Feeding training spoon

Abstract

A feeding training spoon comprises a spoon body and a spoon handle, and at least one positioning assembly is arranged on the spoon handle in the length direction. The positioning assembly comprises a ring seat and a slot; the slot is positioned on one side, close to the spoon body, of the ring seat; the ring seat is detachably connected with a ring sleeve, the ring sleeve is integrally connected with a forefinger ring for a forefinger to penetrate and a thumb ring for a thumb to penetrate, and the forefinger ring is located between the slot and the thumb ring; inserting rods used for abutting against the remaining three fingers are detachably inserted into the inserting grooves. The index finger ring, the thumb ring and the ring sleeve are all provided with interaction areas used for enhancing touch input. Through the arrangement of the interaction area, the touch input effect is enhanced, holding posture correction is assisted, and the memory effect is enhanced; the thumb ring and the index finger ring are integrally connected to the ring sleeve, so that the holding posture angle is conveniently fixed; at least one positioning assembly is arranged in the length direction, and the training difficulty of wrist stability is adjusted by changing the grabbing distance.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of rehabilitation training, especially a feeding training spoon. BACKGROUND

[0002] Autistic children often have self-feeding disorders, and often have sensory disorders with hypersensitivity or hypersensitivity. In the rehabilitation feeding training, these patients often pay too much attention to the stability of the scooped food, ignoring the maintenance of normal hand posture during training, resulting in full-palm gripping type spoon holding, wrist radial deviation, and the need for correction.

[0003] For patients with tactile hypoaesthesia, the correction and memory effect of the conventional training spoon (such as the auxiliary feeding spoon for rehabilitation disclosed in CN 205697024U) is poor, and each finger ring can rotate on the ring seat, the relative angle between the finger rings cannot be fixed, and the wrist, hand posture and strength are abnormal, the fine activities of the fingers cannot be differentiated, which brings great inconvenience to the subsequent correction and guidance of holding the spoon with normal posture for eating, and prolongs the rehabilitation process. Therefore, we propose a new spoon for autistic children training to solve the above problems. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL

[0004] The utility model aims at solving the prior art problems and provides an eating training spoon with thumb, index finger and remaining three fingers posture position positioning function.

[0005] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: an eating training spoon, comprising a spoon body and a spoon handle, the spoon handle is provided with not less than one positioning component along the length direction; the positioning component comprises a ring seat and a slot, the slot is located on the side of the ring seat close to the spoon body; the ring seat is detachably connected with a ring sleeve, the ring sleeve is integrally connected with an index finger ring for the index finger to pass through and a thumb ring for the thumb to pass through, the index finger ring is located between the slot and the thumb ring; a plug rod for abutting the remaining three fingers is detachably inserted into the slot; the index finger ring, the thumb ring and the ring sleeve are all provided with an interactive area for enhancing tactile input.

[0006] Preferably, the inner ring surface of the index finger ring, the inner ring surface of the thumb ring and the surface of the ring sleeve are all provided with a plurality of convex points as the interactive area.

[0007] Preferably, the index finger ring, the thumb ring and the ring sleeve are formed by silicone injection molding, and a plurality of hard particles are embedded in the index finger ring, the thumb ring and the ring sleeve as the interactive area.

[0008] Preferably, the cross section of the slot is T-shaped, the slot penetrates through the spoon handle to form a wide diameter opening and a narrow diameter opening on the surface of the spoon handle, and the narrow diameter opening of the slot is located on the back surface of the spoon handle; the plug rod is a T-shaped plug rod matched with the slot.

[0009] Preferably, the T-shaped insert includes a horizontal part and a vertical part that are vertically connected, and the horizontal part is magnetically engaged with the wide-diameter opening.

[0010] Preferably, the exposed section of the insertion rod is also provided with an interaction area, which is located on one side of the far-spoon body.

