JP3146366U - Meal pick - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a meal pick that can add interest and decoration, and can stimulate or enhance appetite.
A meal pick comprising a grip portion and a piercing portion, wherein the grip portion has a shape imitating an animal with an open mouth, and the piercing portion is projected from the opened mouth. It is the meal pick 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. By sticking the food pick into the food, it looks as if the animal is biting, giving a more delicious impression.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a meal pick for piercing food such as side dishes and fruits, and more specifically, a meal that can add interest and decoration to these foods to stimulate or enhance appetite. For picks.

  Traditionally, in order to make the table look fun and delicious, it has been common to devise arrangements and dishes, and to arrange flowers and various decorations around the food, which have caused visual appetite. Or improving.

  In particular, there are many women and young people who are thin and have a lot of love and dislike, which may interfere with the healthy development of mind and body. Also, recently, even family members have eaten different times, and often eat silently alone, leading to a loss of appetite and worries about nutritional bias.

Under such circumstances, a pick provided with a message display unit has recently been proposed (see Patent Document 1).
This pick conveys the warmth and affection of the person who cooked the food to the person who eats, while the person who eats responds to this, and is willing to try hard to eat even disliked food In addition, the effect of gradually changing to a favorite food while eating is recognized.

However, since this pick achieves its purpose only by reading the message, it involves the problem that the intended purpose cannot be achieved for, for example, preschool children who cannot read the message.
Utility Model Registration No. 3114471

  In view of the actual situation, the present invention has an object to provide a meal pick that can arouse and promote appetite even by children and women who are thin or have a strong preference for food and drink, with interest and decoration.

  Claim 1 of the present invention for achieving the above object is a meal pick comprising a gripping portion and a piercing portion, wherein the gripping portion has a shape simulating an animal with an open mouth, and the piercing portion is The contents are a pick for eating that is projected from the opened mouth.

  Claim 2 of the present invention includes a food pick according to claim 1, wherein the animal is a frog, a river horse, a bear, a fox, a dog, a penguin, or a pelican.

  Claim 3 of the present invention includes a meal pick according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a protrusion simulating teeth is provided on the opened mouth.

  Claim 4 of the present invention is characterized in that the leg portion of the animal protrudes in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the piercing portion. The content is a pick.

  According to claim 5 of the present invention, the animal is an animal having irregularities such as a bump, a scale, a feather, and a hair, and the irregularities are projected or recessed in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the piercing portion. The meal pick according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which is characterized in content.

In the meal pick of the present invention, the gripping part imitates the shape of an animal with an open mouth, and the piercing part protrudes from the mouth part of the animal shape, so when food is pierced into the piercing part The shark also has the form that the animal is biting the food, and its loveliness and fun makes it possible to eat as if the shark is eating with the animals. be able to.
In addition, if animals with wide open mouths, such as rabbits, river horses, bears, rabbits, and dogs, are used as animals, the animals appear to be sticking to food, which further arouses and promotes appetite.

  In addition, if a projection simulating teeth is provided at the mouth portion of the animal shape, it gives the impression that the animal is biting into food, and the appetite is aroused and enhanced. In addition, it is possible to prevent the inconvenience that teeth are stuck in the food and it is difficult for the animal's mouth to be separated from the food, and the food is separated from the animal's mouth and does not appear to be eating.

  In addition, the leg part of the animal is protruded in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the stabbed part, and unevenness such as animal lobes, scales, feathers, hairs, etc. is substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the stabbed part By projecting or recessing, these serve to prevent slipping, and the pick can be easily stabbed into the food.

  The meal pick of the present invention is a meal pick composed of a grip part and a stab part, wherein the grip part has a shape simulating an animal with an open mouth, and the stab part projects from the open mouth. It is characterized by.

  The material of the meal pick of the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it is a safe material such as plastic, metal, wood, bamboo, etc., but plastic is preferable in terms of formability (moldability), colorability, cost, and the like.

  Although it does not restrict | limit especially as a plastic used for this invention, Polyolefin resin, such as polyethylene and a polypropylene, a polystyrene resin, a vinyl chloride resin, a polyamide resin, a polyester resin, an ABS resin, AS resin etc. are mentioned.

  The gripping portion is for picking with a finger when the piercing portion of the pick is inserted into or withdrawn from food, and when it is too small, it is difficult to pick it, so that it is usually preferable to have a size that fits between the thumb and index finger.

  The piercing portion is literally for inserting (pricking) the pick into the food. Therefore, the piercing portion has an appropriate rigidity, and if it is too long, it is difficult to store it in a lunch box or a folding box. A degree is preferred. In addition, since it is dangerous if the front-end | tip part of an insertion part is sharpened too much, it is good to set it as the grade which can stab food. In addition, it is possible to provide an anti-removal means such as an arrowhead at the tip of the pick so that food does not inadvertently escape.

