TWI645814B - Containers to assist infants in learning to retrieve food - Google Patents

Abstract

A container for infants and young children to learn food retrieval includes a bowl and a skirt; a bowl opening is formed on the top of the bowl, and a container chamber is formed from the bowl opening to the bottom of the bowl. The container chamber has a ring Wall, an inner wall of the annular wall protruding outward to form an arc-shaped curved surface, the bowl body has an opposite first side and a second side, a first height of the first side is greater than a first height of the second side Two heights, the side skirt is composed of a side skirt extending outward from the bottom of the bowl body; when in use, the second side faces the infant, and when the infant holds a spoon to dig out the food in the container, it passes through the The curved surface catches the food to avoid overflowing the bowl mouth, and the height of the second side is lower than the height of the first side, so that infants can avoid hitting the ring wall when feeding food into the mouth, thereby achieving lifting assistance The efficacy of learning progress.

Description

Containers to assist infants in learning to retrieve food

The invention relates to a container, in particular to a container for assisting infants in learning to retrieve food.

For newborn babies, eating is the most basic need for survival. However, all parts of the baby's body have not been fully developed, so they can only rely on breastfeeding or feeding formula, so that the baby absorbs nutrients from breast milk or formula. growing up.

As babies grow to the stage of weaning of infants and young children, and their hands are capable of grasping things, adults will try to let infants and young children learn to autonomously grasp spoons to ingest vegetables such as vegetables, rice solid foods, or pastes suitable for infants and young children. Food or pasta. However, during the development of infants, accompanied by the visual development of sensory functions, infants and young children will first get used to looking directly from the front of their eyes, and observe changes in things in front from far to near or from near to far. Therefore, infants and young children ’s hand swings will also Habitually move back and forth in front of infants' eyes.

When adults want to help infants and young children to start learning to ingest vegetables, rice, solid food or pasty food or pasta suitable for infants and young children, they will use a common bowl 50 as shown in Figure 7 to let infants and children learn to eat. The bowl 50 has an annular wall 51, each of which has the same height, causing infants and young children to extend the spoon into the bowl 50 to dig food, and then the spoon is extended out of the bowl 50 to the mouth The spoon will be jammed by the ring wall 51 and cannot be effectively delivered to the mouth. In addition, because the inner wall surface 52 of the ring wall 51 is an inclined surface, when a baby uses a spoon to dig out the food in the bowl 50, the spoon and food It will move along the inner wall of the bowl 50 toward the bowl opening, causing food to fall out of the bowl opening of the bowl 50, causing frequent troubles for cleaning.

In view of the problems existing in the foregoing prior art, the present invention provides a container for assisting infants in learning to retrieve food. The inner wall surface of the container is an arc-shaped curved surface, which can prevent infants from letting out food when they dig for food. Outside the container, the top surface of the container is an inclined surface, so that infants and toddlers can directly send to their mouths after digging for food to avoid falling, thereby improving the effect of assisting learning and progress.

The technical means adopted in order to achieve the above purpose is to make the aforementioned infant learn to pick up a food container, including: a bowl, including: a bowl mouth formed on the top of the bowl; a container room from the bowl mouth The space formed by recessing toward the bottom of the bowl body, the inner wall surface of the container chamber is recessed laterally outward to form an arc-shaped curved surface, so that the diameter of the bowl mouth is smaller than the internal diameter of the container chamber; a first side has a first A height; a second side opposite to the first side and having a second height, the second height is less than the first height, so that the top surface of the top of the bowl is an inclined surface; The side wall of the bowl is formed by the outer wall extending outward. The side skirt includes: a bottom surface forming a polished smooth surface; wherein the curvature of the curved surface of the inner wall surface on the first side of the bowl is greater than the curved surface of the outer wall surface; The curvature of the curved surface of the inner wall surface of the second side of the bowl is greater than the curved surface of the outer wall surface, which causes a difference in thickness at the bottom of the bowl, and the thickness of the ring wall at the bowl mouth and the ring wall at the bottom is greater than The thickness of the lateral wall of the bowl.

It can be known from the above structure that the storage room is used for containing food. When the infant faces the container, the first side is the side furthest from the infant, and the second side is the side closest to the infant. When a child holds a spoon in his hand and digs food from the second side to the first side, the inner wall surface of the chamber is a curved surface, making it difficult for the spoon to slide along the inner wall surface to the bowl to avoid At the same time when food overflows the mouth of the bowl, it can also let the food fall back into the spoon or the container through the curved surface structure. In addition, when infants and young children send the spoon from which food is dug to their mouths, The second height of the second side is smaller than the first height of the first side, which can prevent the spoon from hitting the ring wall and let the food fall, and it is convenient for infants and young children to send food to their mouths, thereby improving the effect of assisting learning and progress. .

