JP3231486U - Luminous confectionery kit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a luminescent confectionery kit which can be reused as a cutlery such as a knife or a fork spoon even after eating a confectionery. SOLUTION: This is a kit for emitting light of a confectionery 3 adhered to an upper end portion of a rod-shaped body 2, wherein the upper half portion of the rod-shaped body is composed of a spoon (cutlery) 2A and is transparent around the tip portion of the spoon. A light emitting device including a battery (power source), an LED (light emitter) that emits light by the electric power supplied from the battery, and a switch 13 that connects and disconnects the power supply from the battery to the LED while wearing a light confectionery. Is housed inside a rod-shaped body. The rod-shaped body may be divided into a spoon 2A and a grip portion 2B other than the spoon 2A, and both may be detachably connected and integrated. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention relates to a luminescent confectionery kit in which a confectionery adhered to the upper end of a rod-shaped body is made to emit light.

Products in which a confectionery such as a candy is attached to the tip of a rod-shaped body are generally widespread, but it is easy to imagine that if the confectionery itself emits light, it will be of great interest to consumers.

Therefore, for example, in Patent Document 1, a confectionery having translucency is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the rod body, and a light emitting device is housed inside the rod body, and the light emitted from a light emitting body such as an LED of the light emitting device is used. Luminescent confectionery that makes the confectionery emit light has been proposed.

Further, Patent Document 2 proposes a light emitting body such as an LED arranged at an upper end portion (substantially central portion of a confectionery) of a gripping rod.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 5-153911 Utility Model Registration No. 3181968

However, in the light-emitting confectionery proposed in Patent Documents 1 and 2, after eating the confectionery such as candy, the stick body (grip stick) remains together with the light-emitting device, and the remaining stick body (grip stick) and light emission. The device is discarded as it is without being reused. A light emitting device provided with a light emitting body such as an LED, a power supply, a switch, or the like has a problem that it has a large economic loss because it is relatively expensive.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a luminescent confectionery kit that can be reused as a cutlery for knives, forks, spoons, etc. even after eating the confectionery. ..

In order to achieve the above object, the device according to claim 1 is a kit for emitting light of a confectionery adhered to an upper end portion of a rod-shaped body, wherein the upper half portion of the rod-shaped body is composed of cutlery. The confectionery having translucency is adhered around the tip portion, and the power source, the light emitting body that emits light by the power supplied from the power source, and the power supply from the power source to the light emitting body are disconnected and connected. A light emitting device including a switch is housed inside the rod-shaped body.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 1, the rod-shaped body is divided into two parts, the cutlery and other grip portions, and both are detachably connected and integrated. To do.

The device according to claim 3 is the device according to claim 2, wherein a male screw is formed on one of the cutlery and the grip portion, a female screw is formed on the other, and the male screw is screwed onto the female screw. By wearing it, the cutlery and the grip portion are detachably connected and integrated.

The device according to claim 4 is the device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the power supply and the switch of the light emitting device are housed in the grip portion, and the light emitting body is arranged inside the cutlery. It is characterized by.

The device according to claim 5 is characterized in that, in the device according to claim 4, the light emitting body is composed of an LED and the surface of the tip portion of the cutlery is textured.

The invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a control means for controlling the supply of electric power from the power source to the light emitting body is provided, and the control means is used to control the supply of electric power from the light emitting body. It is characterized by changing the color of the emitted light.

The device according to claim 7 is characterized in that, in the device according to claim 6, the light emitting body is blinked by the control means.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the confectionery emits light by the light emitted from the light emitting portion of the light emitting device, which attracts consumers (particularly children) and increases their purchasing motivation. Then, after eating the confectionery in the luminescent confectionery kit, cutlery such as a spoon or a fork appears at the portion (upper half) where the stick-shaped confectionery is adhered. In this case, since the grip portion of the rod-shaped body functions as the handle of the cutlery, the consumer can use it as a cutlery without discarding the luminescent confectionery kit after eating the confectionery, and moreover, the tip portion of the cutlery. Can be made to emit light, so that the user's interest and impression continue.

According to the device according to claims 2 and 3, the rod-shaped body is divided into a cutlery and a grip portion, and the two are detachably connected and integrated, so that the cutlery can be easily removed from the luminescent confectionery kit after eating the confectionery. It is hygienic because it can be removed and washed. Also, by exchanging cutlery with other cutlery, the type of cutlery used can be changed.

According to the invention according to claim 3, since the cutlery of the rod-shaped body and the grip portion are screwed together, both can be easily disassembled and assembled.

According to the inventions of claims 4 and 5, the light emitted from the light emitting body arranged inside the cutlery is diffused by a large number of minute irregularities due to the texture processing applied to the surface of the cutlery, so that the tip of the cutlery The part and the confectionery attached to it emit light uniformly.

