JPH07241235A - Tray for meal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To stably support a beverage and a dish with a single hand in a stand-up dinner party, etc., by providing projectingly a support auxiliary part, which supports a tray main body in contact with the body side part of the hand to support the tray main body, on the rear side of one side end of the tray main body. CONSTITUTION:This tray 1 for stand-up dinner party is provided with a recessed part 4 on which a dish picking member such as a pair of chopsticks, etc., is placed on the upper plane part of the tray main body 1a formed in an almost rectangular shape as a whole, together with a recessed part 6 for dish and a hole part 12 for beverage. Also, the support auxiliary part 20 which supports the tray main body 1a in contact with the body side part of the hand to support the tray main body is formed extensively at the rear side on one side end part of the tray main body 1a. The tray main body 1a is molded integrally of a thin plastic plate, and the hole part 14 for beverage, etc., is made in recessed shape by bending a sheet. Moreover, an outer wall part 2 is formed on the outer periphery of a tray upper plane part so as to hold the height of the tray upper plane part as fixed one when the tray 1 is placed on a table, etc.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tray used for meals, and more particularly to a tray for meals that is easy to hold with one hand.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, it has been customary for a participant to stand and eat a dish on a platter on a table at a stand-up party or the like. In this case, it was necessary to hold a dish in one hand and change drinks and chopsticks to the other hand for eating or cooking.

[0003]

However, when trying to replace chopsticks and drinks, the table on which the drinks are placed is not always close, and it is inconvenient to have a meal while chatting and chatting. There were many. Moreover, since both hands are almost closed, conversations and the like are inconvenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a tray for a meal, which can be supported with one hand and on which drinks and dishes can be stably placed in order to avoid such inconveniences at a standing party.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems The present inventor has completed the following invention as a result of extensive studies to solve the above problems. That is, the invention according to claim 1 is a tray used for meals, and a support assisting part which is projected to the rear side of one end of the tray main body and is supported by being applied to the body side part supporting the tray main body. The tray is characterized by having. The invention of claim 2 is the tray according to claim 1, wherein a part of the tray main body has a drink hole for holding a drink container. A third aspect of the present invention is the tray according to the second aspect, wherein the drink hole is provided in the vicinity of a support portion of the tray body supported by hand. A fourth aspect of the invention is the tray according to the second aspect, wherein the outer peripheral portion of the drink hole protruding to the back side of the tray body is held by a hand supporting the tray. A fifth aspect of the present invention is a tray used for a meal, wherein the tray body has a dishing recess for placing a dish, a sampling member recess for placing a member for sampling the dish, and a drink container. The tray has a hole for drink to hold, and a support assisting part for supporting the tray main body against the body side part of the hand that supports the tray main body. The tray is characterized by being provided in the vicinity. A sixth aspect of the present invention is a tray used for meals, wherein a dish recess for placing a dish, a sampling member recess for placing a member for sampling the dish, and a body side portion for holding a drink container are provided. And a support assisting portion for supporting the tray, and an outer peripheral portion of the drink hole is grasped by a hand supporting the tray.

The present invention will be described in detail below. The tray includes not only a tray for directly placing dishes but also a tray serving as a tray for placing a container containing dishes. The support assisting portion is for abutting and supporting a part of the hand, a part of the hand, a wrist, or an arm that is closer to the body side than the hand or the part of the hand when supporting the back side of the tray body with a hand. . The part closer to the body side is specifically the part closer to the body than the finger and the part in front of it, mainly when the finger is mainly contacted to support the tray main body. When the tray body is supported by, it is closer to the body than the palm, mainly near the wrist, or the arm.

[0007] The support assisting portion may be any one capable of supporting the vicinity of the arm from the hand in this way, and therefore, a rod-shaped body, a plate-shaped body, a channel-shaped body, a pipe-shaped body, a curved shape,
The form may be linear or the like. Further, it may be provided integrally with the tray body, may be detachably provided if necessary, or may be provided so as to be foldable in a part of the tray body and capable of being housed by inserting or the like. It may be adjustable.

[0008] The drink containers include glasses for water, juice, whiskey, etc., bogs or bottles for sake, hot and cold drinks for Japanese tea, cups for coffee or tea, and simple ones. It includes a container made of paper or plastic.

