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US20160296052A1
US20160296052A1 US14/442,223 US201314442223A US2016296052A1 US 20160296052 A1 US20160296052 A1 US 20160296052A1 US 201314442223 A US201314442223 A US 201314442223A US 2016296052 A1 US2016296052 A1 US 2016296052A1
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Trevor Hardy
Marcel Botha
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G21/00—Table-ware
    • A47G21/04—Spoons; Pastry servers

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  • This invention relates to a spoon.
  • the invention relates to an infant feeding spoon that is particularly suitable for use as a so-called first feeding spoon for use during weaning when an infant is beginning to ingest solid food for the first time.
  • a feeding spoon typically such an infant would be in the age range of about 4 to 12 months but such a feeding spoon may be used on any other individuals as may be appropriate.
  • the invention relates to a spoon that can, at least in some instances, be used advantageously for administering medicine or food to physically impaired persons that have difficulty in effectively clearing the contents of a conventional spoon.
  • Applicant perceives a need for an infant feeding spoon that may be more ergonomically suited to use as a first spoon.
  • a spoon will be regarded as having a handle, a neck at which the cross-sectional size of the handle is at a minimum and where the handle connects with a head of the spoon that increases in size from the neck, and a food or medicine receiving recess.
  • a typical prior art infant feeding spoon has a handle (A); a neck (B); a head (C); and a food or medicine receiving recess (D).
  • the food or medicine receiving recess is typically elongate and either oval or somewhat egg shaped in plan view with its length extending in the direction of the handle.
  • the depth of the food or medicine receiving recess is typically about 4 to 5 mm; its length is about 35 to 40 mm; and its width is about 20 mm.
  • a straight line (E) joining a front edge (F) of the food or medicine receiving recess and a rear edge (G) thereof is typically roughly horizontal in the operative position and crosses a straight line (H) extending in the general direction of the length of the handle portion of the spoon a short distance rearwards of the neck.
  • a spoon having a handle, a neck, a head, and a spoon or food receiving recess that has a front edge and a rear edge wherein the rear edge is raised such that a straight line joining the front edge and the rear edge extends in the same general direction as a straight line extending in the general direction of the length of the handle of the spoon.
  • the neck to be spaced from the spoon or food receiving recess by a distance of the same order as the dimension of the spoon or food receiving recess and preferably by a distance of between 15 and 25 mm and most preferably about 20 mm; for the cross-sectional size of the spoon to increase from the neck to a position corresponding to the rear edge of the spoon or food receiving recess with the outer surface being smoothly contoured to provide a smooth contact surface for the lips of a person using same to encircle the spoon between the neck and spoon or food receiving recess; and for the cross-sectional shape of the neck to be approximately oval with a major axis of the oval preferably measuring about 12 to 16 mm and most preferably about 14 mm with the cross-sectional shape of the spoon at the rear edge of the spoon or food receiving recess being larger and approximately oval with an upper side of the oval bulging upwards and with a major axis of the oval preferably measuring about 18 to 22 mm and most preferably about 20 mm
  • the spoon or food receiving recess to have a shape in plan view that closely approximates a circular shape with a width between 18 to 25 mm and preferably about 20 mm and a length of between 20 and 30 mm, preferably about 25 mm; for the spoon or food receiving recess to be shallow relative to a straight line joining the top edges of two opposite sides of the spoon or food receiving recess, with such a depth preferably being about 1.5 to 2 mm; and for the sides of the spoon or food receiving recess to be somewhat concave between the front edge and rear edge thereof to provide a smooth surface to the recess for the purpose of a person's lips clearing food off the recess surface.
  • the entire spoon may be of a solid construction in which instance it can conveniently be made of suitable plastics materials that may be moulded as a single moulding or, alternatively, with different materials in different steps to provide a satisfactorily rigid structure with a soft rubbery outer surface.
  • suitable plastics materials that may be moulded as a single moulding or, alternatively, with different materials in different steps to provide a satisfactorily rigid structure with a soft rubbery outer surface.
  • Solid or hollow spoons can also be made of a suitable plastic material or metal whilst solid spoons can generally be made of wood, engineered wood, or metal. Numerous different possibilities exist as regards manufacture of the spoons and those identified above are not intended to be exhaustive in any way.
  • a method of manufacturing a spoon according to the invention in which an inner plastic element is moulded firstly; followed by moulding of one half of an outer cover onto the inner plastics element to cover a first major surface thereof and followed thereafter by moulding of a second-half of an outer cover onto the inner plastics element to cover a second major surface thereof.
  • the method defined above has the advantage that registration formations formed on the inner plastic element for the purpose of locating it in the second mould can be over moulded in the third moulding step so that they are totally covered by the second half of the outer cover.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of a typical prior art infant feeding spoon
  • FIG. 2 is a side view thereof
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view of one embodiment of spoon according to the invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a conceptual side view thereof
  • FIG. 5 is an inverted plan view thereof
  • FIG. 6 is a side view thereof
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view thereof
  • FIG. 8 is an end view of the spoon from the front end thereof
  • FIG. 9 is an end view from the rear end thereof.
