the inferior function of the hand, such as the elderly, the hand can be inserted naturally from the fingertip without getting lost in the hand insertion part, and the container body can be securely held in the palm of the hand. Become. Therefore, the food container is stably held, and there is an effect that the food container is hardly slid from the hand. Further, if the support frame portion is formed on the container body by integral molding, the molding can be simplified and the production cost can be reduced.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a food and drink container (hereinafter simply referred to as “food container”) used by a person with inferior hand function according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The rice porridge and soup porridge used in elderly care facilities as food and beverage containers will be described. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a rice porridge, FIG. 2 is a perspective view seen from the same side, and FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional side view of the same. Rice bowl A for rice is made of synthetic resin and is lightweight. Moreover, as long as there is no trouble, it may be made of ceramic, glass, metal or wood.

  In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a container body whose upper surface is open, and the peripheral side wall 2 is shaped so as to squeeze in a bowl shape as it proceeds downward. The bottom wall 3 is formed flat, and a thread bottom portion 4 is provided on the back surface thereof. The back surface 4a of the yarn bottom 4 is formed into a flat surface as a whole in order to widen the ground contact surface, and the anti-slip portion 5 is provided on the entire back surface. The anti-slip portion 5 is, for example, many convex portions or concave portions, and may be a rubber plate to be adhered. The diameter of the upper circular contour of the container body 1 is, for example, 110 mm, the height is set to 100 mm, and the diameter of the yarn bottom 4 is set to 55 mm (usually 30 mm) in consideration of stability.

  And the substantially U-shaped support frame part 6 for inserting a hand in the outer peripheral surface of the surrounding side wall 2 in the said container main body 1 is provided, and this support frame part 6 is shape | molded by the container main body 1 by integral molding. . More specifically, first, the hand receiving side piece 6 a is arranged in the vertical direction along the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall 2. Further, a hand receiving upper piece 6b is provided between the upper part of the hand receiving side piece 6a and the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall 2. Similarly, the lower part of the hand receiving side piece 6a and the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall 2 A hand receiving lower piece 6c is provided between the two. On the inner side surface of the hand receiving side piece 6a, a plurality of finger contact recesses 7 in which the surface of each finger fits are arranged along the longitudinal direction.

  As a result, a manual insertion portion 8 having a width dimension substantially the same as the thickness of the hand holding the container body 1 is provided between the hand receiving side piece 6a and the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall 2. By inserting the hand into the portion 8 from the fingertip, the container body 1 can be held by being wrapped with the palm of the hand. The horizontal width dimension a of the manual insertion portion 8 is set to 25 mm, for example, and the vertical width dimension b has such a dimension that four fingers except the thumb can be inserted so as to overlap each other. Since the size of the hand changes depending on the age of the user such as an elderly person, an infant, or a physically handicapped person, the size of the manual insertion portion 8 is appropriately selected and determined in accordance with the convenience thereof.

  The food and drink container according to the present invention has the above-described configuration, and the usage method will be described next. As shown in FIG. 4, four fingers excluding the thumb are inserted from the fingertips into the hand insertion portion 8 on the outer peripheral surface of the rice bowl A for rice. At this time, the lateral width dimension a of the manual insertion portion 8 is substantially the same as the thickness of the hand holding the container body 1, so that the container body 1 does not tilt or wobble in the horizontal direction. Similarly, since the vertical width dimension b of the manual insertion portion 8 has such a dimension that the four fingers F except the thumb can be inserted so as to overlap each other, the container body 1 is firmly fixed also in the vertical direction. The Therefore, a hand fits firmly in the manual insertion part 8, and the container main body 1 becomes very stable. And it can hold | maintain so that the outer peripheral surface of the bowl A may be wrapped with the palm as shown in FIG.

  Further, when the hand is inserted into the hand insertion portion 8, each finger F fits into each finger rest recess 7, so that each finger is firmly fixed so that the outer peripheral surface of the container body 1 can be held more securely with the palm. become. Therefore, even if the hand is slightly removed, the bowl A can be supported and hardly slipped off. In this way, rice cake A can be held stably and meals can be performed. The support frame portion 6 has a simple structure and can be easily understood by just looking at it, and can be used easily even by an elderly person who needs care and who has inferior hand function.

  If an anchoring portion 10 that engages with the anti-slip portion 5 provided on the back surface 4a of the yarn bottom portion 4 is provided on the upper surface of the tray 9 used together with the bowl A, the rice bowl A for rice on the tray 9 is provided. It is safe because it never slips. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, a convex portion which is a non-slip portion 5 is provided at a predetermined position on the back surface 4 a of the yarn bottom portion 4 and separated by a predetermined interval, and the upper surface of the tray 9 has the same interval as the convex portion. And a concave portion is provided as a locking portion 10 in which the convex portion is fitted and locked at the same position. In this case, the concave / convex relationship may be reversed. Moreover, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, a magnet rubber may be stuck on the back surface 4a of the thread bottom part 4, and the metal tray which has a magnetic adherence may be used.

  The support frame 6 may be molded separately from the container body 1 and attached later. However, if the support frame section 6 is molded integrally with the container body 1, only one molding die is required. Can be simplified and the production cost can be reduced.

  FIG. 7 is an application of the present invention to a soup bowl B for juice which is a food and drink container. The same parts as those in the above embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted. This soup bowl B is provided with a drinking mouth 11 which protrudes outward at both sides of the upper surface opening of the container body 1 and substantially perpendicular to the support frame 6 and narrows toward the tip. It has been. And if you put your mouth there and drink the soup, the soup will not spill. In the present embodiment, one support frame portion 6 is provided on one side of the outer peripheral surface of the container body 1, but a pair of support frame portions 6 may be provided at positions facing the left and right of the outer peripheral surface.

  In the present embodiment, the hand receiving upper piece 6b and the hand receiving lower piece 6c are provided on the upper and lower portions of the hand receiving side piece 6a, respectively. However, as shown in FIG. Even if not, the effect of the present invention is sufficiently achieved. In this case, the upper surface portion of the index finger F1 is in contact with the hand receiving upper piece 6b so that the heel A is lifted, and it is not necessary to apply a force to the fingers F so as to be pinched almost vertically. Moreover, there is an effect that the hand can be easily removed. Moreover, although this Embodiment demonstrated the eating container for elderly people who require nursing care, of course, it can apply also to eating and drinking containers, such as an infant and a disabled person.

The perspective view of the rice porridge for which this invention is applied. The perspective view seen from the back. The center longitudinal cross-sectional side view. The top view which shows the same use condition. The side view which shows the use condition. Side surface sectional drawing of the state which put the rice cake on the upper surface of a tray. The perspective view of the porridge for juice to which this invention is applied. The perspective view of the rice porridge for rice concerning other embodiments.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container body 2 Peripheral side wall 6 Support frame part 6a Hand receiving side piece 6b Hand receiving upper piece 8 Hand insertion part A Food and drink container (rice bowl for rice)
B Eating and drinking container (pork for soup)
F finger

Claims (2)

  A hand receiving side piece which is composed of a container body having an upper surface opened and a support frame portion provided on the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall of the container main body, and the support frame portion is arranged vertically along the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall. And a hand receiving upper piece provided between the upper part of the hand receiving side piece and the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall, and between the hand receiving side piece and the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall. Is provided with a hand insertion portion having substantially the same interval as the thickness of the hand holding the container body, and the container body can be held by the palm of the hand by inserting a hand from a fingertip into the hand insertion portion. A food and drink container used by a person with inferior hand exercise function.   The food and drink container used by a person with inferior hand movement function according to claim 1, wherein the support frame portion is formed by integral molding on the container body.

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