JP2510601Y2 - Spoon or fork tableware - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a spoon or fork-shaped tableware, and more particularly to a tableware having a center-fold shape.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, spoon / fork-shaped dishes are
It was formed by pressing a metal plate or the like, and its main body consisted of a tip portion for handling food, a handle portion connected to this, and a grip portion held by a hand. Moreover, in forming these main bodies, the handle and the grip were slightly curved with respect to the tip, but they were formed almost linearly.

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional tableware, since the handle and the grip are formed almost in a straight line with respect to the tip of the main body, a person with a hand handicap or a person with a small physical strength or gripping force is required. Even if you can hold the grip, even if you can hold the grip, it is difficult to move the angle of the wrist that holds the grip to hold the tip of the main body at the required angle, and handling is impossible. It had some drawbacks. To improve this, as shown in FIG.
There is tableware for bending the handle portion 12 and the grip portion 13 into a substantially C shape with respect to 1 to make the angle of the wrist held by the grip portion 13 as natural as possible. According to this structure, the curved grip portion is provided. It can be grasped by inserting a finger into 13, but since the grip portion 12 is curved with a continuous curve from the handle portion 12, the gripping position is not fixed, and therefore the tip portion 11 of the main body cannot be stably held. It had the drawbacks that it was easy to drop food, and it was difficult to use, especially when pumping up liquid.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention was devised in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional type. Particularly, a person with a hand disorder, an elderly person with weak physical strength and grip strength, a baby who has just started eating, etc. The object of the present invention is to provide tableware that can be used even when there is little sense of parallelism while using the wrist as little as possible while performing the movements of the hands as much as possible. For this,
The grip is easy to grip, the angle of the wrist holding the grip is as natural as possible, and the tip of the main body is stably held during use.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems The spoon or fork-shaped tableware according to the present invention has the following constitution in order to achieve the above object. (A) The main body is composed of a tip portion on which food is placed, a grip portion, and a handle portion connecting the tip portion and the grip portion. (B) The grip part should be bent and attached to the handle part. (C) The grip portion is composed of a main body portion that extends from the handle portion to the tip end side and a protrusion that protrudes from the handle portion to the tip end side. (D) The main body shall be constructed so that it will not fall down by itself with the tip of the body facing up on the table. (E) A mountain-shaped space is formed between the table and the handle and the grip while the main body is placed on the table.

[0006]

In the above structure, the main body is held with the front end of the main body facing upward and placed on the table, so that the handle, the grip and the table can form a mountain-shaped space. It is possible to insert a finger through this space and easily grasp the grip portion. Moreover, since the main body of the grip portion is grasped by the entire palm from above and the thumb is hung on the protruding portion of the grip portion, the main body can be stably held with a small grip force.
Moreover, since the handle is inclined with respect to the grip, you can keep your wrist in a natural and comfortable shape, and do not touch the food with your fingers during meals. Can be maintained substantially optimally horizontal. by this,
With a slight movement of your wrist, you can easily scoop up food at the tip, and you can especially eat liquid food without spilling it.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of the spoon-shaped tableware, and FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof. The tableware body has a tip 1 on which food is placed,
It comprises a grip portion 3 and a handle portion 2 connecting the tip portion 1 and the grip portion 3. The tip portion 1 and the handle portion 2 connected to the tip portion 1 are formed by punching a metal plate such as stainless steel by press working, forming it into a desired shape by rolling, and further finishing it by polishing or the like. The handle portion 2 has a mountain-shaped bent portion 5 formed at a substantially middle portion thereof, and is bent around the bent portion 5. The handle 2 is molded on the upper surface of the rear portion of the bent portion 5 with synthetic resin,
A grip portion 3 having an appropriate thickness for gripping is integrally attached with a screw or an adhesive. for that reason,
The grip portion 3 is bent and attached to the handle portion 2. The grip portion 3 is composed of a main body portion 3b attached to an upper surface of a rear portion of the handle portion 2 beyond the bent portion 5 and a protruding portion 3a which is separated from the handle portion 2 and protrudes toward the tip portion 1 side beyond the bent portion 5. There is. On the lower surface of the rear part of the grip portion 3, an appropriate side is provided in order to prevent the tableware body from easily falling down with the tableware body placed on the table a with the front side 6 of the tip portion 1 facing upward. A plane 7 is formed. Further, when the tableware body is placed on the table a, the angle r between the table a and the grip portion 3 is formed to be 15 degrees or more. As a result, a mountain-shaped space 8 having a height h to the apex of approximately 2 cm or more is formed between the table a and the handle 2 and the grip 3 with the tableware body placed on the table a. .