[0009] The above-mentioned dishes include not only cooked foods but also raw foods, seasonings necessary for eating, side dishes and the like. In addition, it includes a container containing these dishes. The member for collecting the food includes chopsticks, forks, spoons, knives, and the like.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the weight of the tray main body can be dispersed and supported by contacting and supporting the body side of the hand which supports the tray main body from the lower side by the support assisting portion.
According to the invention described in claim 2, the drink can be stably placed. According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the vicinity of a heavy drink is supported by hand, the tray body can be stably supported. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the outer peripheral portion forming the drink hole portion for storing the drink container containing a heavy drink is gripped, the tray main body can be stably supported. According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the vicinity of the drink hole portion, which is the heaviest in use, can be supported by hand, and the dish or chopsticks can be stably held on the tray body. According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to hold the outer peripheral portion of the drink hole portion, which is the heaviest in use, with a hand, and stably hold the food or chopsticks on the tray body.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is embodied in a tray (hereinafter simply referred to as tray) 1 for a buffet party will be described below with reference to FIGS. The present invention is not limited to this embodiment. In Figure 1,
The tray 1 of this embodiment and its cross-sectional view are shown. This tray 1 has a sampling member recess 4 and a cooking recess 6 on an upper surface 1b of a tray body 1a which is generally formed in a substantially rectangular shape.
Also, a hole 12 for drink is provided, and a part of the tray body 1a is formed so as to extend and a support assisting portion 20 is provided.

The tray body 1a is integrally formed of thin plastic, and the drink hole 4 and the like are formed in a concave shape by bending a sheet. An outer wall portion 2 is formed on the outer periphery of the tray upper surface portion 1b so that the tray upper surface portion 1b can be held at a constant height when the tray 1 is placed on a table or the like.

In the present embodiment, the sampling member recess 4 is formed mainly for chopsticks, and is formed in the front-rear direction of the tray body 1a. In addition, it is easy to place and hold the chopsticks held by the right hand, and in order that the chopsticks can be placed stably, the concave shape is gradually deepened toward the tip side (front side of the tray body 1a) of the chopsticks. In addition, the length of the chopsticks is shorter than that of normal chopsticks.
Since this tray 1 is for right-handed people,
The sampling member recess 4 is formed on the right end side of the tray body 1a. Even in the case of the collecting member recess 4 such as a fork, if it is formed deeply on the front side of the tray body 1a,
The same effect can be obtained.

The cooking recess 6 is formed substantially in the center of the upper surface 1b of the tray body 1a. A small partition 1 is provided on a part of the bottom 7 of the cooking recess 6 for containing seasonings.
0 is provided. The bottom portion 7 is also formed so as to gently incline downward toward the front of the tray body 1a, like the collection member recess 4. The bottom portion 7 is provided in an inclined shape so that a dish with a large amount of juice is placed in the deep portion (the front end side of the tray body 1a) and a dish with a small amount of juice is placed in the shallow portion (the rear end side of the tray body 1a). This is so that each dish can be enjoyed without being mixed in taste. In addition, since the tray main body 1a is provided on the front end side so as to be inclined downward, it is easy to take the dish of the bottom portion 7.

On the upper surface of the bottom portion 7, a plurality of low anti-slip portions 8 which are parallel to the left-right direction of the tray body 1a are formed in the front and rear. The non-slip portion 8 is provided so that the food product does not easily roll on the upper surface of the bottom portion 7 and that the juice of the food product is prevented from flowing down. The anti-slip part 8 may have any shape as long as the surface of the bottom part 7 is made uneven. For example, multiple small protrusions,
A small recess may be provided, or only the bottom portion 7 having a large inclination may be provided.

A partition portion 10 is formed at the end portion of the bottom portion 7, that is, the left front end portion in this embodiment. The partition portion 10 has a bottom portion 11 lower than the bottom portion 7, and in this embodiment, a liquid seasoning can be put therein. The partition 10 may be provided by being separated by a wall. In this case, it is not necessary to lower the bottom portion 11. Furthermore, the bottom portion 7 may be partitioned by a plurality of walls to form a plurality of partition portions 10. In this case, since the wall body divides the food product, it is not necessary to provide the bottom portion 7 in an inclined shape or to form the anti-slip portion 8.

The drink hole 12 is formed at the left front corner of the tray body 1a. The drink hole 12 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), it is formed in a concave shape in which the lower part of the glasses is inserted and the bottom part thereof is placed, and is composed of a bottom part 13 and a side part 14.

The left side of the upper surface 1a of the tray body 1a is a portion which is gently curved from the rear side of the drink hole 12 to the center side of the tray body 1a and is near the rear end (front side) of the tray body 1a. It is formed so as to suddenly protrude to the left side of the tray body 1a. A portion (hereinafter, referred to as a support portion) 16 formed by being curved in the center of the tray body 1a.
Is a portion with which a hand abuts when supporting the tray body 1a, and is curved so as to easily fit in the hand.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 1 (b) and 2, the outer wall portion 2 corresponding to the supporting portion 16 is gently curved so that the hand can be easily inserted into the lower side of the tray body 1a. The cutout portion 18 has a notch shape. When the tray body 1a is placed on a table or the like by forming the outer wall portion 2 as the cutout portion 18, the hand supporting the tray body 1a does not project below the grounding portion of the tray body 1a, so that the tray body 1a is manually pushed. The tray 1 can be placed on the table while the tray is supported from below, and the cutout portion 18
You can pull out of it. Further, if the upper surface 1a of this curved portion is formed lower than the other upper surface 1a or if unevenness for slip prevention is provided, it becomes easier to hold the tray body 1a more stably with fingers.

