JP3039647U - Tableware - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [PROBLEMS] It is ensured that in a tableware used so that the mouth is in contact with the upper edge, the portion where the person serving the food puts his thumb and the portion where the person who eats and drinks touches the mouth match. To prevent it. SOLUTION: An upper edge portion 1a of a tableware 1 is formed with a mouth rest portion 2 which is a concave portion having a width larger than the depth and is used by a user to touch his / her mouth when eating or drinking. When eating or drinking, the user puts his mouth against the mouthpiece 2 and uses it, and the person serving the food holds the tableware 1 by placing his thumb on the portion other than the mouthpiece 2 on the upper edge part 1a.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a bowl, a bowl, a bowl, a bowl for drinking water, etc., which are used so that their mouths come into contact with the peripheral edge of the upper end.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In general, a person who serves at a school lunch or a cafeteria, when holding tableware such as a bowl, a bowl, a bowl, and a teacup with a hand, hangs his thumb around the upper edge of the tableware and holds the tableware.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, when the tableware to be served as described above is a tableware that is used so that the mouth is in contact with the upper edge of the table, the portion of the tableware on which the person serving the thumb puts his / her thumb There is a possibility that the part of the person who touches will be the same as the part that touches the mouth.

This possibility means that if the person serving the food is dirty, and if germs of bacteria are attached to the portion where the customer puts his thumb, the person who eats or drinks There is a possibility of touching the part with the mouth, which is a sanitary problem. In particular, the above-mentioned problems are great in recent years when the outbreak of pathogenic Escherichia coli O-157 has occurred.

Further, there is a possibility that the portion where the waiter puts his thumb on and the portion where the person who eats and drinks touches the mouth may coincide with each other when the hands of the person who waits are actually clean. Even if the portion of the person who waits on the thumb touches the portion where the person who eats and drinks touches the mouth, there is a problem that the person who eats and drinks feels anxiety.

Conventionally, as shown in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-178759 and Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 3-4752, in order to prevent the serving person's thumb from entering the inside of the tableware, Various techniques have been proposed for forming a finger rest on which a thumb is placed on the upper peripheral edge of the. According to such a technique, if the person serving the food serves his / her thumb securely on the finger rest, the portion where the person serving the thumb touches the portion where the person who eats and drinks touches the mouth. Therefore, the above problems can be avoided.

However, when the finger rest is formed on the upper edge of the tableware, the ratio of the finger rest to the entire upper edge of the tableware is extremely small. In a situation where a large amount of tableware is handled, it is very complicated for the person who serves the food to check the finger rest and put his thumb on it. Therefore, in practice, there is a problem that the person who serves the food tends to put his / her thumb on a portion other than the finger rest, which is ineffective.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is a tableware used such that a mouth is in contact with a peripheral edge of an upper end of a table. It is to provide tableware that can surely prevent a person from touching the part that touches the mouth.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The tableware according to claim 1 is a tableware used so that the mouth is in contact with the upper edge, and the upper edge has a recess having a width larger than the depth so that the user can touch the mouth when eating or drinking. The mouthpiece is formed.

[0010] In this tableware, the portion where the person serving the thumb puts his / her thumb on it and the portion where the person eating and drinking touches the mouth can be separated, and the portion where the person serving the thumb puts on the mouth and the portion where the person eating and drinking touches the mouth. It is possible to prevent that the part that contacts with is matched. In particular, in this tableware, the part where the waiter can put his thumb is a wide part other than the mouthpiece part at the upper edge part, so a large amount of tableware is handled in a short time, such as school lunch and employee cafeteria. Even under the circumstances, it is possible to prevent the portion where the waiter puts his thumb and the portion where the person who eats and drinks touches the mouth from matching.

Further, the tableware according to claim 2 is the tableware according to claim 1, which further comprises a recessed portion having a width smaller than that of the mouth rest part at the upper end peripheral portion, and the user puts his thumb on the table when eating or drinking. A finger rest portion for forming is formed.

[0012] With this tableware, when the user eats or drinks, the user puts his thumb on the finger rest and holds the tableware, so that the mouthpiece can be reliably arranged in front of the mouth.

[0013]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a tableware according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in this figure, the tableware 1 according to the present embodiment is a tableware that is used so that its mouth contacts the upper edge portion 1a. At the upper edge 1a of the tableware 1, there is formed a mouthpiece 2 having a recess whose width is larger than the depth and for the user to put his mouth on when eating or drinking.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the vicinity of the mouth rest portion 2 in FIG. 1 in an enlarged manner. As shown in this figure, when the width of the mouthpiece 2 is W and the depth is D, the relationship of W> D is established. W is preferably about 3 to 6 cm. D is preferably about 0.2 to 1 cm. The shape of the contact portion 2 is preferably a shape that facilitates eating and drinking, for example, an arc shape.

It should be noted that the tableware 1 may be of any type, such as a bowl, a bowl, a bowl, a cup of hot water, or the like, which is used so that its mouth comes into contact with the upper peripheral portion 1a. Further, the material of the tableware 1 may be any kind as long as it is a material usually used for tableware, such as ceramics, synthetic resin, wood, and aluminum.

