JP3170912U - Lunch box for children - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a lunch box for children that can prompt the complete meal of cooked rice. A display unit 7 for displaying a praise message 7a is provided on the inner surface of the bottom of a cooked rice storage chamber 4 having an opening at the top. When the cooked rice 6 is consumed, a praise message 7a appears and is visible from the opening. [Selection] Figure 3

Description

[Technical Field] The present invention relates to a lunch box for children that is configured to encourage complete meals of cooked rice.

Conventionally, when a child eats a bento, there is often a problem that the cooked rice is not eaten and left over.

The applicant has proposed various lunch boxes, but there is no lunch box for children that can promote complete meals.

Japanese Patent No. 3645515 Japanese Patent No. 3547409

In order for children to complete their lunch, it is important to praise them when they have finished. Thereby, it comes to be able to eat comfortably and can achieve the objective.

However, when a child eats a bento, the parents are not always accompanied by it, and there are cases where the child eats a bento that was brought to school etc., so how to give praise is a problem. It becomes.

The present invention provides a lunch box for children that has a simple structure and is configured to give a praise message as a surprise when a child eats cooked rice in the lunch box.

Therefore, the present invention is configured as a means in a lunch box comprising a main body provided with a rice storage chamber having an opening at the top, and a lid that covers the opening of the main body so as to be openable and closable. A display unit displaying a praise message is provided on the bottom inner surface of the storage chamber, and when the rice storage chamber is filled with cooked rice, the praise message is concealed by the cooked rice, and when the cooked rice is consumed, the praise message is displayed. It is the point which comprises so that it may appear and can be visually recognized from the said opening part.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a side dish storage room and a cooked rice storage room are provided in the main body, and a display unit including the praise message is provided only on the inner surface of the bottom of the cooked rice storage room.

According to the present invention, when a child eats a bento, the praise message 7a initially hidden by the cooked rice 6 appears gradually as the cooked rice 6 is eaten. In addition to preventing leftovers, when the cooked rice 6 is completely eaten, the praise message 7a representing the whole picture praises the child's efforts to finish eating, thereby satisfying the sense of accomplishment of the complete meal.

It is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view which shows the main body of the lunch box before filling with cooked rice. The main body of the lunch box filled with cooked rice is shown, (A) is a plan view showing the state before eating the cooked rice, (B) is a plan view showing the state of eating the cooked rice and before the complete meal. is there.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a lunch box according to an embodiment of the present invention. The lunch box includes a main body 1 having an opening at an upper portion thereof, and a lid 2 that covers the opening of the main body 1 so as to be freely opened and closed. It is composed of

As is known in the art, the lunch box may be configured in a multi-stage manner with a plurality of stackable rice main bodies and side dishes main bodies, an inner lid, an upper lid, and the like. The main body 1 is provided with a side dish storage chamber 3 and a cooked rice storage chamber 4, a desired number of side dish containers 5 are stored in the side dish storage chamber 3, and the cooked rice storage chamber 4 is filled with cooked rice 6. Yes. In addition, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, you may insert a partition plate between the prepared food storage chamber 4 and the cooked rice storage chamber 5 so that attachment or detachment is possible.

In the case of the illustrated embodiment, the lid 2 is formed of an elastic material such as silicon, and is applied to the opening edge of the main body 1 in a close contact state.

The said structure WHEREIN: The display part 7 which displayed the praise message 7a is provided in the bottom inner surface of the said cooked rice storage chamber 6. FIG.

The praise message 7a can be composed of, for example, the following text.
・ Let ’s eat and eat!
・ Eat nicely, great!
・ I ate it all the way. I did my best!
・ I ate it firmly without any effort. You did it!
・ Everything was eaten. Cool!
・ Even today, I ate. Wow!

It is preferable that the display unit 7 includes a character that the child likes, a flower circle, and other symbols 7b in addition to the praise message 7a.

In the illustrated embodiment, the display unit 7 is integrally fixed to the inner surface of the bottom of the main body 1 by inserting a print sheet into the mold when the main body 1 is molded from synthetic resin. It may be composed of a plurality of sheets that can be laid on the inner surface in a replaceable manner. In that case, by preparing a plurality of sheets that differ in the text of the praise message 7a, the character of the pattern 7b, etc., and replacing them according to the occasion It is possible to display a praise message that never gets tired.

As shown in the figure, in the case where the side dish storage chamber 3 and the rice storage chamber 4 are provided side by side, the display unit 7 including the praise message 7 a is provided only on the bottom inner surface of the rice storage chamber 6 among the bottom inner surfaces of the main body 1. It is preferable to configure so that the mother or the like who prepares does not mistakenly install the vegetable container 5 on the display unit 7. For example, if the bottom inner surface of the sugar beet storage chamber 3 is not displayed, or if another display portion is provided to indicate that it is the storage portion of the sugar beet container, the display unit 7 can be used when preparing the lunch box. 5 can be prevented from being concealed.

When preparing the lunch box, as shown in FIG. 3A, when the prepared rice container 4 is filled with the cooked rice 6 in the state where the prepared food container 5 is stored, the display unit 7 including the praise message 7a is displayed. It is hidden by the cooked rice 6 in an invisible manner. In this state, the body 1 is covered with the lid 2 and brought to the child.

When the child eats the lunch box, as shown in FIG. 3B, as the cooked rice 6 is eaten, the praise message 7 a of the display unit 7 gradually appears and becomes visible from the opening of the main body 1. This becomes a surprise, and the child is encouraged to try to eat the remaining rice 6. Then, when all of the cooked rice 6 is eaten, the entire message of praise 7a appears, and the effort is praised, so that the sense of accomplishment of the complete meal can be satisfied.

1 Body 2 Lid 3 Side dish storage room 4 Cooked rice storage room 6 Cooked rice 7 Display 7a Praise message

Claims (2)

In a lunch box consisting of a main body (1) provided with a cooked rice storage chamber (4) having an opening in the upper part and a lid (2) for opening and closing the opening of the main body, the cooked rice storage chamber ( When the display portion (7) displaying the praise message (7a) is provided on the bottom inner surface of 4) and the cooked rice storage chamber (4) is filled with the cooked rice (6), the praise message (7a) cannot be visually recognized by the cooked rice. A lunch box for children, wherein the lunch box is configured so that when the cooked rice (6) is consumed, the praise message (7a) appears and is visible from the opening. The main body (1) has a side dish storage room (3) and a cooked rice storage room (4), and a display part (7) including the praise message (7a) is provided only on the inner surface of the bottom of the cooked rice storage room (4). The lunch box for children according to claim 1, wherein the lunch box is for children.

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