In addition, the side skirt can be used to receive food dropped by infants and toddlers when they send food in the soup pond to their mouths, thereby avoiding soiling the table top, and the bottom surface of the side skirt can be adsorbed on the table top to avoid infants When a child holds a spoon to dig out the food in the bowl, the child pushes the container, causing it to tip over.

10‧‧‧ bowl

101‧‧‧first side

102‧‧‧Second side

11‧‧‧ bowl mouth

12‧‧‧capacity room

13‧‧‧ ring wall

131‧‧‧Inner wall surface

20‧‧‧Side skirt

21‧‧‧Top

22‧‧‧ underside

23‧‧‧ bulge

50‧‧‧ Bowl

51‧‧‧ ring wall

52‧‧‧Inner wall surface

H1‧‧‧First height

H2‧‧‧Second Height

W1‧‧‧ caliber

W2‧‧‧Inner diameter

Figure 1: A perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3: An end view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4: A side view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6: A bottom view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 7: A conventional bowl.

For a preferred embodiment of the container for assisting infants in learning to retrieve food according to the present invention, please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, which include a bowl body 10 and a side skirt 20.

In this embodiment, the bowl body 10 is made of an elastic material and has toughness. The elastic material may be a thermoplastic rubber such as silicone rubber, a thermoplastic rubber (TPR), or a thermoplastic elastomer material (Thermoplastic elastomer, TPE). Or elastic plastic materials, which can fix the shape of the container, reduce the damage caused by collision when infants and children hold hard tableware, and reduce the infants and toddlers holding tableware to dig food in the container The sound of collision noise.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3. The bowl 10 includes a top portion, and a bowl opening 11 is formed on the top of the bowl 10. A receptacle 12 is recessed from the bowl opening 11 to the bottom of the bowl 10. The room 12 is used to hold foods such as vegetables, solid foods such as rice, or pasty foods suitable for infants and young children. Please refer to FIG. 4 together. The bowl 10 includes a first side 101 and a second side 102 opposite to each other. The first side 101 has a first height H1 and the second side 102 has a second height. H2, the first height H1 is greater than the second height H2, so that the top surface of the top of the bowl 10 is an inclined surface. In this embodiment, when infants and young children use the container of the present invention, the second side 102 of the bowl 10 may be the side close to the infant, and the first side 101 of the bowl 10 may be the other side away from the infant. side.

The bowl 10 includes an annular wall 13 that surrounds the receptacle 12. To illustrate the structure of the annular wall 13, please refer to FIGS. 1 and 5. The annular wall 13 includes an inner wall surface 131 and the inner wall surface. 131 is an arc-shaped curved surface recessed laterally and outwardly, so that the diameter W1 of the bowl opening 11 is smaller than the inner diameter W2 of the receiving chamber 12. When infants and young children hold a spoon to push food from the second side 102 to the first side 101 to dig out food, since the inner wall surface 131 is a curved surface, it is not easy for the spoon to run along the inner wall surface on the first side 101. 131 moves to the bowl opening 11 so that food does not fall out of the bowl 10 from the bowl opening 11. In addition, since the inner wall surface 131 is a curved surface, when the spoon scoops food, it can also pass through the curved surface Structure makes food Falling back on the spoon or in the container 12 to help infants learn to dig food, it is not easy for food to overflow the bowl 10 and cause waste and keep clean.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, since the second height H2 of the second side 102 is smaller than the first height H1 of the first side 101, when an infant is sitting on the second side 102 facing the bowl 10, and After holding the spoon to dig out the food in the container 12 and feeding it into the mouth through the second side 102 of the bowl 10, the spoon can be prevented from being hit by the ring wall 13 at the second side 102 of the bowl 10, To help infants and young children learn to eat with a sense of accomplishment.

The side skirt 20 is formed by the outer wall of the bottom of the bowl body 10 extending outward, the side skirt 20 surrounds the entire bottom of the bowl body 10, and the side skirt 20 can be used to receive the baby's fall when learning to eat Food for easy cleaning. The side skirt 20 is made of an elastic material and has toughness. The elastic material may be a silicone rubber, a thermoplastic rubber (TPR), or a thermoplastic elastomer (Thermoplastic elastomer, TPE).

Please refer to FIGS. 1 and 6. The side skirt 20 includes a bottom surface 22, which is a polished smooth surface. The side skirt 20 increases the contact area of the container of the present invention with any desktop, and because the bottom surface 22 In order to polish the smooth surface, it can also be effectively adsorbed on the tabletop, avoid the container of the present invention from moving under the force of infants and young children, and prevent the bottom surface 22 of the side skirt 20 from being separated from the adsorption effect of the tabletop by the infant. Flip over and over. In this embodiment, the bottom surface 22 can be formed by a polishing method or an electroplating method to form the polished smooth surface. In addition, the side container 20 is provided with the side skirt 20 to strengthen the weight of the bottom of the bowl 10, so that the side container 20 can be more firmly adsorbed on the table through the side skirt 20.