According to the invention of claim 6, by changing the color of the light emitted from the light emitting body by the control means, the confectionery can be vividly emitted with various colors, and the interest and impression of the consumer are enhanced. be able to.

According to the invention of claim 7, by blinking the light emitting body by the control means, the interest and impression of the light emitting consumer can be further enhanced.

It is a figure which shows the luminescent confectionery kit which concerns on this invention, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view. It is a block diagram which shows the basic structure of the light emitting device of the light emitting confectionery kit which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the state after having finished eating a confectionery in the luminescent confectionery kit which concerns on this invention, (a) is a fracture front view, (b) is a side view. FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 3A. It is a disassembled fracture front view which shows the state after eating the confectionery of the luminescent confectionery kit which concerns on this invention.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1A and 1B are views showing a light emitting confectionery kit according to the present invention according to the present invention, FIG. 1A is a front view, FIG. 1B is a side view, and FIG. 2 shows a basic configuration of a light emitting device of the light emitting confectionery kit. The block diagram and FIG. 3 are views showing a state after eating the confectionery in the luminescent confectionery kit, where (a) is a broken front view, (b) is a side view, and FIG. 4 is FIG. 3 (a). A cross-sectional view taken along the line AA, FIG. 5 is an exploded front view showing a state after eating the confectionery of the luminescent confectionery kit. In the following description, the directions indicated by the arrows in FIG. 3 are referred to as "up" and "down", respectively.

The luminescent confectionery kit 1 according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1 is a kit for emitting light from the confectionery 3 adhered to the upper end portion of the rod-shaped body 2, and the rod-shaped body 2 is entirely molded into a round bar shape by ABS resin. Has been done. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the upper half of the rod-shaped body 2 is composed of a spoon 2A, which is one of the cutlery, and the lower half is a grip that is a part that the consumer holds by hand. It constitutes a part 2B. Here, the spoon 2A includes an elliptic curved concave portion (scoop portion) 2A1 and a shaft portion (part of the handle) 2A2 extending downward from the concave portion 2A1. Here, the surface of the concave portion of the spoon 2A is textured as a light diffusion treatment.

Further, the grip portion 2B is formed into a cylindrical shape having a thickness that is easy for consumers to grasp by hand, and the central portion in the height direction is gently bulging. In the present embodiment, the upper half of the rod-shaped body 2 is composed of the spoon 2A, but instead of this spoon 2A, the upper half of the rod-shaped body 2 may be composed of other cutlery such as a fork or a knife. good.

Then, around the upper end portion of the rod-shaped body 2, specifically, the recess 2A1 of the spoon 2A provided in the upper half portion of the rod-shaped body 2 and a part of the shaft portion 2A2, a heart having translucency as a confectionery is used. A shaped confectionery (candy in this embodiment) 3 is attached. In the present embodiment, the candy is used as the confectionery 3, but as the confectionery 3, for example, cookies or candy may be used in addition to the candy. Further, the shape of the confectionery 3 is also arbitrary, and a shape other than the heart shape, for example, an arbitrary shape such as a star shape, a circle, a triangle, a square shape, or a rhombus shape can be selected.

Further, inside the rod-shaped body 2, a light emitting device 10 for making the confectionery 3 emit light is housed. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the light emitting device 10 has a small battery 11 as a power source, an LED 12 as a light emitting body that emits light by the electric power supplied from the battery 11, and an electric power from the battery 11 to the LED 12. It is composed of a switch 13 for connecting / disconnecting (ON / OFF) the supply and a control board 14 as a control means for controlling the supply of electric power from the battery 11 to the LED 12. Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the LED 12 is arranged at the upper end portion close to the recess 2A1 in the hollow shaft portion 2A2 of the spoon 2A, and the wiring 15 extending from the control board 14 is electrically connected to the LED 12. Is connected. Further, the switch 13 provided in the light emitting device 10 is a round push type, and is arranged so as to be exposed at an intermediate height position of the grip portion 2B of the rod-shaped body 2 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3. Has been done.

Here, the LED 12 is installed so that the light emitting direction thereof faces upward, and the LED 12 emits light of a plurality of different colors (in the present embodiment, red light, white light, and blue light). be able to. In the present embodiment, the LED 12 is arranged at the upper end of the shaft portion 2A2 of the spoon 2A, but it may be arranged at the center of the recess 2A1 of the spoon 2A.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 3, the rod-shaped body 2 is divided into two parts, a spoon 2A in the upper half and a grip part 2B in the lower half, and these spoons 2A and the grip part 2B are attached and detached by screw connection. It is connected and integrated as much as possible. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, a columnar male screw 2a that protrudes concentrically downward is formed at the lower end of the spoon 2A, and a circular hole shape is formed at the upper end of the grip portion 2B. Female screws 2b are formed concentrically. Then, by screwing the male screw 2a formed on the spoon 2A into the female screw 2b formed on the grip portion 2B, the spoon 2A and the grip portion 2B are detachably connected and integrated. In the present embodiment, the structure in which the spoon 2A and the grip portion 2B are detachably connected and integrated by screw connection is adopted, but the structure in which the spoon 2A and the grip portion 2B are detachably connected and integrated is adopted. , Any other structure, such as a structure that simply plugs in, a bayonet structure, etc. can be adopted.

