JP2015150407A - Spoon with openable/closable drinking port - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spoon having a drinking port small and having the shape and material allowing easy insertion when giving food and drink to a baby or an older person who requires care.SOLUTION: A drinking port 10 of a spoon uses a soft material with flexibility and stability. When adding a force to two handles (operation part) connected on a back part using a hard material, the force is transmitted to an operation part arranged on both side parts of the drinking port of the same hard material, connected therefrom so as to pinch the drinking port and make the drinking port having food and drink on round and small. When weakening a force of the handles (operation part) after inserting, a pinching force of the operation part becomes weak and the drinking port starts to spread in the mouth, and simultaneously, the mouth of an object person is naturally widened so as to have a proper amount of food and drink smoothly eaten by the object person without any spill.

Description

This invention makes it easy to wrap food and drink with a mouth by applying force to the handle when giving food to babies who have difficulty opening their mouths or have weak mouth opening ability, and elderly people who need care. After a small drinking mouth is inserted into the mouth, the mouth of the subject is naturally opened by widening the drinking mouth and the mouth of the subject is naturally opened, and the food and drink are sent into the mouth without spilling The present invention relates to a spoon having an opening / closing function in a drinking mouth.

For conventional babies and elderly people who need nursing care, the mouth of the spoon should be made small so that it does not spill food, make it easy to insert, use materials that are easy to insert, etc. Although the size of the subject's mouth, the degree of opening of the mouth, the size of the food and drink to be given, hardness, viscosity, fluidity, etc. are various, the drinking mouth cannot be adjusted according to it and it has a certain shape Therefore, when food or drink is given to the target person, it depends on the adjustment of the supplier.

In this way, babies and elderly people who need nursing care have different mouth sizes, mouth opening, willingness to open their mouths, and ability to open their mouths, and the type, size, hardness, viscosity, Because of the variety of fluidity, it depends largely on the supplier's control to make it eaten. The shape of the spoon and the material alone cannot be supplemented. Opening the mouth to an appropriate size depends on the condition and intention of the target. If the food and drink is pushed in and the surroundings are made dirty or the surroundings are made dirty, it becomes difficult to supply an appropriate amount to the subject.

Patent Publication 2000-93281 The spoon for nursing care of Patent Document 1 is provided with a side leakage prevention function to the spoon used for nursing care lunch, thereby saving the caregiver's trouble and satisfying the texture of the care recipient and discomfort due to side leakage. It is said that the problem can be solved by providing a frame to prevent side leakage of food and drink at the side edge of the spoon head.

The above spoon is equipped with a frame to prevent side leakage, so it is not necessary for the caregiver to eat small portions to prevent side leakage, or to wipe around the mouth and clothes dirty by side leakage. In addition to being able to perform meals safely and to those who need care, it is said that they can enjoy eating without having the discomfort of being served in small portions and the discomfort due to side leakage. Since the shape and size of the spoon are uniform, it cannot be adjusted according to the mouth size, openness, food size, hardness, viscosity, and fluidity of the care recipient, so it can be smoothly put into the mouth. The frame that prevents the side leakage that cannot be inserted may not work properly, and the shape alone cannot fulfill a satisfactory function.

Problems to be solved by the invention

Therefore, the present invention is not intended to open the mouth, weak mouth opening ability, when giving food to elderly people who need nursing care. It can be rolled into a small shape so that it wraps around and can be easily inserted into the mouth. It is an object of the present invention to provide a spoon that can smoothly feed and eat foods and drinks.

Means for solving the problem

In order to solve the above problems, a soft material with softness and resilience (silicon rubber, synthetic rubber, raw rubber, synthetic resin, etc.) is used for the drinking mouth of the spoon. Applying force to the operation part of the two handles connected at the back of the spoon using silicon rubber, synthetic rubber, synthetic resin, metal, etc.) on the operation parts arranged on both sides of the same hard material drinking mouth connected from there When the mouth is sandwiched, the mouth becomes small and round so that it wraps food and drinks.The mouth can be easily inserted into the mouth of the subject who is not fully opened. The ability to pinch is weakened and the mouth begins to spread in the mouth. With the power that the mouth spreads, the mouth opens naturally, allowing the subject to eat the appropriate amount without losing food or drink smoothly.

Effect of the invention

According to the present invention, a baby with a weak mouth opening ability, a mouth-opening mouth, when food is given to an elderly person who needs care, food and drink cannot be put into the mouth well, and food and drink spills from the mouth. For example, a small rounded mouth is inserted into a mouth that is slightly opened by a spoon with a mouth that can be opened and closed at hand, and the mouth opens naturally by opening in the mouth. An appropriate amount of food and drink can be fed into the mouth, and it can be eaten without spilling or getting dirty. Spoon with this mouthpiece is a small rounded mouthpiece made of soft, flexible and restorable material, a handle that can be opened and closed with a hard material and a handle that can be adjusted at hand, and a drink connected to it. It consists of an action part that applies force to pinch the mouth from both sides, and if force is applied to the operation part at hand, the force is transmitted to the action part, the action part pinches the drinking mouth, the mouth becomes small and the mouth is slightly open If the force of the operation part is weakened, the force to pinch the mouth of the operating part will weaken and the mouth will spread in the mouth. At the same time, the mouth of the subject will be widened and the food in the mouth will be easily fed. In addition, since the opening and closing of the mouth can be delicately controlled by the amount of power at hand, it is possible to gradually eat the appropriate amount while watching the subject.