In the tableware 1 according to the present embodiment, the user (the person who eats and drinks) is supposed to use the mouthpiece 2 with his or her mouth when eating and drinks, and the person who serves is the upper edge rim. It is assumed that the tableware 1 is held by placing a thumb on the portion other than the mouthpiece 2 in the portion 1a. Such an arrangement can be easily implemented when used at school lunches or employee cafeterias. As a result, it is possible to separate the portion where the person serving the thumb touches the portion where the person who eats and drinks touches the mouth, and the portion where the person serving the thumb touches the portion where the person who eats and drinks touches the mouth. Can be prevented from matching. Therefore, avoid the hygiene problem and the anxiety about food and drink that may be caused by the possibility that the part where the waiter puts his thumb and the part where the person who eats and drinks touches the mouth may coincide. can do.

In particular, according to the tableware 1 according to the present embodiment, the portion on which the person serving the food can put his / her thumb is a wide portion other than the mouth rest portion 2 in the upper end peripheral portion 1a, so that school meals and Even when a large amount of tableware is handled in a short time, such as the employee cafeteria, it is less likely that the person serving the food will put his thumb on the mouthpiece 2, and more reliably the portion served by the person serving the food and the food served. It is possible to prevent the person who is doing the same from touching the mouth.

Further, in the tableware 1 according to the present embodiment, the mouthpiece portion 2 is formed by a concave portion having a width W larger than the depth D. It is possible to make an impression that the concave portion having such a shape is a portion to which the mouth is put on both the person serving the food and the person eating the food. It is possible to effectively prevent the above from occurring, and also to allow the person who eats and drinks to effectively apply the mouth to the mouthpiece 2.

In addition, in the tableware 1 according to the present embodiment, the mouthpiece 2 is formed into a shape that facilitates eating and drinking, for example, an arc shape, which also has the effect of facilitating eating and drinking.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a tableware according to a second embodiment of the present invention. As shown in this figure, the tableware 1 according to the present embodiment has, in addition to the mouthpiece portion 2 similar to that of the first embodiment, more than the mouthpiece portion 2 on the upper edge portion 1a. It is formed of a recess having a small width, and has a finger contact portion 3 for the user to apply his / her thumb when eating or drinking.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the tableware shown in FIG. As shown in this figure, the finger rest 3 is placed so that the thumb of the left hand holding the tableware 1 is just touched when the user places the mouth rest 2 on the front side when eating or drinking. It is arranged on the left side with the section 2 arranged on the front side.

[0022] In addition, W ₁ the width of the mouth contact portion 2, and the width of the finger contact portion 3, W _2, and has a relation of W _1> W _2. W ₁ is preferably about 3 to 6 cm, and W ₂ is preferably about 1.5 to 2.5 cm.

In the tableware 1 according to the present embodiment, when the user eats or drinks, the user puts his or her thumb on the finger rest 3 and holds the tableware 1 to ensure that the mouthpiece is placed in front of the user's mouth. 2 can be arranged. Therefore, according to the tableware 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to surely allow the user to put his / her mouth on the mouth rest portion 2, and the serving is performed more reliably than in the first embodiment. It is possible to prevent the part where the person puts his / her thumb and the part where the person who eats and drinks touches the mouth from matching.

Other configurations, operations, and effects in this embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to each of the above-described embodiments. For example, in the second embodiment, the finger rest is placed on the left side in the state where the mouth rest 2 is arranged on the front side for right-handed use. Although the part 3 is arranged, tableware in which the finger rest 3 is arranged on the right side in the state where the mouth rest 2 is arranged on the front side may be prepared for a left-handed person. Further, the dimensions of the mouth portion and the finger contact portion in the tableware of the present invention are not limited to the dimensions given in the embodiments, and the types of tableware to which the present invention is applied and the tableware of the present invention are used. It can be set appropriately depending on the situation (used for school lunch in elementary school, used in employee cafeteria, etc.).

[0026]

As described above, according to the tableware according to claim 1, the upper edge portion is formed with the concave portion having a width larger than the depth, and the mouthpiece for the user to put his / her mouth on when eating or drinking. Since the part is formed, the part where the waiter puts his thumb on can be separated from the part where the drinker touches the mouth, and the part where the waiter can put his thumb on Since it is a wide area other than the mouthpiece, even in situations such as school lunches and employee cafeterias where a large amount of tableware is handled in a short time, the portion where the waiter puts his thumb on and the portion where the person eating and drinking touches the mouth There is an effect that it can be surely prevented that and match. Further, according to this tableware, since the mouthpiece is formed by the concave portion having a width larger than the depth, the concave portion having such a shape applies the mouth to both the person who serves and the person who eats and drinks. It is possible to make an impression that it is a portion, and it is possible to effectively prevent the person who serves the person from putting his thumb on the mouthpiece, and also to the person who eats and drinks, the mouthpiece is effectively held. It has the effect of making it possible to guess.

Further, according to the tableware of claim 2, a finger rest portion, which has a concave portion having a width smaller than that of the mouth rest portion, is further provided at the upper end peripheral portion, for the user to put his / her thumb on when eating or drinking. Since it is formed, in addition to the effect of the tableware according to the above-mentioned claim 1, there is an effect that the user can surely make the mouth touch the mouth.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a tableware according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an enlarged view of the vicinity of a mouth rest portion in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a tableware according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the tableware shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 tableware 1a upper edge part 2 mouth rest part 3 finger rest part

Claims (2)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A tableware which is used so that a mouth comes into contact with the upper end peripheral portion, wherein the upper end peripheral portion comprises a concave portion having a width larger than the depth, and a mouth portion for a user to put his / her mouth on when eating or drinking. Tableware characterized by forming a. 2. The upper edge portion further comprises a recess portion having a width smaller than that of the mouth rest portion, and a finger rest portion for the user to put his / her thumb on when eating or drinking is formed. Tableware described in 1.