JP2009183631A - Multi-functional grip scissors - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide multi-functional grip scissors which is capable of holding food by pinching it when cutting food, and additionally, capable of softening food by crushing it. <P>SOLUTION: The multi-functional grip scissors 1 has a U shape having a pair of leg parts 11 and 12, and a connecting part 13 which connects the base side of the pair of leg parts. They are also provided with a pair of pinching walls 15 and 16 that are provided at the tip parts of the pair of leg parts 11 and 12 and that have a prescribed height in order to be able to pinch and hold substances positioned across the pair of leg parts; a pair of cutting walls 17 and 18 that are connected to one edge of the height direction of the pair of pinching walls and that have blade parts 17h and 18h protruding toward the inside of the opening and closing direction of the grip scissors in order to cut substances; and crushing walls 19 and 20 that are connected to the tip edges of the pair of pinching walls and that project toward the outside of the opening and closing direction of the grip scissors in order to crush substances. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gripping scissors that can be used when an infant eats on the go or the like and has multiple functions.

Infants at weaning eat a small amount of baby food such as potatoes, apples and udon. However, it is necessary to make it easy to eat food when eating because his teeth have not yet grown. Conventionally, as a tableware used for baby food, for example, a nigiri as described in JP-A-2005-177181 (Patent Document 1) is known. The gripping rod described in Patent Document 1 includes a U-shaped gripping portion, a sandwiching portion connected to the distal end side of the gripping portion, and a pair of blade portions provided respectively inside the sandwiching portion. And a pair of blade part cut | disconnects to the magnitude | size which is easy to eat a foodstuff.
JP 2005-177181 A

  However, the above-described conventional grip has the following problems. That is, the gripper described in Patent Document 1 is difficult to sandwich and hold the food without cutting it even if the food (thing) can be cut into a size that is easy to eat. Furthermore, the food cannot be crushed. For this reason, in order to make hard foods such as potatoes and apples easy to eat and give them to infants, it is necessary to prepare crockery for crushing and crockery for softening.

  In view of the above circumstances, the present invention aims to provide a multifunctional gripping scissors that can hold food while cutting the food, and can further crush and soften the food. And

  For this purpose, the multifunctional gripping scissors according to the present invention is U-shaped having a pair of leg portions and a connecting portion that connects the base end sides of the pair of leg portions. The height of the pair of sandwiching walls provided at the tip portions of the pair of leg portions and having a predetermined height so as to sandwich and hold an object located between the pair of leg portions, and the height of the pair of sandwiching walls Connected to one edge in the direction and has a pair of cutting walls with blades projecting inward in the opening and closing direction of the gripping scissors to cut the object, and connected to the leading edges of the pair of sandwiching walls to crush the object And a crushing wall projecting outward in the opening / closing direction of the scissors.

  According to the present invention, the first function of sandwiching and holding food can be realized by the sandwiching wall. As a result, even foods with round shapes and slippery foods can be easily taken out, and this function can be used to grate the food on a separately prepared grate plate while holding the food. it can. Furthermore, the 2nd function which cut | disconnects the blade part of a pair of cutting wall to the magnitude | size which can eat food easily with opening / closing operation | movement of a gripping scissors is realizable. Moreover, the third function of crushing and softening hard foods such as potatoes and apples by the crushing wall can be realized. Therefore, it is possible to realize three functions with one gripping scissors, and it is not necessary to bring tableware for holding food and softening food when going out. Tableware to play can be reduced, and the menu of baby food that can be eaten by infants on the go can be expanded.

  Here, it is preferable that the front end surface of the crushing wall is an uneven surface. According to this embodiment, it becomes possible to press the crushing wall firmly against the food. Therefore, food can be prevented from warping and jumping out from the crushing wall, and can be easily crushed.

  Here, it is preferable that the inner surface on the inner side in the opening / closing direction of the surface of the sandwiching wall is an uneven surface. According to this embodiment, it becomes possible for a pinching wall to pinch | interpose food firmly. Therefore, food can be prevented from warping and jumping out from the sandwiching wall, and can be easily held.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on examples shown in the drawings. 1 and 2 are perspective views showing a multi-function gripping scissors according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the multifunction gripping scissors of the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a side view of the multifunction gripping scissors of the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a front view of the multifunction gripping scissors of the present embodiment.