Please refer to FIG. 5 together. In this embodiment, the curved surface curvature of the inner wall surface 131 of the ring wall 13 on the first side 101 is greater than the curved surface curvature of the outer wall surface. The curvature of the curved surface of the inner wall surface 131 is greater than the curvature of the curved surface of the outer wall surface. Thereby, a thickness difference is generated at the bottom of the bowl 10, and the adsorption force of the bottom surface 22 of the side skirt 20 is strengthened, and the elasticity of the ring wall 13 is increased to allow infants and young children to hold tableware to dig out the food in the bowl 10, Can guide soup or food residues adsorbed on the inner wall surface 131 Flow back into the container 12. In addition, since the thickness of the annular wall 13 at the bowl opening 11 and the bottom of the bowl 10 is greater than the thickness of the lateral annular wall 13 of the bowl 10, the shape of the bowl 10 is not easy for infants and young children to hold utensils. The force is deformed on the ring wall 13 at the bowl opening 11 of the bowl 10, and it is not deformed because of the influence of the weight of the food contained in the receptacle 12.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 5, a raised portion 23 surrounding the side skirt 20 is formed on the edge of the side skirt 20. When infants and children eat liquid food on their own and accidentally drip on the side When the skirt 20 is on, the raised portion 23 can block liquid food and prevent it from flowing out of the side skirt 20, causing soiling of the clothes of infants and young children and a messy environment.

As can be seen from the foregoing, the present invention has the following advantages:

1. The second height H2 passing through the second side 102 of the bowl 10 is smaller than the first height H1 of the first side 101, so that infants and young children can use spoons to dig for food from the second side 102 of the bowl 10. When entering the entrance, food will not be hit by the ring wall 13 and the environment will be kept clean and help infants learn to eat.

2. An arc-shaped curved surface is formed through the inner wall surface 131 of the annular wall 13, which can help infants to learn the process of autonomous eating, so that food scooped by the spoon can fall into the spoon or the container 12 along the curved surface. It is not easy to overflow the bowl opening 11, thereby keeping the environment clean and helping infants to learn to eat.

3. Through the side skirt 20, infants and young children can send spoons into the mouth, and when food falls, they can directly fall on the side skirt 20 to avoid soiling the environment.

4. The bottom surface 22 of the side skirt 20 is a polished and smooth surface to effectively adsorb on the tabletop and avoid easy movement during the process of exertion by infants, thereby improving the safety in use and helping infants to learn to eat .

5. The raised portion 23 is formed through the edge of the side skirt 20, and when infants and children eat liquid food and accidentally drip on the top surface 21 of the side skirt 20, the food can be blocked to prevent the baby from getting dirty due to arbitrary flow. Messy or dirty environment.

Claims (6)

A container for assisting infants and young children in learning to retrieve food, including: a bowl including: a bowl opening formed on the top of the bowl; a container chamber, a space formed from the bowl opening to the bottom of the bowl, and The inner wall surface of the chamber is recessed laterally outward to form an arc-shaped curved surface, so that the diameter of the bowl mouth is smaller than the inner diameter of the chamber; a first side having a first height; a second side opposite to the The first side has a second height, the second height is less than the first height, so that the top surface of the bowl top is an inclined surface; the side skirt is formed by the outer wall of the bottom of the bowl extending outward, The side skirt includes: a bottom surface forming a polished smooth surface; wherein the curvature of the curved surface of the inner wall surface of the first side of the bowl is greater than the curvature of the curved surface of the outer wall surface; the curved surface of the inner wall surface of the second side of the bowl The curvature is greater than the curvature of the curved surface of the outer wall surface, causing a thickness difference at the bottom of the bowl, and the thickness of the ring wall at the bowl mouth and the ring wall at the bottom is greater than the thickness of the bowl's lateral ring wall. The container for assisting infants and young children in learning food retrieval according to claim 1, wherein an edge of the side skirt forms a raised portion surrounding the side skirt. The container for assisting infants and young children in learning to retrieve food according to any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein the bowl is made of elastic material. The container for assisting infants in learning to retrieve food as described in claim 3, wherein the elastic material constituting the bowl body is silicone, thermoplastic material or thermoplastic elastomer material. The container for assisting infants in learning to retrieve food as described in claim 3, wherein the side skirt is made of elastic material. The container for assisting infants in learning to retrieve food as described in claim 5, wherein the elastic material constituting the side skirt is silicone, thermoplastic material or thermoplastic elastomer material.