[0011] The beneficial effects of this utility model are: by setting up an interactive area, the tactile input effect is enhanced, the grip posture correction is assisted, and the memory effect is enhanced; the ring is integrated with a thumb ring and an index finger ring, which makes it easy to fix the grip posture angle; at least one positioning component is set along the length direction, and the training difficulty of wrist stability is adjusted by changing the grip distance. Attached Figure Description

[0012] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of Embodiment 1 of the present utility model;

[0013] Figure 2 for Figure 1 Enlarged view of point A in the image;

[0014] Figure 3 This is an axial cross-sectional view of Embodiment 1 of this utility model. Detailed Implementation

[0015] The technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the embodiments of the present utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and not all embodiments.

[0016] Combined with Examples 1-2 and Appendix Figures 1-3 A feeding training spoon includes a spoon body 1 and a spoon handle 2. The spoon handle 2 has at least one positioning component along its length. The positioning component includes a ring seat 32 and a slot 31. The slot 1 is located on the side of the ring seat 32 near the spoon body 1. A ring sleeve 40 is detachably connected to the ring seat 32. An index finger ring 42 for the index finger to pass through and a thumb ring 41 for the thumb to pass through are integrally connected to the ring sleeve 40, so that the relative angle and distance between the index finger ring and the thumb ring are fixed to provide accurate grip correction. The index finger ring 41 is located between the slot 31 and the thumb ring 42. A plug bar 51 for abutting the remaining three fingers is detachably inserted into the slot 31. The index finger ring 41, the thumb ring 42 and the ring sleeve 40 are all provided with interactive areas for enhancing tactile input.

[0017] Furthermore, there are two positioning components, located at the head and middle sections of the spoon handle 2, with the head section being the end near the spoon body 1. Alternatively, there can be three positioning components, located at the head, middle, and tail sections of the spoon handle, to accommodate training spoons of different lengths, providing multiple difficulty levels for wrist stability training and adapting to the rehabilitation process.

[0018] The feeding training spoon has a T-shaped slot 31, and the slot 31 is formed through the spoon handle 2 to form a wide diameter opening and a narrow diameter opening on the surface of the spoon handle, and the narrow diameter opening of the slot 31 is located on the back surface of the spoon handle; the insertion rod 5 is a T-shaped insertion rod which is matched with the slot 31.

[0019] The T-shaped insertion rod includes a horizontal part 51 and a vertical part 52 which are connected vertically, the horizontal part 51 is matched with the wide diameter opening by magnetic attraction, and the insertion stability of the insertion rod 5 is enhanced. The exposed section of the insertion rod is also provided with an interactive area which is located on one side of the spoon body, and a plurality of concave-convex patterns are distributed on the surface of the insertion rod to serve as the interactive area. The T-shaped insertion rod is formed by injection molding of plastic or high polymer resin.

[0020] The feeding training spoon further includes a reverse T-shaped limiting seat 6 which is provided with an insertion hole which is matched with the vertical part 52 to be sleeved on the tail end of the vertical part 52, so as to avoid that the T-shaped insertion rod is separated from the slot 31 during use. The reverse T-shaped limiting seat 6 is formed by injection molding of silica gel, and the inner diameter of the insertion hole is matched with the outer diameter of the vertical part 52 by interference fit, so as to ensure the precision of the sleeve connection.

[0021] Further, the reverse T-shaped limiting seat 6 is provided with a suction cup 61 at the bottom, so as to be stably placed on the horizontal surface to prevent secondary pollution.

[0022] Embodiment 1

[0023] The feeding training spoon is provided with a plurality of convex points 7 on the inner ring surface of the index finger ring 41, the inner ring surface of the thumb ring 42 and the surface of the ring sleeve 40 as interactive areas, the convex points are arranged on the inner ring surface of the index finger ring, the inner ring surface of the thumb ring and the surface of the ring sleeve which are in contact with the skin of the human body during the gripping posture, so as to enhance the tactile feedback, form the concept of the positioning of the gripping posture, improve the correction training effect, and replace the ring sleeve with different density or height convex points according to the process of the tactile training.