  The multi-function gripping scissors 1 includes two leg portions 11 and 12, and the leg portions 11 and 12 are paired. The base ends of the pair of leg portions 11 and 12 are connected to form a connecting portion 13. The connecting portion 13 is curved, and the multifunctional gripping scissors 1 is U-shaped.

  A sandwiching wall 15 is provided at the distal end portion of the leg portion 11 on the side far from the connecting portion 13. Similarly, a sandwiching wall 16 is provided at the tip of the leg 12. The sandwiching wall 15 and the sandwiching wall 16 are paired so as to face each other, and open and close when the distal end portions of the leg portions 11 and 12 approach or separate from each other with the connecting portion 13 as a fulcrum. The height H of the pair of sandwiching walls 15 and 16 is set to a predetermined height so that an object (not shown) located between the pair of leg portions 11 and 12 can be sandwiched and held as shown in FIG. Have. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the height of the sandwiching wall 15 (16) is reduced at the base end side, that is, at the center in the longitudinal direction of the leg 11 (12) which is the center between the base end and the tip. It is better to increase as you go to. The sandwiching walls 15 and 16 are wall-shaped members that extend in the longitudinal direction and the height direction of the multifunctional gripping scissors 1 and are thin in the opening and closing direction. The inner surface 15n on the inner side of the sandwiching wall 15 in the opening / closing direction is provided with unevenness. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of protrusions 21 extending in the height direction are formed at equal intervals in the longitudinal direction, and the inner side surface 15n is formed as an uneven surface. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 1, the inner side surface 16n of the sandwiching wall 16 is also made uneven.

  A cutting wall 17 is connected to one edge in the height direction of the sandwiching wall 15. Similarly, the cutting wall 18 is connected to one edge of the sandwiching wall 16 in the height direction. The pair of cutting walls 17 and 18 project toward the inside in the opening / closing direction of the multifunction gripping scissors 1. And it has the blade parts 17h and 18h in order to cut | disconnect an object in the overhang | projection inner edge. When the multifunctional gripping scissors 1 are opened and closed, the blade portions 17h and 18h come into contact with each other so as to rub against each other to generate a shearing force, thereby cutting an object located between the blade portions 17h and 18h. The cutting walls 17 and 18 are thin wall-shaped members that extend in the longitudinal direction and the opening and closing direction of the multifunctional gripping scissors 1 and are thin in the height direction.

  A crushing wall 19 is connected to the leading edge of the sandwiching wall 15 having a height H. Similarly, the crushing wall 20 is connected to the leading edge of the sandwiching wall 16 having the height H. The pair of crushing walls 19 and 20 project toward the outside in the opening and closing direction of the multi-function gripping scissors 1 in order to crush objects. The crushing walls 19 and 20 are thin wall-shaped members that extend in the height direction and the opening and closing direction of the multifunctional gripping scissors 1 and are thin in the longitudinal direction. The tip surface 19s on the tip side of the crushing wall 19 is uneven. For example, a plurality of hemispherical protrusions 22 projecting toward the tip are formed, and the tip surface 19s is formed as an uneven surface. Similarly, the tip surface 20s of the crushing wall 20 is also an uneven surface.

  Next, the usage state of the multifunction gripping scissors 1 will be described. If the user of the multi-function gripping scissors 1 grips the longitudinal center part of the leg parts 11 and 12, the tip parts of the leg parts 11 and 12 can be closed. And if the force which grips the leg parts 11 and 12 becomes large, as shown in the perspective view of FIG. 6, and the front view of FIG. 7, the front-end | tip parts of the leg parts 11 and 12 will contact and it will close completely. Conversely, if the force to grip the leg portions 11 and 12 is reduced, the tip portions of the leg portions 11 and 12 can be opened. That is, when the gripping force is 0, the tip portions of the leg portions 11 and 12 are completely opened as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6 show a state seen from the same direction. Moreover, the front view of FIG. 5 and FIG. 7 shows the state seen from the front end side.

  In the closed state, the distance between the pair of sandwiching walls 15 and 16 in the opening / closing direction is narrowed, and the inner side surface 15n of the sandwiching wall 15 and the inner side surface 16n of the sandwiching wall 16 serve to hold an object in between. Further, in the closed state, the pair of cutting walls 17 and 18 overlap each other and perform a function of scissors where the blade portions 17h and 18h rub against each other. 6 and 7, the crushing wall 19 and the crushing wall 20 are combined to form one wide crushing wall. This wide crushing wall fulfills the function of crushing objects located outside the tip portion of the multi-function gripping scissors 1.