A support assisting portion 20 is formed at the left rear corner of the tray body 1a. The support auxiliary portion 20 is formed by protruding the tray body 1a to the left side at the left rear corner portion. The upper surface portion 20a of the support assisting portion 20 has the tray main body 1a.
It is inclined downward to the left of the other upper surface portion 1b, so that the portion on the body side in front of the hand supporting the left end portion of the tray body 1a can be reasonably abutted. In addition, in order to make the upper surface portion 20a fit better to the hand, the upper surface portion 20a may be formed in a shape following the shape of the abutting hand.

Thus, the sampling member recess 4 is provided on the right end side of the tray body 1a, the drink hole 12 is provided on the left front corner, and the support assisting portion 20 is provided on the left rear corner. This is intended for the convenience of the handed person.

Next, the function and effect of the tray 1 thus formed at a standing party will be described. First,
Participants of the party, as shown in FIG.
It is possible to support the tray 1 by putting a thumb on 6 and inserting a hand from the notch 18 to the lower side of the tray 1. In this state, the dish can be picked up in the dish recess 6 with the chopsticks, and the chopsticks move in the venue while being placed in the sampling member recess 4.
You can chat and chat.

In this case, in the tray 1, not only the finger directly abutting and supporting the supporting portion 16 in the vicinity of the drink hole 12 of the tray 1, but also the front portion including the side portion B below the little finger is the supporting assist portion. 20 is supported by being abutted against 20,
Even at 0, the weight of tray 1 is supported. Therefore, the tray 1 can be stably supported, and the participants are less likely to get tired even if they hold the tray 1 for a long time. By configuring the tray 1 to include the support assisting portion 20, the tray 1 can be supported more stably than the conventional one, and the effect of reducing the burden of the hand supporting the tray 1 can be obtained. it can.

Further, since the bending of the wrist is restricted by the support assisting portion 20, there is no possibility that the wrist is bent and the tray 1 is inadvertently tilted to drop dishes or chopsticks. Further, even if the glass G containing the drink is placed and held in the drink hole 12, since the drink hole 12 is formed in the vicinity of the portion where the finger G contacts, the weight of the glass G is reduced. It can be stably supported, and the glass G can be stably placed on the tray 1. In the present embodiment, the drink hole 12 is provided at the left front corner of the tray 1, but the invention is not limited to this, and the tray 1 can be stably supported if it is in the vicinity of the support portion 16. be able to.

The chopsticks placed in the sampling member recess 4 are stably stored and do not roll sideways or forward and backward. Furthermore, since the handle portion of the chopstick is projected upward, it is easy to hold the placed chopstick.

The dish placed on the upper surface of the bottom portion 7 of the cooking recess 6 has a bottom portion 7 inclined forward and downward. If you put a dish with few ingredients in the foreground, you can enjoy each without mixing the flavors. Further, since the anti-slip portion 8 is provided, even if the bottom portion 7 is inclined, the food product is stably supported and the flow of juice is suppressed. Further, the partition portion 10 is filled with a seasoning such as soy sauce so that the bottom portion 7
It can be used as needed without adding soy sauce to.

As another embodiment of the present invention, the tray 21 shown in FIG. 4 can be used. That is, in comparison with the tray 1 of the first embodiment, the tray body 21a of the tray 21 of the present embodiment has two leg portions 22 instead of the outer wall portion 2 that is grounded on the table or the like of the tray 1. However, instead of the shallow concave drink hole 12, a deep concave drink hole 24 is formed, and the bottom thereof is formed so as to be grounded together with the leg 22. Further, the collecting member concave portion 4 is formed. It is characterized in that it is formed as a sampling member support portion 28 provided in a part of the concave portion 26.

The leg portion 22 is the bottom portion 25 of the drink hole portion 24.
Is formed at a height protruding from the lower surface of the tray 21 main body a, and is provided at a position where the tray main body 21a can be stably supported by the drink hole portion 24 and the two leg portions 22. Further, the cooking recess 26 is formed substantially at the center of the tray body 21a, and is divided into three by the wall 25. A sampling member support portion 28 is formed on the upper surface portion 21b of the tray main body 21a around the periphery of the cooking recess 26 so that chopsticks can be placed along the front and rear of the tray main body 21a.

