JP3156223U - Infant and nursing spoon - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is an infant / nursing care spoon that makes it easier for infants, disabled persons, and elderly people to eat, and that can be easily eaten and consumed by infants, disabled persons, and elderly persons. SOLUTION: A first arm 1 and a second arm 2 as a handle 5 having a scooping portion 1a at one end and a handle portion 3 at the other end, and one end of the first arm 1 and both ends of the second arm 2. A substantially spherical pivot pin 1b, 2a, 2b and 3a is formed at one end of the handle portion 3. The pivot pins 1b, 2a, 2b and 3a are press-fitted from both ends of the sleeve 4 which is a connecting member, thereby providing at least two joints where the connecting portions can be turned up and down and left and right with the arms 1 and 2 as supporting shafts. . [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a spoon that facilitates feeding to infants and cared persons and is easy to use when used by infants, disabled persons, and elderly people.

  Since the conventional spoon has a straight shape with a scooping portion and a handle, for example, it is inconvenient when feeding baby food to infants or feeding a cared person. That is, the spoon must be carried from the front side of the mouth or from an oblique direction, and the angle between the scooping portion and the mouth does not match well. When an infant, handicapped person, or elderly person uses it, it is necessary to hold the handle part as if holding a chopstick and turn the wrist a little. This is because the tip of the head needs to move toward the mouth. Therefore, as a spoon often used in facilities for the disabled and elderly, the scooping part is bent at a right angle with respect to the grip part, and the boundary part between the scooping part and the grip part is adjusted to be rotatable in the horizontal direction. There are things that are possible.

  For example, it consists of a head for scooping food and drink, a grip part, and a handle part that connects the head part and the grip part, and this handle part is bent at a predetermined angle. It consists of a support member that divides the two holes, and the user puts a finger in these two holes and grasps the support member, so that the posture of the spoon can be maintained and even an infant can eat and drink without slipping off. Spoon made (see Patent Document 1). A meal spoon which is easy to eat even for elderly people and infants whose handle and heel are bent in a substantially L shape when viewed from above and whose spoon cannot be handled well (see Patent Document 2). A direction in which the center line of the longitudinal plane of the dish-shaped recess into which the food is put approaches the user's mouth by an angle of about 60 to 150 degrees with respect to the center line of the longitudinal plane of the handle portion for gripping by hand A spoon that can be easily eaten by a sick person, a disabled person, an infant, or an elderly person in a medical facility, a nursing facility, or a home (see Patent Document 3). A grip part side rotation shaft is provided at one end of the handle grip part, a support shaft bent in a substantially L shape is provided at the other end side of the grip part side rotation shaft, and a holder side rotation shaft is provided at one end side of the support shaft. A meal spoon (see Patent Document 4) provided with a spoon or fork attached to the other end of the holding shaft has been proposed.

Utility Model Registration No. 3035149 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-266843 JP 2001-286516 A JP 2002-95571 A

  The present invention was also devised in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and the subject is to ease the feeding work for infants, the disabled and the elderly, and to be used by infants, the disabled and the elderly themselves It is an object of the present invention to provide an infant / nursing care spoon that can easily perform eating and drinking operations.

  For this reason, the infant / nursing care spoon of the present invention comprises a handle portion with a scooping portion or a piercing portion at one end and a handle portion attached to the other end, and can be bent and rotated at at least two places of the handle portion. The first feature is that a simple joint portion is provided, the second feature is that this joint is a pivot mechanism, and the third feature is that a clip is provided on the handle portion. A fourth feature is that the ridge portion and the handle portion are detachable.

The present invention has the following excellent effects.
(1) Convenience is good when feeding baby food to infants or feeding caregivers.
(2) It can be used easily even by elderly people and people with disabilities who cannot handle conventional linear spoons well.
(3) Since the bendable and rotatable joints are provided in at least two places on the handle, the grip angle and wrist angle and direction are not restricted, and the inconvenience due to the difference between the right and left hand of the user is eliminated. it can.
(4) Since the handle is provided with a clip, it can be used even by persons who cannot handle.
(5) By providing at least two joints in the handle part, the angle and direction of the branch part and the angle and direction of the scooping part and the handle part can be set freely, and the overall holding shape has a very high degree of freedom. Is obtained.

It is a perspective view which shows one Example of the spoon for infants and care which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the use condition of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the use condition of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the use condition of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on examples shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an infant / nursing care spoon according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 4 are perspective views showing a use state of the present invention.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 1, an infant / nursing care spoon according to the present invention includes a first arm 1 and a second arm as a handle 5 having a scooping portion 1a attached to one end and a handle portion 3 attached to the other end. 2, substantially spherical pivot pins 1 b, 2 a and 2 b are formed at one end of the first arm 1 and both ends of the second arm 2, and a pivot pin 3 a is also formed at one end of the handle portion 3. Then, by press-fitting these pivot pins 1b, 2a, 2b and 3a from both ends of the sleeve 4 which is a connecting member, the connecting portion can be turned up and down and left and right with the arms 1 and 2 as supporting shafts. It can be held in a bent state. The scooping portion 1a may be a fork-like piercing portion that is detachable in a cartridge manner so that the portion can be arbitrarily replaced.

  That is, a so-called joint function is provided in at least two places of the handle portion 5 between the scooping portion 1a and the handle portion 3, and a pivot mechanism is employed as the bending and rotating portion 4 that functions as the joint.

  The pivot mechanism will be specifically described. The convex spherical portions 1b, 2a, and 2b are press-fitted without bonding to fitting recesses (concave spherical portions) 4a formed at both ends of the cylindrical sleeve 4. The The grip portion 3 is provided with a clip plate 3c via a spring-type hinge 3b.

  When the spoon of the present invention is used, the handle portion 3 is usually gripped as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 so that the scooping portion 1a, the handle portion 3 and the handle portion 5 have a desired angle and direction. Move to, and hold to use. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, a person who cannot handle can be fixed by holding a finger with a clip plate 3 c of the handle 3.

1 1st arm 1a scooping part or piercing part 1b pivot (convex spherical part)
2 Second arm 2a Pivot pin (convex spherical surface)
2b Pivot pin (convex spherical surface)
3 Handle part 3a Pivot pin (convex spherical part)
3b Hinge 3c Clip plate 4 Sleeve 4a Fitting recess (concave spherical surface)
5 handle

Claims (4)

It is composed of a handle portion having a scooping portion or a piercing portion at one end and a handle portion attached to the other end, and has a joint portion that can be bent and rotated at at least two locations of the handle portion. -Nursing spoon. The infant / care spoon according to claim 1, wherein the joint is a pivot mechanism. 3. The infant / care spoon according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a clip is provided on the handle. 4. The infant / care spoon according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the scooping portion or the piercing portion and the handle portion are detachable.

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