Container for food

Abstract

A container for food includes a bottom portion having a circular shape; a wall portion including a first wall portion formed continuously from the bottom portion and formed with a curved surface and an inclined surface inclined relative to the bottom portion, and a second wall portion formed continuously from the first wall portion and extending in a direction orthogonal to a surface direction of the bottom portion, the wall portion including an opening formed in a rectangular shape on one side and in a semielliptical shape on another side; and a flange portion formed continuously from the second wall portion.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-067454, filed Mar. 23, 2012, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a container for food, which can package a food.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Conventionally, there is known a container for food, which is formed in a shape to assist the action of scooping a food by a spoon, so that the container serves as a self-help tool to be used by a young child or a care-requiring person who suffers deterioration and / or hypofunction of the upper limb, or serves as a nursing-care tool to be used by a caregiver or a protector of a young child. As a container for food of this kind, for example,[0006]Japanese Utility Model No. 3022573 discloses a tableware deep plate that has a vertical wall surface on one sid...

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Benefits of technology

The patent is about a container that can hold food. The technical effect is that the container allows for easy packaging and preserving of food for consumption.

Problems solved by technology

The containers for food described above have problems as follows: Specifically, each of the containers for food disclosed in Japanese Utility Model No. 3022573 and Jpn. Pat. Appln. KOKAI Publication No. 2002-240858 has a circular shape in a view from above, and so has a problem such that the spoon insertion side cannot be easily recognized at a glance, i.e., it is poor in visibility.

In this case, a problem arises such that the spoon cannot be easily picked up at resumption of eating.

However, when the container for food is used as a self-help tool, it is difficult to perform the spoon turnabout operation, and so the use of the container for food may be limited.

Further, since the bent peripheral wall shades the food inside the container, a problem arises such that the food inside the container is poor in visibility.

Further, in the case where a plurality of containers for food are to be stacked each other, the container for food disclosed in Japanese Utility Model No. 3022573 requires ribs to be formed on its flange and thereby becomes complicated in structure.

However, according to this structure, since the opening area is smaller than the bottom area, a problem arises such that containers of this type are difficult to stack and are poor in transportability when they are produced.

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