  • FIG. 10 is a sectional side view of the spoon taken along line X-X in FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 11 is a cross-section taken through the neck of the spoon along line XI-XI in FIG. 3 and showing the peripheral shape along line XI-XI;
  • FIG. 12 is a cross-section taken along line XII-XII in FIG. 3 , namely at the rear of the spoon or food receiving recess and showing the peripheral shape along line XII-XII;
  • FIG. 13 is a cross-section taken along line XIII-XIII in FIG. 3 , namely through the centre of the spoon or food receiving recess and showing the peripheral shape along line XIII-XIII;
  • FIG. 14 is a sectional side view of a spoon that is manufactured according to a preferred manufacturing process according to the invention.
  • FIG. 15 is an exploded view showing the different layers making up the spoon illustrated in FIG. 14 .
  • a spoon ( 1 ) has a handle ( 2 ), a neck ( 3 ), a head ( 4 ), and a spoon or food receiving recess ( 5 ).
  • the spoon or food receiving recess has a front edge ( 6 ) and a rear edge ( 7 ).
  • the cross-sectional size of the spoon is at its smallest at the neck and increases from the neck to a position corresponding to the rear edge of the spoon or food receiving recess.
  • the neck is located distinctly rearwards of the rear edge of the spoon or food receiving recess such that a distance of about 20 mm exists between the rear edge of the spoon or food receiving recess and the neck.
  • the outer surface of the spoon is smoothly contoured to provide a smooth contact surface for the lips, for example of an infant using same, to encircle the spoon between the neck and spoon or food receiving recess.
  • the peripheral and therefore the cross-sectional shape of the neck is approximately oval, as illustrated in FIG. 11 with a major axis that measures from 12 to 16 mm and preferably about 14 mm.
  • the peripheral and therefore the cross-sectional shape of the spoon at the rear edge of the spoon or food receiving recess is enlarged and also approximately oval with an upper side ( 11 ) of the oval bulging upwards, as illustrated in FIG. 12 , with the major axis of the oval measuring from 18 to 22 mm and preferably about 20 mm.
  • the spoon or food receiving recess has a shape in plan view that reasonably closely approximates a circular shape with a width of about 20 mm and a length of about 25 mm.
  • the spoon or food receiving recess is shallow relative to a straight line joining the top edges ( 12 ) of two opposite sides of the spoon or food receiving recess, as illustrated in FIG. 13 , with such a depth preferably being about 1.5 to 2 mm.
  • the thickness of the spoon in the region of the spoon or food receiving recess is considerable and may measure from 4 to 5 mm. This provides a substantial region over which the lips of a person can slide whilst removing food from the recess.
  • the sides of the spoon or food receiving recess may be somewhat concave between the front edge and rear edge thereof to provide a smooth surface to the recess for the purpose of the lips clearing food off the recess surface. This is shown clearly in FIG. 6 and is indicated by numeral ( 13 ). This concavity may be about 3 or 4 millimetres in extent.
  • the arrangement is such that the rear edge of the spoon or food receiving recess is significantly raised such that a straight line ( 15 ) joining the front edge of the spoon or food receiving recess and the rear edge thereof extends in the same general direction as a straight line ( 16 ) extending in the general direction of the length of the handle of the spoon, as shown in FIG. 4 .
  • the illustrated embodiment of spoon is shown as being made of a single material with a plastic hatching being employed in respect of the sections, simply by way of illustration.
  • the spoon can be manufactured, some of which have been mentioned above. It could even be made hollow if it be made of a suitable material by a suitable procedure.
  • the important thing is that the peripheral shape of the spoon is substantially as shown in FIGS. 11 to 13 so that a person's lips sliding over the outer surface of the spoon do so smoothly and uninterruptedly.
  • FIGS. 14 and 15 applicant prefers to employ a method of manufacturing the spoon according to the invention as illustrated in FIGS. 14 and 15 .
  • a relatively rigid inner plastic element ( 21 ) is moulded firstly with registration formations ( 22 ) to ensure proper registration of the prefabricated plastic element with a die in which a subsequent moulding procedure takes place.
  • registration formations ( 22 ) to ensure proper registration of the prefabricated plastic element with a die in which a subsequent moulding procedure takes place.
  • one half, in this instance the upper half ( 23 ) of a very much softer rubbery outer cover is moulded onto the inner plastics element to cover a first major surface thereof.
  • a third moulding procedure is then employed to apply a second-half ( 24 ) of the softer outer cover onto the inner plastics element to cover a second major surface thereof and the registration formations.
  • the registration formations can thus be totally covered with the outer cover.
  • the resultant spoon is seen as having various areas of interacting geometry to give it a unique profile.
  • the spoon of this invention is especially well suited to use as an infant feeding spoon.
  • the plan shape and size of the spoon or food receiving recess of the spoon reduces the amount of food that can be placed on the spoon recess.
  • the raised rear edge of the spoon recess forms an elevated ridge, which creates a backstop for food and triggers the upper lip in order for a child to latch onto the spoon and ingest all the food.
  • the raised rear edge apparently causes a child to bite down, suck the food off and clear the spoon of any food.
  • the result of the invention is a feeding plane that is tilted forwards towards an infant's mouth which appears to improve the infant's ability to ingest and swallow the food on the spoon.
  • the shortened food retaining recess eases the overbite required of an infant to clear the food off the spoon. This also allows a child to bite and close their lips over the food and not into it thereby reducing smearing of food on the face.
  • a spoon made according to this invention can also be used to good effect in the feeding or administration of medicines to physically impaired persons who are unable to effectively use conventional cutlery in order to feed themselves or take medicines. Indeed it is envisaged that a health carer could advantageously use a spoon according to this invention in order to feed or administer medicines to a physically impaired person.

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