The sampling member supporting portion 28 is a concave portion 2 for cooking.
Place chopsticks on the right side of 6 so that 2
Individual recesses 28a are formed on the peripheral edge of the cooking recess 26. In addition, the sampling member support portion 28 is provided on the tray body 21a.
It is also possible to form a concave portion on a part of the convex portion provided on the upper surface portion 21b. Similar to the first embodiment, the drink hole 24 is formed at the right front corner of the tray body 21a, and the bottom portion 25 and the side portion 24a thereof are projected below the tray body 21a and are supported by the hand that supports the tray body 21a. It is designed to be gripped.

The support assisting portion 30 is formed by extending the tray main body 21a obliquely downward to the left at the left rear corner of the tray main body 21a, and below the tray main body 21a, the drink hole 24 is formed.
It is formed in such a shape that the vicinity of the wrist R of the hand holding the side portion 25 and the bottom portion 24a is easily supported.

According to this tray 21, since the drink hole portion 24 containing a glass or the like and having a heavy weight can be directly grasped, the tray 21 can be stably supported, and at the same time, the glass or the like can be stabilized. Can be held on the tray 21. Further, since the glass or the like is inserted into the deep recessed portion 24, the stability is ensured even if the drink becomes low.

Further, since the sampling member supporting recess 28 is provided in a part of the cooking recess 26, the tray 21 can be made compact. Further, the legs 22 allow the tray 21 to be stably placed on the table. In this case, the bottom portion 25 and the side portion 24 of the drink hole portion 24
Since a is one of the legs 22, the tray 21 is stable on the table.

Although the trays for standing parties have been described in the first and second embodiments, the tray of the present invention is not limited to these.
That is, the present invention can be applied to a tray for carrying and carrying food at home or a restaurant, a tray for eating on it, and the like, and the same operational effects as those described in the above embodiment can be obtained in such a tray. be able to. Further, although the trays of both of the above-mentioned embodiments are right-handed ones, the trays having the collecting member recess, the cooking recess, the drink recess and the supporting auxiliary member arranged in the left-right direction are suitable for left-handed users. Can be one.

[0034]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the weight of the tray can be dispersed and supported by the support assisting portion, the tray can be stably supported, and the tray is supported for a long time. Is also less tiring. According to the invention of claim 2, even a heavy drink can be stably supported on the tray because the tray can be stably supported by the support assisting portion. According to the invention of claim 3, since the vicinity of the heavy drinks is supported by the hand and the front side of this hand is supported by the support assist portion, the drinks are held on the tray in a more stable state. In addition, the tray itself can be stably supported. According to the invention of claim 4, since the outer peripheral portion of the drink hole portion that stores heavy drinks is gripped, and the body side of the hand that grips the outer peripheral portion is supported by the support auxiliary portion, the drinks The tray is stably supported as if holding a container, and drinks can be held. According to the invention of claim 5, since it is possible to stably hold not only drinks but also dishes and chopsticks on the tray, it is convenient even when standing and eating or carrying dishes. You can surely put food etc. According to the invention of claim 6, in addition to drinks, food, chopsticks, etc. can be stably held on the tray as if holding a container for drinks, and when standing and eating or carrying food. It's convenient and you can put dishes on it securely.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tray according to a first embodiment of the present invention and its A-.
It is an A line sectional view.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view mainly showing the left end side of the tray of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a usage state of the tray according to the first exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a usage state of a tray according to a second exemplary embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 21 Tray 1a, 21a Tray main body 20, 30 Support assisting part

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A tray used for meals, comprising a support assisting part projecting to the rear side of one side end of the tray body and supporting against the body side part of the hand supporting the tray body. And the tray. 2. The tray according to claim 1, wherein a part of the tray main body has a drink hole for holding a drink container. 3. The tray according to claim 2, wherein the drink hole is provided in the vicinity of a supporting portion of a tray body supported by a hand. 4. The tray according to claim 2, wherein an outer peripheral portion of the drink hole protruding to the back side of the tray main body is held by a hand supporting the tray. 5. A tray used for meals, wherein the tray main body holds a cooking recess for placing a food product, a collection member recess for mounting a member for collecting the food product, and a drink container. The beverage hole has a hole and a support assisting portion that supports the tray body against the body side part of the hand that supports the tray body, and the drink hole is provided near the support portion of the tray body supported by the hand. A tray characterized by being provided. 6. A tray used for meals, which supports a cooking recess for placing a food product, a collection member recess for mounting a food product collecting member, and a body side part for holding a drink container. And a support assisting portion, wherein an outer peripheral portion of the drink hole is gripped by a hand supporting the tray.