WO2007137612A1

WO2007137612A1 - Set for training young children to eat

Info

Publication number: WO2007137612A1
Application number: PCT/EP2006/005208
Authority: WO
Inventors: Willi Foldenauer
Original assignee: Willi Foldenauer
Priority date: 2006-05-31
Filing date: 2006-05-31
Publication date: 2007-12-06

Abstract

The present invention describes a kit for young children learning to eat, in which bowls (1) with barrier walls (5) of different heights are introduced into an enclosed zone (2) which is attached in a non-slip manner to a table. The invention also describes a method for practicing the precision motor functions of young children using spoons and forks whereby certain patterns of movement can be practiced inside bowls (1) with barrier walls (5) of different heights in a non-slip manner.

Description

Food learning set for toddlers

The present invention describes a toddler eating set, which is characterized in that a dish for receiving food is surrounded by a surrounding zone, which is angled in a partial area so that it comprises the edge of a platen.

Toddlers also want to help themselves to spoons or forks at an age when they are still fed. This is also very important in terms of their development. Since the motion sequences when using spoons and forks are very complicated and require a lot of practice, mismanagement is initially normal. So it happens at this age easily that the spoons or fork movements slip over the plate or bowl edge or the plate is brought by pressure on the edge to tilt. Also, infants often put the cutlery in between times next to the plate, so that the dining area all around is usually full of stains and leftovers. It is not uncommon for children to tilt the plate by tilting it or to slip it on the table top. To limit the tilting and slipping of the children's plates, they are often provided on the bottom with a suction cup. However, such suction cups hold only on very smooth documents, that is not on a tablecloth, placemats or not quite dry pad. In the patent DE, I myself have presented a children's plate, which already eliminates many of the known disadvantages. However, it has been shown that the slipping and turning of the plate is not yet solved completely satisfactory. In addition, no possibility for the removal of the cutlery is offered and no sufficient exercise option for the necessary fine motor movements given. In particular, the previously offered solutions lack the possibility of gradually leading the learned courses of motion from a learning shell to a normal plate or bowl shape.

Our own observations and analyzes of the movements of hand and arm movements during spooning or toddling in infancy show that these differ significantly from those in adulthood or with older children. While in the adult spooning or forking is done by a fine twist in the wrist, the middle hand and the finger, this is initially replaced in infants by a nearly fan-like movement of the entire forearm. The hand is firmly closed to a fist. This much coarser motor skills leads in part to jerky and uncoordinated movements, preferably in the horizontal direction, which means that especially food is pushed backwards and forwards over the edge of the plate and plates and bowls are moved on the table, with the effects described above , With the development of new learning plates and infant bowls to meet the needs of this age group, as well as the feeding adults, new design features need to be considered.

The object of the present invention is to develop a food teaching set which provides the toddler, according to his learning progress, with adapted bowls and plates that remain non-slip on any pad relative to the child connected to a fencing zone on which the cutlery is placed can be and prevents the fouling of the table base and is slip-resistant without expensive fixtures on each table or table top of a high chair. The aim of the invention is also that the bowls or plates are easily accessible not only for the child itself, but also for a feeding, that they are made of any materials, are stackable, even in the dishwasher to clean that they have a consistent, defined distance with respect to the child and can not twist.

The goal is achieved with a food learning set according to the invention in that a bowl (1) for receiving food is surrounded by a surrounding zone (2), which is angled vertically in a partial area (3) so that it comprises an edge of a support plate (4) , The down to angled portion (3) keeps the food learning set always in a fixed position to the child and prevents slipping of the set. Advantage of this solution according to the invention is that, unlike Saugnäpfen, on any surface, whether wet or dry, whether smooth or made of fabric or even wood holds. Since the inner shell (1) in the enclosure zone (2) itself, depending on the design by a raised (9) portion or a sink (10), is mounted non-slip, and at the same time downwardly vertically angled portion (3) the entire food learning set holds the toddler always the same distance to the shell (1) and can thus rehearse the same movements again and again.

In a particularly practical embodiment of a food sets according to the invention, the inner shell (1) and the Umfassungszone (2) is separable from each other. This has the advantage that the device can also be cleaned more easily in the dishwasher. But also the warming of food in the shell (1) in a microwave, e.g. This simplifies it. It is also possible to use several trays for a learning set. While a bowl (1) is e.g. with food still in the fridge, a second, with a meal in between, can be prepared. In terms of design, it is possible in this embodiment to manufacture the shell (1) and the surrounding zone (2) in different materials. While e.g. the enclosure zone (2) is preferably made of plastic, the shell (1) can be made of stainless steel, ceramic, porcelain or a plastic product.