  In the present invention, the animal forming the gripping part is not particularly limited, and includes dogs, cats, rabbits, horses, cows, elephants, tigers, horses, rabbits, bears, rabbits, lions, giraffes, penguins, pelicans, chicks, etc. In particular, a kite, a river horse, a bear, a kite, a dog and the like that open their mouths are preferable. If such an animal with a wide open mouth is adopted, the animal appears to be very tasty and the appetite is aroused and enhanced. In terms of adorability, penguins, pelicans, chicks and the like are preferable.

  In addition, by providing a projection that imitates a tooth in the wide open mouth, it seems that the animal is biting into food, and the appetite is further aroused and promoted. In addition, it is difficult for the animal's mouth and food to be separated from each other by sticking teeth into the food, so there is a gap between the animal's mouth and the food, preventing the inconvenience that the animal does not appear to be eating food. Is done.

  Furthermore, the animal leg part is projected in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the stabbed part, or an animal having irregularities such as dorsal lobes, scales, feathers, hairs, etc. By projecting or recessing in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of these, they play a role of preventing slipping when they are gripped, and even if water or oil adheres to the hand or pick, it is easy to eat Can be stabbed into.

  The piercing part protrudes from the mouth opened by the animal, but when protruding from approximately the middle between the upper part and the lower part of the mouth, the opened mouth stably contacts the food and the tongue of the animal also stretched. It looks like it and the fun is increased.

  The meal pick of the present invention is colored in a desired color, but it may be colored in one color or in multiple colors.

  Hereinafter, although this invention is demonstrated in detail based on an Example, this invention is not restrict | limited at all by these.

Example 1
As shown in FIG. 1, the meal pick 1 according to the present embodiment has a shape simulating a bowl with an open mouth, and a piercing portion 3 projects from substantially the middle between the upper and lower portions of the mouth. Has been.
In this example, the nostrils and eyes are recessed, and the scales are formed in a concavo-convex shape in the direction substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the piercing portion 2, and both sides are recessed. Further, the legs are provided so as to project in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the piercing portion 2.
FIG. 2 shows a state in which the meal pick 1 of this example is pierced into the food 4. However, the meal pick 1 of this example has irregularities even if the grip part 2 is picked up with the finger in either the vertical direction or both sides. Since it plays the role of anti-slip, even if water or oil adheres to the hand or the grip portion 2, it can be easily stabbed into the food 4 without slipping.

Example 2
As shown in FIG. 3, the meal pick 1 of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment except that the grip portion 2 is a dog with an open mouth.

Example 3
As shown in FIG. 4, the meal pick 1 of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment except that the grip portion 2 is made of a bear having an open mouth.

Example 4
As shown in FIG. 5, the meal pick 1 of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment except that the grip portion 2 is made of a penguin with an open mouth. In addition, the blade | wing is protrudingly provided.

Example 5
As shown in FIG. 6, the meal pick of this example is the same as that of Example 1 except that protrusions 5 simulating teeth are provided at the upper and lower parts of the mouth of the jar.
FIG. 7 shows a state in which the meal pick 1 of this example is stabbed into the food 4, but the moth appears to bite the food 4 and gives a more delicious impression, and the appetite is further aroused and enhanced. Is done.

Example 6
As shown in FIG. 8, the meal pick 1 of the present embodiment is the same as that of the second embodiment except that a projection 5 simulating teeth is provided on the upper part of the dog's mouth.

Example 7
As shown in FIG. 9, the meal pick 1 of the present embodiment is the same as that of the third embodiment except that protrusions 5 simulating teeth are provided on the upper and lower portions of the bear's mouth.

As mentioned above, the food pick of the present invention, when stabbed into food, becomes an adorable shape that the animal in the gripping part is stuck to the food, and the moth is also eating with adorable animals. It becomes possible to eat, and appetite is aroused and promoted.
As a result, for example, young people who are fine in food, who like and dislike themselves, and those who eat alone, will feel relaxed, aroused and promoted appetite, and improved unbalanced diet and lack of nutrition.

It is the schematic which shows the Example of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the state which stabbed the food for the meal pick of FIG. It is the schematic which shows the other Example of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the other Example of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the other Example of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the other Example of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the state which stabbed the food for the meal pick of FIG. It is the schematic which shows other Example of this invention. It is the schematic which shows other Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Meal pick 2 Gripping part 3 Puncture part 4 Food 5 Protrusion

Claims (5)

  A meal pick comprising a grip portion and a piercing portion, wherein the grip portion has a shape simulating an animal with an open mouth, and the piercing portion protrudes from the open mouth. For pick.   The food pick according to claim 1, wherein the animal is a frog, a horse, a bear, a fox, a dog, a penguin, or a pelican.   The meal pick according to claim 1, wherein a protrusion simulating a tooth is provided in the opened mouth.   The meal pick according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a leg portion of the animal is provided so as to protrude in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the piercing portion.   The animal is an animal having irregularities such as a knob, a scale, a feather, a hair, etc., and the irregularities are projected or recessed in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the piercing portion. The meal pick according to any one of the above.

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