Spoon overview (diagonal view) Spoon overview (top view) Figure with a spoon rounded down (slanted view) Spoon drinking mouth rounded up (top view) Spoon side view Diagram showing how to use The figure which shows the connection part of a spoon rear handle (the deformation direction of the connection part of two handles)

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an overall image 1 of a normal shape of a spoon as viewed obliquely from above. It is composed of two handles (operating part) 11, 11a, (connecting part) 11b connected to the drinking mouth 10 at the rear part and an operating part 12 connected from the handle to the drinking mouth. Materials that can be restored and restored (silicon rubber, synthetic rubber, raw rubber, synthetic resin, etc.) The handle's operating and operating parts are hard materials (high hardness silicon rubber, synthetic resin, metal, etc.) I use it. As for the shape of the mouth, the thickness near the tip is made thin so as to be rounded inwardly, 10a, the height difference on both sides is 10c, and the circumference is slightly inwardly facing 10d. As a result, when force is transmitted from the actuating part, it starts to deform easily from the thin mouth part of the mouthpiece, and the circumference part tends to fall inward and the difference in height between the two sides makes the lower side cover and the higher side is covered and rounds down.

Fig. 2 shows an overall view of the normal shape of a spoon as seen from directly above. The drinking mouth 10, the handle (operation part) 11, 11a, the handle (connection part) 11b, the arrangement of the operating part 12, and the circumferential thin part 10a of the drinking mouth are shown.

FIG. 3 shows an oblique view of a state in which the spout 10 of the spoon is rounded down. The force is transmitted from the handle (operating portion) 11a to which the force is applied to the operating portion 12, and the handle is slightly rounded. Since the handle (connecting portion) 11b is deformed so that it is deformed from the thin-walled portion of the drinking mouth and has a difference in height in addition to the circumferential shape and the height difference on both sides, it is easier to be rounded to the inside.

FIG. 4 shows a view of a state in which the drinking mouth 10 of the spoon is rounded down as viewed from directly above. A force is applied from the actuating part 12 so that the higher side of the drinking mouth covers the lower side, and the lower side goes down.

FIG. 5 shows a side view of the normal form of a spoon. A thin portion 10b in the height direction of the drinking mouth and a step difference in height 10c on both sides are shown.

Fig. 6 is a diagram (A) inserted into the mouth of the subject slightly opened with a rounded down mouth, and a view (B) where the subject's mouth was opened by widening the mouth in the mouth. It is.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a structure for deforming so that a step (height difference) is generated in the operating portion without narrowing in parallel when the connecting portion 11b of the two handles connected at the rear portion is applied in force. Since the direction of deformation of the vertical axis is not vertical but the angle 11c is attached to either the left or right, the operating portion connected at the tip is narrowed with a step (height difference).

1 Spoon Body 10 Spoon Mouth 10a Spoon Mouth Circumferential Thin Wall 10b Spoon Mouth Height Thin Wall 10c Spoon Mouth Step 10d Spoon Mouth Inclination 11 Spoon Pattern 11a Spoon Pattern Operation Unit 11b Spoon Pattern Connection part 11c Direction of deformation of the connection part of the spoon handle 12 Spoon operation part

Claims (4)

Rear part using a hard material (silicon rubber, synthetic resin, metal, etc.) that is integrated with the mouth using a flexible and restorative material (silicon rubber, synthetic rubber, raw rubber, synthetic resin, etc.) It is made up of two handles connected by a handle and an operating part installed on both sides of the drinking spout connected to the handle. The force is transmitted to the connected operating part by applying force to the handle operating part, and the action part carries the food and drink. By pinching the mouth from both sides, the drinking mouth can be rounded and made smaller, and by weakening the handle's operation part, the action part's clamping force will weaken and the drinking mouth will revert to its original shape and expand easily. Spoon characterized by the ability to adjust the opening and closing of the mouth. The operation part is installed on both sides of the drinking mouth connected to the handle (operating part) with a hard material drinking mouth using flexible and restorable materials (silicon rubber, synthetic rubber, raw rubber, synthetic resin, etc.) When the force applied to is transmitted, a step (level difference) is added to both sides of the drinking mouth integrated with the working part so that it can be easily curled and reduced. Spoon characterized by inducing that the mouth is curled and becomes smaller. Vertically near the tip of the mouth so that the mouth using a material with flexibility and resilience (silicon rubber, synthetic rubber, raw rubber, synthetic resin, etc.) is easily curled and reduced when force is applied from both sides. Spoon characterized by having a mouthpiece with a thin lateral thickness. Actuator placed from the handle (operating part) to the mouth so that the mouth with a flexible and resilient material (silicon rubber, synthetic rubber, raw rubber, synthetic resin, etc.) is easily curled and reduced. Spoon is characterized in that the connecting part of the rear part of the two handles is deformed with an angle on either the left or right side so that a step (height difference) is attached to the working part when the distance between both sides is reduced.

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