With the above structure, when the tableware body is placed on the table a with the front side 6 of the tip 1 facing upward, the flat surface 7 of the lower surface of the grip portion 3 contacts the table a, When placed, the flat surface 7 on the lower surface of the grip portion 3 holds the grip portion 3 stably without falling. In this state, since the grip portion 3 is attached to the handle portion 2 in a bent shape, the handle portion 2, the handle portion 3 and the table a form a large mountain-shaped space 8 having an apex of about 2 cm or more. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp the grip portion 3 by inserting four fingers except the thumb into the space 8. Since the main body portion 3b of the grip portion 3 is grasped from above by the entire palm and the thumb is put on the protruding portion 3a of the grip portion 3, the tableware body can be stably held with a small grip force. Moreover, since the handle portion 2 is inclined with respect to the grip portion 3, the wrist can be kept in a natural and natural shape, and the tip portion 1 can be easily maintained in an optimum substantially horizontal position. In addition, the tip 1 of the main body can be easily tilted from a substantially horizontal state by simply moving the wrist a little, and food can be easily scooped in the tip 1 so that liquid food such as soup, which is easily spilled, can be obtained. You can eat without spilling. Further, since the finger can be stored in the space 8, the finger does not touch the food at the time of eating.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing various embodiments of the spoon-shaped tableware of the present invention. According to the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 (a), the handle portion 2a connected to the tip portion 1a and the grip portion 3a are provided. The angled bent portion 5a is integrally formed between the handle portion 2a and the grip portion 3a.
Is formed into an acutely bent "F" character shape. Similarly, according to the embodiment (b), since the chevron-shaped bent portion 5a is formed between the handle portion 2b and the grip portion 3b which are continuous with the tip portion 1b, it is formed in a gently bent "he" character shape. Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7C, a chevron-shaped bent portion 5c is formed between the handle portion 2c and the grip portion 3c connected to the tip portion 1c. At the same time, a handle 4c made of synthetic resin is integrally attached to the upper surface of the grip portion 3c. Similarly, according to the embodiment (d), the handle portion 2d and the grip portion 3 connected to the tip portion 1d.
In order to form a mountain-shaped bent portion 5d between d, it is formed into an acutely bent "F" character shape, and a handle 4d made of synthetic resin is integrally attached to the lower surface of the grip portion 3d. There is. FIG. 4 is a side view showing another embodiment of the spoon / fork type tableware of the present invention. In this case, FIG.
Similar to (d), a chevron-shaped bent portion 5e is formed between the handle portion 2e connected to the tip portion 1e and the grip portion 3e. A handle 4e made of synthetic resin is integrally attached to the lower surface of the.

In the case of the structure shown in FIG. 3A, the tip portion 1
Since it is stably held with the front side 6a of a facing upward on the table a, the bent portion 5a forms a large mountain-shaped space 8a on the table a, and a finger is passed through this space 8a. By inserting, the grip portion 3a can be easily grasped. Moreover, since the entire palm can be gripped from above the grip portion 3a, the main body can be stably held with a small gripping force. Since the angle of the grip portion 3a is inclined at about 15 degrees or more with respect to the dining table a, the wrist can be kept in a natural and natural shape. Further, since the fingers are accommodated in the large mountain-shaped space, it is possible to keep the tip 1a of the main body in an optimum substantially horizontal state when taking food without touching the food with the fingers when eating. As a result, food can be easily scooped into the tip portion 1a with a slight movement of the wrist, and particularly liquid food can be eaten without spilling. Similarly, in the case of the configuration of FIG. 3 (b), it can be handled in the same manner as the configuration of (a) above.
Further, in the case of the configuration of FIG. 3C, it can be handled in the same manner as the configuration of FIG. Further, in the case of the configuration of FIG. 3D, it can be handled in the same manner as the configuration of FIG. That is, in the case of FIG. 4, since the front side 6e of the tip portion 1e faces upward and is stably held in the state of being placed on the table a,
A large mountain-shaped space 8e is formed on the table a by the bent portion 5e, and the grip portion 3a can be easily grasped by inserting the thumb through the top of the space 8e. Moreover, since the entire palm can be gripped from above the grip portion 3e, the main body can be stably held with a small gripping force. Since the angle of the grip portion 3e is inclined at a large angle of about 15 degrees or more with respect to the dining table a, the wrist can be kept in a natural and natural shape. Further, since the finger fits in the large mountain-shaped space, it is possible to keep the tip 1e of the main body in an optimum substantially horizontal state when taking food without touching the food with the finger when eating. As a result, food can be easily scooped into the tip portion 1e with a slight movement of the wrist, and particularly liquid food can be eaten without spilling.

[0011]

EFFECT OF THE INVENTION The spoon or fork-shaped tableware according to claim 1 is held with the main body placed on the table with the tip of the table facing upward, and the table, the grip and the table provide Since a mountain-shaped space can be created and a finger can be inserted into this space, the grip portion can be easily grasped and can be grasped more easily than conventional tableware. Moreover, since the main body of the grip portion is grasped by the entire palm from above and the thumb is hung on the protruding portion of the grip portion, the main body can be stably held with a small grip force. Moreover, since the handle is inclined with respect to the grip, you can keep your wrist in a natural and comfortable shape.
It is possible to keep the tip of the main body in an optimum substantially horizontal state when taking food without touching the food with fingers when eating, and the tip is stably held. This allows food to be easily scooped up to the tip with a slight movement of the wrist, and can be used easily even if there is little sense of balance, and especially liquid food can be eaten without spilling. . As a result, people with handicap, old people with weak physical strength and weak grip, and infants can easily eat.

[0012]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a spoon / fork-shaped tableware showing an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a plan view of the spoon / fork-shaped tableware of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing various embodiments of the spoon / fork type dishes of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing another embodiment of the spoon / fork type tableware of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a conventional spoon-fork-shaped tableware.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 tip part 2 handle part 3 grip part 4 grip 5 bent part 6 front side 8 space

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A spoon- or fork-shaped tableware having the following requirements. (A) The main body is composed of a tip portion on which food is placed, a grip portion, and a handle portion connecting the tip portion and the grip portion. (B) The grip part should be bent and attached to the handle part. (C) The grip portion is composed of a main body portion that extends from the handle portion to the tip end side and a protrusion that protrudes from the handle portion to the tip end side. (D) The main body shall be constructed so that it will not fall down by itself with the tip of the body facing up on the table. (E) A mountain-shaped space is formed between the table and the handle and the grip while the main body is placed on the table.