JP3193380U - Tray with anti-slip function - Google Patents

Abstract

In a tray for placing and transporting articles (tableware), the articles placed on the tray do not slide and can be easily cleaned after use, and are further stacked in place. Provided is a tray having a slip-preventing function that can be stored in a tray.
A tray having standing leg portions 5a and 5b at a pair of opposing side edge portions and having at least one opening portion 2a and 2b on a mounting surface 1, the periphery of the opening portion being located on the tray. The projection surfaces 3a and 3b are formed so as to be inclined upward and / or downward of the placement surface so as to be suitable for receiving the article 20 placed on the surface.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a tray for carrying food and drinks in places that provide food and drinks such as coffee shops, cafeterias, and hospitals.

  In coffee shops and canteens, trays are used to carry coffee and other beverages and dishes. In such a case, a self-type coffee shop often uses a baggage with one hand and a tray with the other hand. As a result, when elderly people, sick people, or other people with weak muscles carry food and drink by themselves, the tray mounting surface cannot be held sufficiently horizontally, and coffee cups, soup bowls, and dish dishes slide on the tray. The contents will spill out or, in the worst case, slide off the tray. In addition, in a cafeteria, a store clerk may serve custom dishes for several people alone. In this case as well, it is necessary to quickly move between narrow seats with a tray with one hand, so it is easy to lose balance by spilling contents onto the tray.

  Therefore, for example, an anti-slip basin formed by integrally forming an anti-slip material and a fiber-made bonding material on a part of the tray mounting portion (see Patent Document 1), can recover a predetermined adhesive force, A tray coated with an adhesive that does not transfer the adhesive to the object to be pasted (see Patent Document 2), and a mounting surface of a tray on which the container is placed is formed flat, and a high friction synthetic resin coating is formed on the placing surface. Trays (see Patent Document 3) formed by applying a plurality of protrusions at predetermined intervals to each other, a thermoplastic elastomer having a chain structure of ethylene and propylene between styrene at both ends, and between styrene at both ends A slip-proof basin (see Patent Document 4) in which an anti-slip member such as thermoplastic eslatomer having a chain structure of ethylene and butylene is integrated with the olefin-based synthetic resin basin by heat-sealing (see Patent Document 4) With prevention layer Synthetic resin tray (non-slip sheet made of a polymer composition having a polyolefin content of 40% by weight or more and a JIS hardness of 50A to 70D) on the front and back surfaces of a tray serving as a tray (see Patent Document 5) (See Patent Document 6).

  However, since the tray having a conventional anti-slip function basically suppresses the sliding of the bottom of the tableware by adhesion, it can prevent the sliding until a certain stage, but if the tray tilts beyond the limit, it may slip at the same time. It is dangerous to fall down. Further, if the adhesiveness is large, dirt is difficult to remove when washing after use, and there is a problem of hygiene. In addition, when the trays are overlapped at the time of storage, there is also a problem that the sticking between the trays occurs and the use is hindered.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-68378 (Claims and others) Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-38758 (Claims and others) Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-39653 (Claims and others) JP 2001-29204 A (Claims and others) JP 2000-504243 (Claims and others) JP 2001-206338 A (Claims and others)

  In the present invention, in view of the above situation, in a tray for placing and carrying an article (typically tableware), the article placed on the tray does not slide, and the tray is washed after use. It is an object of the present invention to provide a tray having an anti-sliding function that can be easily stored and can be stacked and stored in a predetermined position.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present inventors have conducted intensive studies and found that the above-described problems can be solved by the following configuration.
[1] A tray having a pair of standing edge portions on opposite side edge portions and having at least one opening portion on the mounting surface, the periphery of the opening portion being an article placed on the tray. An article mounting tray having a protruding surface inclined toward the upper and / or lower surface of the mounting surface so as to be suitable for receiving.
[2] The article mounting tray according to [1], wherein the standing leg portion and the protruding surface have an inclined angle so that the upper and lower trays are stably stacked when the trays are stacked.
[3] A tray for carrying the tableware according to [1] or [2], wherein the article is tableware.

  The tray of the present invention is a tray for placing and transporting articles (typically tableware), so that the articles placed on the tray do not slide and can be easily cleaned after use. In addition, it has a slip-preventing function that can be stacked and stored in a predetermined position. For this reason, even when an elderly person, a sick person, or another person with poor muscular strength carries the article on the tray, the contents of the article are not spilled or the article is slid down and damaged.

FIG. 1 is a top view of a tray according to an embodiment of the present invention and a cross-sectional view taken along the A-A ′ plane. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a tray according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view showing a state in which trays according to one embodiment of the present invention are stacked.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is used to prevent sliding and / or dropping of an “article” placed on the tray in a tray for placing and carrying the article. Here, the article is typically a tableware for storing liquid / solid food such as a cup, a bowl, a dish, a glass, and a pot.

The embodiment is shown in FIGS.
FIG. 1 (a) is a top view schematically showing the structure of the tray of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the tray 10 of the present invention has standing leg portions 5a and 5b at a pair of opposing side edge portions (left and right sides in the figure). Here, the standing leg portion is a supporting leg portion that keeps the tray mounting surface (a plate for placing articles on the tray) 1 horizontal when the tray is placed on a horizontal plane. Since the space portion S is created under the tray by having the standing leg portion, the tray can be easily gripped with one hand. Also, for example, when used in a hospital, the tray itself can be stably held by placing the tray on a meal table and sandwiching the edges of the table on both sides of the table.

