Nursing care tableware

Abstract

To provide nursing care tableware facilitating adjustment of an amount of food put into a bowl part of a spoon and preventing the tableware from tipping over.SOLUTION: Nursing care tableware 1 includes a transparent level-off plate 11 provided at one side of an opening 3 of a tableware body 2 that is open at an upper side, protruding from a rim 4a side of the tableware body 2 so as to cover a part of the opening 3. A protrusion 12 protruding outward the tableware body 2 is provided at a side of the tableware body 2 where the level-off plate 11 is provided. A tip of a lower surface of the protrusion 12 comes into contact with a dining table surface, with the tableware body 2 placed on the dining table surface, thereby preventing the tableware body 2 from tipping over toward the level-off plate 11 side.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to tableware for nursing care. [Background technology]

[0002] Some people who require care, such as the physically disabled and elderly, are unable to use chopsticks properly and must eat with a spoon instead. When such people use a spoon to eat food from a dish, it is difficult to scoop the food with the spoon's base. Therefore, they try to get the food into the base by pushing the base along the inner wall of the dish, but sometimes the food does not fit into the base and goes over the rim of the dish (i.e., the upper edge of the dish's base) and spills out.

[0003] In order to prevent such spillage of food, it is known to attach a spill prevention wall to the rim of the dish so as to cover part of the opening of the dish from above (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2012-66035 [Patent Document 2] Registered Utility Model No. 3094030 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] However, for those requiring care, it is difficult to control the amount of food poured into the bowl of the spoon. This makes it difficult to adjust the amount of food poured into the bowl of the spoon, and the tip of the bowl may hit the inner wall of the dish too hard, causing the dish to tip over. As a result, even when the spill prevention wall is attached to the rim of the dish, food may spill out of the dish when the dish tips over.

[0006] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned technical background, and an object of the present invention is to provide tableware for nursing care that makes it easy to adjust the amount of food placed in the spoon's bowl and prevents the tableware from tipping over. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] The present invention provides the following means.

[0008] 1) A transparent scraping plate is provided on one side of the opening of the dish body, which is open at the top, extending from the rim side of the dish body so as to cover a part of the opening; A protrusion protruding outward from the dish body is provided on the side of the dish body where the scraping plate is provided, The protrusion is configured so that at least the tip of its underside abuts against the table surface when the dish body is placed on the table surface, thereby preventing the dish body from tipping toward the scraping plate.

[0009] 2) A tableware for care according to the preceding paragraph 1, wherein at least the tip of the lower surface of the protrusion is formed of a material that prevents slipping on the table surface.

[0010] 3) A tableware for care use according to the preceding paragraph 1 or 2, wherein the scraping plate and the protrusion are integrally formed or are integral with each other and are provided separably with respect to the tableware body.

[0011] 4) The tableware for care according to any one of the preceding paragraphs 1 to 3, wherein the leveling edge of the leveling plate extends in a substantially straight line. [Effects of the Invention]

[0012] The present invention has the following advantages.

[0013] In the previous paragraph 1, a scraping plate is provided on one side of the opening of the dish body, extending from the rim side of the dish body to cover part of the opening of the dish body. Therefore, even if the bowl part of the spoon pushes up the food inside the dish body along the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the dish body on the scraping plate side, the food can be placed in the bowl part without spilling outside the dish body.

[0014] Furthermore, when removing food from the bowl of the spoon from the dish body, part of the food can be dropped from the bowl with a scraping board, thereby adjusting the amount of food remaining in the bowl (i.e., the amount of food finally placed in the bowl).

[0015] Furthermore, because the leveling board is transparent, when using the board to remove part of the food from the pot, the amount of food remaining in the pot can be seen from outside the leveling board, making it easy to adjust the amount of food removed with the board, i.e., the amount of food remaining in the pot.

[0016] Furthermore, a protrusion is provided on the side of the dish body where the scraping plate is provided, protruding outward from the dish body, and at least the tip of the protrusion's underside abuts the table surface when the dish body is placed on it, thereby preventing the dish body from tipping over toward the scraping plate. Therefore, even if the tip of the spoon's bowl hits the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the dish body hard when pouring food into the bowl, the dish body can be prevented from tipping over.

[0017] In the preceding paragraph 2, at least the tip of the underside of the protrusion is formed of a non-slip material against the table surface, so that even if the tip of the spoon's base hits hard against the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the dish body, the dish body can be prevented from shifting position, and the dish body can be maintained in a position that makes it easy to eat from.