Thus, in the luminescent confectionery kit 1 shown in FIG. 1 configured as described above, the consumer (particularly a child) holds the grip portion 2B of the rod-shaped body 2 with his / her hand and holds the luminescent confectionery kit 1. When the switch 13 is pressed to turn it on, electric power is supplied from the battery 11 to the LED 12 via the control board 14. Then, the LED 12 emits light, and the light emitted upward from the LED 12 is guided to the recess 2A1 of the spoon 2A. Here, since the surface of the recess 2A1 is textured as a light diffusion treatment as described above, the light guided to the recess 2A1 is a large number of minute irregularities formed by the texture. It diffusely reflects and diffuses to the surroundings, and the concave portion 2A1 and the confectionery 3 adhered to the surroundings emit light uniformly. When the confectionery 3 emits light in this way, consumers are interested and impressed by this.

By the way, in the present embodiment, the color of the light emitted from the LED 12 is changed by the control board 14. Specifically, the LED 12 sequentially emits red light, white light, and blue light under the control of the control board 14, so that the upper 1/3 portion of the confectionery 3 emits red light as shown in FIG. Next, the lower 1/3 part (center part in the height direction) emits white light, and finally the lower 1/3 part (bottom part) emits blue light. Is repeated sequentially. By sequentially emitting light of the confectionery 3 in different colors in this way, the confectionery 3 can be vividly emitted with various colors, and the interest and impression of the consumer can be enhanced. In addition, the control board 14 can make the LED 12 blink, which further enhances the interest and emotion of the consumer.

After that, when a consumer, for example, a child finishes eating all the confectionery (candy in the present embodiment) 3, the portion (upper half) where the confectionery 3 of the rod-shaped body 2 is covered is shown in FIG. As shown in, Spoon 2A, which is one of the catereries, appears. In this case, since the grip portion 2B of the rod-shaped body 2 functions as the handle of the spoon 2A, the consumer does not discard the luminescent confectionery kit 1 after eating the confectionery 3, and this is one of the cutlery. Since it can be used as a spoon and the tip of the spoon 2A can emit light, consumers' interest and excitement continue.

Further, in the present embodiment, the rod-shaped body 2 of the luminescent confectionery kit 1 is divided into a spoon 2A and a grip portion 2B, and the two are detachably connected and integrated by screw connection. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the confectionery is confectioned. Spoon 2A can be easily removed from the luminous confectionery kit 1 after eating 3 and washed, which is hygienic. In addition, the type of cutlery used can be changed by exchanging the spoon 2A with another cutlery, that is, a fork, a knife, or the like.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the utility model registration claim and the technical idea described in the specification and drawings. Of course there is.

1 Luminous confectionery kit 2 Stick 2A spoon (cutlery)
2A1 Spoon recess 2A2 Spoon shaft 2B Grip 2a Male screw 2b Female screw 3 Confectionery 10 Light emitting device 11 Battery (power supply)
12 LED (light emitter)
13 Switch 14 Control board (control means)
15 Wiring

Claims (7)

It is a kit that makes the confectionery attached to the upper end of the rod-shaped body emit light.
The upper half of the rod-shaped body is made of cutlery, and the confectionery having translucency is coated around the tip of the cutlery.
A light emitting device including a power source, a light emitting body that emits light by the power supplied from the power source, and a switch that connects and disconnects the power supply from the power source to the light emitting body is housed inside the rod-shaped body. Luminous confectionery kit featuring. The luminescent confectionery kit according to claim 1, wherein the rod-shaped body is divided into two parts, the cutlery and other grip portions, and both are detachably connected and integrated. By forming a male screw on one of the cutlery and the grip portion, forming a female screw on the other, and screwing the male screw onto the female screw, the cutlery and the grip portion are detachably connected and integrated. The luminescent confectionery kit according to claim 2, wherein the luminescent confectionery kit is characterized. The luminescent confectionery kit according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the power source of the light emitting device and the switch are housed in the grip portion, and the light emitting body is arranged inside the cutlery. The luminescent confectionery kit according to claim 4, wherein the light emitting body is composed of an LED and the surface of the tip portion of the cutlery is textured. The invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a control means for controlling the supply of electric power from the power source to the light emitting body is provided, and the color of the light emitted from the light emitting body is changed by the control means. Luminous confectionery kit. The luminescent confectionery kit according to claim 6, wherein the luminescent material is blinked by the control means.

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