  Further, as will be described later, when the protruding surface for holding the article is protruded to the lower portion of the placement surface, the protruding surface does not contact the horizontal surface if the protruding height is less than the indicated height of the standing leg portion. So the tray can be stably placed on a horizontal surface.

  The standing leg portions 5a and 5b may be provided perpendicular to the tray mounting surface 1. However, in order to achieve stable support and stack the trays, the standing leg portions 5a and 5b have a certain angle equal to or greater than a right angle. It is preferable.

  The tray of the present invention has at least one opening 2 on the mounting surface. Although two openings 2a and 2b are provided in the figure, the number is not limited to two, and may be one or three or more. Moreover, although the circular opening part is provided in the figure, this may be a shape suitable for the article, for example, a polygon such as a triangle or a rectangle, or an oval shape according to the shape of the bottom of the article, It may be a star shape or other shapes. By inserting the bottom of an article (for example, a cup or glass) into such an opening and carrying it, the article will not slide on the mounting surface even if the tray is slightly tilted, and the risk of slipping is minimized. It becomes.

  The periphery of the opening 2a and the like has a protruding surface on the upper side (FIG. 1B) or lower side (FIG. 1C). In the figure, the protruding surface at the periphery is the shape of the peripheral surface of the truncated cone with the outer ring positioned upward and the inner ring positioned downward, but as described above, if the shape of the opening is polygonal, the periphery of the truncated pyramid The shape of the surface (the most typical circular opening will be described below for convenience of description). The opening may be a hole having no bottom or may have a bottom.

  The projecting surface of the opening has a shape that grasps and holds the bottom of the article to be placed (for example, the cup 20 in the figure), whether it protrudes from the placement surface or is recessed. Although the figure shows a shape that completely engages with the bottom of the cup 20, as shown in FIG. 2 (a), the shape (glass 20 in FIG. 2) as a whole is stably grasped and held. I just need it. In general, when a projecting surface that does not completely correspond to the bottom shape is provided, it is preferable to have a certain depth.

  As long as the article is stably grasped and held, the protruding surface may protrude from the mounting surface or may be recessed, and protrudes above and below the mounting surface as shown in FIG. It may be. The portion constituted by the protruding surface may be bottomed or bottomless, and in the case of bottoming, the bottom surface may be a flat surface (FIG. 2 (a) left) or a curved surface (FIG. 2 (a) right), or the entire Alternatively, it may be a shape having a flat surface and only R at the periphery. In the figure, the protruding surface is a surface inclined with respect to the placement surface, but may be an orthogonal surface.

  The size of the projecting surface (projection height + depth, hereinafter simply referred to as “projection height”) is generally 5% to 50%, more preferably 10% to 30%, of the height of the article to be held. %. If the protruding height is too small, the effect of holding the article is small. If the protrusion height is too large, the manufacturing cost increases, and it may be difficult to place or pick up the article.

  In the figure, an opening (and a protruding surface associated therewith) is provided at the end of the tray, but its position can be changed according to the purpose. For example, when it is necessary to hold a dish (such as a rice or stew dish), it may be provided in the middle, and the position is determined according to the overall balance.

  In the present invention, the method of forming the opening and the protruding surface is not particularly limited, and may be integral molding using a mold, molding by a 3D printer, or the like. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 2 (c), the openings 2a and 2b may be formed first, and then the bottomed or bottomless cones 7a and 7b may be fitted into the openings. In this case, the cones 7a and 7b can be fixed to the mounting surface 1 by fusion, adhesive, screwing or the like, but as shown in the right of FIG. You may fix a cone by fixing to a mounting surface. Any method such as fusion, adhesive, or screwing can be used to fix the flange 8 to the mounting surface.

  In FIGS. 1-3, the said protrusion surface is a surface inclined with respect to the mounting surface. This may be a surface perpendicular to the mounting surface, but by providing an inclination, when stacked as shown in FIG. 3, the upper and lower sides are stacked together with the inclination of the standing leg portion, which is convenient for storage. is there. The inclination angle is not particularly limited, and is, for example, in the range of 60 degrees or more and less than 90 degrees although it depends on the protrusion height.

  Other parts of the tray may be the same as the existing configuration. For example, the protrusions 6 are provided along the peripheral edge, or the surface is provided with a rough surface to make it difficult to slide off articles other than tableware to be inserted into the opening.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Mounting surface 2a, 2b ... Opening part 3a, 3b ... Projection surface 5a, 5b ... Standing leg part 6 ... Protrusion 8 ... Flange 10 ... Tray 20 ... Cup or cup

Claims (3)

A tray having leg portions on a pair of opposite side edges and having at least one opening on the mounting surface, the peripheral edge of the opening for receiving an article placed on the tray An article mounting tray having a protruding surface inclined toward the top and / or bottom of the mounting surface in a suitable manner. The article mounting tray according to claim 1, wherein the standing leg portion and the protruding surface have an inclined angle so that the upper and lower trays are stably stacked when the trays are stacked. The tray for carrying the tableware according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the article is tableware.