[0024] Further, the ring sleeve 40, the index finger ring 41 and the thumb ring 42 are formed by injection molding of plastic, silica gel or resin into a hard shell sleeve or a soft elastic sleeve, and the ring sleeve is provided with a circumferential opening to form a ring buckle, and the ring buckle is detachably buckled with the ring seat by the flexibility of the ring buckle itself.

[0025] Further, the ring seat 32 is provided with a limiting block which is matched with the circumferential opening, so as to limit the relative rotation of the ring buckle and the spoon handle, and ensure the correct orientation of the index finger ring and the thumb ring.

[0026] Embodiment 2

[0027] The feeding training spoon is formed by injection molding of silica gel, and a plurality of hard particles are embedded in the index finger ring 41, the thumb ring 42 and the ring sleeve 40 as interactive areas. The inner ring surface of the index finger ring, the inner ring surface of the thumb ring and the surface of the ring sleeve are smooth, and the hard particles embedded therein provide tactile feedback with different force postures during gripping, so as to stimulate the attention of the patient to the gripping posture.

[0028] Further, the outer diameter of the ring seat 32 is smaller than the outer diameter of the handle 2, so as to avoid the ring from slipping relative to the handle, and the silica gel ring is sleeved on the ring seat through elasticity.

[0029] A method for using the eating training spoon, according to the target difficulty of the rehabilitation training stage, a positioning assembly with a corresponding length interval is selected, the ring 40 is fixed with the ring seat 32, the T-shaped insertion rod is inserted into the insertion groove 31, and the inverted T-shaped limiting seat 6 is sleeved from the tail end of the vertical part, so as to complete the assembly operation of the eating training spoon.

[0030] The above is only a preferred specific embodiment of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited to this. Any person skilled in the art can make equivalent replacement or change according to the technical scheme and the inventive concept of the present application within the technical range disclosed by the present application, which should be covered in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A feeding training spoon comprising a spoon body (1) and a spoon handle (2), characterized in that, The spoon handle (2) is provided with at least one positioning assembly along the length direction; the positioning assembly comprises a ring seat (32) and a slot (31), and the slot (31) is located on the side of the ring seat (32) close to the spoon body (1); the ring seat (32) is detachably connected with a ring sleeve (40), the ring sleeve (40) is integrally connected with a forefinger ring (41) for the forefinger to pass through and a thumb ring (42) for the thumb to pass through, and the forefinger ring (41) is located between the slot (31) and the thumb ring (42); the slot (31) is detachably connected with a plug rod (5) for abutting the remaining three fingers; the forefinger ring (41), the thumb ring (42) and the ring sleeve (40) are all provided with an interactive area for enhancing tactile input.

2. A spoon for eating training according to claim 1, characterized in that: The inner ring surface of the forefinger ring (41), the inner ring surface of the thumb ring (42) and the surface of the ring sleeve (40) are all provided with a plurality of convex points (7) as the interactive area.

3. A spoon for eating training according to claim 1, characterized in that: The forefinger ring (41), the thumb ring (42) and the ring sleeve (40) are formed by silicone injection molding, and a plurality of hard particles are embedded in the forefinger ring (41), the thumb ring (42) and the ring sleeve (40) as the interactive area.

4. A spoon for eating training according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cross section of the slot (31) is T-shaped, the slot (31) penetrates through the spoon handle (2) to form a wide diameter opening and a narrow diameter opening on the surface of the spoon handle, and the narrow diameter opening of the slot (31) is located on the back of the spoon handle (2); the plug rod (5) is a T-shaped plug rod that is inserted into the slot (31) in a matching manner.

5. A spoon for eating training according to claim 4, characterized in that: The T-shaped plug rod comprises a horizontal part (51) and a vertical part (52) connected vertically, and the horizontal part (51) is magnetically attracted to the wide diameter opening.

6. A spoon for eating training according to claim 1, characterized in that: The exposed section of the plug rod (5) is also provided with an interactive area, and the interactive area is located on the side away from the spoon body (1).

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