  Next, functions of the multi-function gripping scissors 1 will be described in detail.

  FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state in which the multifunctional gripping scissors 1 holds the food (thing) in between. When a user such as an infant's mother holds the multifunctional gripping scissors 1 with his / her hand, the pair of sandwiching walls 15 and 16 holds the food 2 located between the pair of leg portions 11 and 12. At this time, the protrusions 21 provided on the inner side surfaces 15n and 16n securely hold the food 2 so as not to slide down. Moreover, the cutting walls 17 and 18 connected to one edge in the height direction of the sandwiching walls 15 and 16 also prevent the food 2 from sliding down to one side in the height direction. As a result, the user can place food on the tray 5 and can prepare baby food. Furthermore, it attaches to the opening edge of the saucer 5 so that the grated plate 6 same shape as this opening shape may be mounted, and the said foodstuff 2 can be grated on the grated plate 6 pinching | interposing the foodstuff 2. FIG.

  FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a state where the multifunctional gripping scissors 1 cuts a long and narrow food such as noodles. The food 3 is cut by overlapping the pair of cutting walls 17 and 18. As a result, the user of the multifunctional gripping scissors 1 can prepare the baby food so that the infant can easily eat it by cutting the food finely and placing it on the tray 5.

  FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing how the multi-function gripping scissors 1 crushes hard food such as apples, potatoes, carrots and pumpkins. When the user stands upright with respect to the receiving tray 5 with the multifunctional scissors 1 and presses the tip of the multifunctional scissors 1 against the food 4 placed on the receiving tray 5, the crushing walls 19 and 20 crush the food 4. At this time, the protrusions 22 provided on the front end surfaces 19 s and 20 s are surely in contact with the food 4, and the food 4 is prevented from warping from the front end surfaces 19 s and 20 s. As a result, the user of the multifunctional gripping scissors 1 can crush the food on the tray 5 and soften it, and can prepare baby food so that infants can easily eat it.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described with reference to drawings, this invention is not limited to the thing of embodiment shown in figure. Various modifications and variations can be made to the illustrated embodiment within the same range or equivalent range as the present invention.

  The multifunctional gripping scissors according to the present invention is effectively used for tableware.

It is a perspective view which shows the multifunctional grip scissors which become one Example of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the multifunctional grip scissors of the Example. It is a top view which shows the multifunctional grip scissors of the Example. It is a side view which shows the multifunctional grip scissors of the Example. It is a front view which shows the multifunctional grip scissors of the Example. It is a perspective view which shows the state which the multifunctional grip scissors of the Example closed completely. It is a front view which shows the state which the multifunctional grip scissors of the Example closed completely. It is explanatory drawing which shows the use condition of the multifunctional grip scissors of the Example. It is explanatory drawing which shows the use condition of the multifunctional grip scissors of the Example. It is explanatory drawing which shows the use condition of the multifunctional grip scissors of the Example.

Explanation of symbols

  1 Multi-functional gripping scissors, 2-4 Food (things), 5 Dish, 6 Grater plate, 11/12 Leg, 13 Connecting part, 15/16 Clipping wall, 17/18 Cutting wall, 19/20 Crushing wall, 21 protrusions, 22 protrusions.

Claims (3)

A U-shaped multifunctional gripping scissors having a pair of leg portions and a connecting portion for connecting the base end sides of the pair of leg portions,
A pair of sandwiching walls provided at the tip portions of the pair of leg portions and having a predetermined height so as to be able to sandwich and hold an object located between the pair of leg portions;
A pair of cutting walls connected to one edge in the height direction of the pair of sandwiching walls and having a blade portion projecting inward in the opening / closing direction of the gripping scissors to cut the object;
A multifunction gripping scissor comprising a crushing wall connected to the front edges of the pair of sandwiching walls and projecting toward the outside in the opening / closing direction of the gripping scissors to crush an object.   The multifunction gripping scissors according to claim 1, wherein a front end surface of the crushing wall is an uneven surface.   The multifunction gripping scissors according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an inner side surface in an opening / closing direction of the surface of the sandwiching wall is an uneven surface.

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