In another particularly practical embodiment according to the invention of a food training set, the dishes (1) have different shapes Forms adapted to the respective learning progress. Thus, first a shell (1) with backward and forward elevated additional barrier areas (5) will be used. If the child is still very small and the movements are still uncoordinated, bowls of this form (5) have the great advantage that even with a described fan movement of the forearm, the movement backwards and forwards in the shell are limited and thus not the food shed over the shell edge. The lower barrier areas (5) on both sides allow both the toddler and a feeding person free and good access to the shell (1). Whether the feeding person to the toddler, or sitting next to the child, or right or left-handed is irrelevant, since the access to the shell (1) are lower on both sides.

In a further particularly practical embodiment of a food learning set according to the invention, an at least partially circular step (7) is incorporated in the bowl (1) at the height of a normal plate rim, which predetermines the dimension of later bowls for the toddler and already exercises the movement pattern for the later bowls, without slipping over the edge of the box through the still protective barrier area (5).

If the toddler has already achieved safety in forks and spoons, then in a further particularly practical embodiment according to the invention, a shallower shell (1) or a plate (1) without barrier areas can be inserted into the food-learning set. Now the movement can be practiced, because the enclosure zone (2) of the food training set protects against contamination of the table surface, should a movement fail. The Essenlernset can be used with the use of lower shells (1) thus also for older children. Also, the transition from a "beginner's shell" with barrier areas (5) to an "advanced shell" (1) has an additional pedagogical learning and motivational effect.

In a further embodiment according to the invention of an eating instructor's set, the bowl (1) is rotationally shaped asymetrically (8) so that it can not rotate in the surrounding zone (2). This has the advantage that the increased front and rear barrier area (5) is always aligned to the toddler and can be optimally effective. In a further embodiment according to the invention of a food training set pass rings (6) are present, depending on the use of different shell shapes (1) produce a non-slip and torsion fit to Umfassungszone (2) and the shell mold (1) can be used accordingly.

In a particularly child-friendly embodiment, the enclosure zone (2) is shaped in the shape of a fairy-tale animal or cartoon figure (12), thus leading to further infant motivation. In another practical embodiment of the food learning set according to the invention a distance area (11) is incorporated at the transition from the enclosure zone (2) in the angled portion (3), which makes it possible even with shelves of children's high chairs a plan to obtain parallel edition. The enclosure of the high chair table top, then can intervene trouble-free in the distance range (11). In another practical embodiment of the invention, the angled portion (3) of the enclosure (2) is replaced by brackets. Thus, an anti-slip coating on the underside of the enclosure zone (2) is unnecessary.

It shows:

Fig. 1: Essenlernset Ia in supervision, Ib in a side section.

Fig. 2: Essenlernset in side view with 2a "beginner's bowl", 2b "Advanced Bowl".

Fig. 3: Essenlernset with 4a raised area in the enclosure, 4b a sink.

Fig. 4: Essenlernset in oblique view.

5: 5a section through beginner's shell, 5b section through advanced shell.

6 shows a cross section through a beginner's shell with a circular step.

Fig. 7: supervision of food set in the form of a fairy tale figure. with rotationally asymmetric shell. Fig. 8: Supervision of food set with inserted fitting ring.

Claims

claims

1) Essenlernset characterized in that a shell (1) for receiving food or liquids of a surrounding zone (2) is surrounded, which is angled vertically in a partial area (3) that it includes the edge of a support surface (4).

2) food learning set according to claim 1, characterized in that the shell (1) and the Umfassungszone (2) are separate units.

3) food learning set according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the shell (1) has a barrier area (5).

4) food learning set according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the shell (1) in its wall at least in a partial region has a circular step (7).

5) food learning set according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the shell (1) has a rotationally asymmetric shape (8).

6) food learning set according to one of claims 1 to 5 and 8 to 11, characterized in that the Umfassungszone (2) has a raised portion (9), in which the shell (1) can be inserted.

7) food learning set according to one of claims 1 to 5 or 8 to 11, characterized in that the Umfassungszone (2) has a recess (10) for receiving the shell (1).

8) food learning set according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the vertically angled portion (3) of the enclosure zone (2) is a clip (14).

9) food learning set according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the transition from Umfassungszone (2) in the angled region (3) a distance range (11) is present.

10) food learning set according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the Umfassungszone (2) in the form of a fairy tale animal or cartoon shape (12) is formed. ll) food learning set according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that between shell (1) and Umfassungszone (2) a fitting ring (6) is present.

12) A method for practicing fine motor skills in the use of spoons and forks such that trays (1) with different height barrier walls (5), according to the learning progress, are used without slipping in a Umfassungszone (2).