[0018] In the above paragraph 3, the scraper and the protrusions are integrally formed or are integrally formed and are detachably attached to the dish body, so that the scraper and the protrusions can be detached from the dish body together, making the work of separating the scraper and the protrusions easy. Furthermore, if the scraper and the protrusions are separated from the dish body when putting food into the dish body, it is easy to put food into the dish body, and if the scraper and the protrusions are separated from the dish body after eating, it is easy to wash the dish body.

[0019] In the previous paragraph 4, the leveling edge of the leveling plate extends in a substantially straight line, making it easy to drop food, and the overhanging length of the leveling plate becomes shorter as you move from the middle of the leveling edge to each end of the leveling edge. Therefore, by changing the position on the leveling edge where you drop the food, the amount of food that drops also changes, making it easier to adjust the amount of food that drops, i.e., the amount of food that remains in the base of the spoon. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0020] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a tableware for nursing care according to one embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a plan view of the tableware. [Figure 3] FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0021] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[0022] As shown in Figures 1 to 3, a nursing care tableware 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a tableware body 2 and an assisting tool 10 for making it easier to scoop food (not shown) in the tableware body 2 with a spoon 20 (see Figure 3). The term "nursing care" is used in a sense that includes "assistance."

[0023] The dish body 2 is a bowl or rice bowl-shaped dish with an open top, as is commonly available on the market, and is made of, for example, ceramic. Note that in the present invention, the dish body 2 is not limited to being made of ceramic, and may also be made of plastic, wood, metal, etc.

[0024] The opening 3 of the dish body 2 is circular in plan view as shown in Fig. 2. Furthermore, as shown in Fig. 3, the bottom wall 5 side of the dish body 2 is curved into a roughly concave sphere, and furthermore, a short cylindrical pedestal 6 that protrudes slightly downward is integrally formed on the lower surface of the central part of the bottom wall 5.

[0025] In Fig. 2, the symbol "P" indicates the center of the opening 3 of the dish body 2 in a plan view, and the symbol "R" indicates the radius of the opening 3 of the dish body 2. In Fig. 3, the symbol "30" indicates the horizontal, flat surface of the table (i.e., the top surface of the table) on which the dish 1 (dish body 2) is placed during a meal, and is shown by a dot-dash line as an imaginary line. The symbol "20" indicates the spoon 20 used during a meal, and is shown by a two-dot-dash line as an imaginary line. The spoon 20 is a type that is generally widely available commercially.

[0026] As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the auxiliary tool 10 has a scraping plate 11, a protrusion 12, a fitting frame 14, etc., and is made of plastic (PMMA, PC, PP, PS, PET, MF, PLA, CPLA, etc.) in which the scraping plate 11 and the protrusion 12 are integrally formed with each other via the fitting frame 14.

[0027] In the auxiliary tool 10, the fitting frame 14 integrally comprises a curved plate portion 15 curved in a substantially semicircular arc along the outer surface of substantially one side portion of the peripheral wall 4 of the dish body 2, and a bottom receiving plate portion 16 (see FIG. 3) that receives the bottom wall 5 of the dish body 2. The substantially one side portion of the dish body 2 is removably fitted and held in a fitting recess 17 formed by the inner space between the curved plate portion 15 and the bottom receiving plate portion 16, so that the auxiliary tool 10 is attached to the substantially one side portion of the dish body 2 in a manner that allows it to be separated from the dish body 2.

[0028] In this state where the auxiliary tool 10 is attached to approximately one side of the dish main body 2 (hereinafter also referred to as "the state where the auxiliary tool 10 is attached to the dish main body 2"), the curved plate portion 15 of the fitting frame 14 is positioned so as to hold approximately one side portion of the peripheral wall 4 of the dish main body 2 along its outer surface, and the bottom support plate portion 16 is positioned so as to support the bottom wall 5 of the dish main body 2 from below along its outer surface (lower surface), as shown in Figure 3. Furthermore, the foot 6 of the dish main body 2 is fitted into a recess 18 provided on the upper surface of the bottom support plate portion 16. In this embodiment, the recess 18 is a circular through-hole that penetrates the bottom support plate portion 16 in the thickness direction.

[0029] The leveling plate 11 is formed integrally with the upper edge 15a, projecting horizontally and flat from the upper edge 15a of the curved plate portion 15 of the fitting frame 14 toward the fitting recess 17. When the auxiliary tool 10 is attached to the dish body 2, the leveling plate 11 is positioned on one side of the opening 3 of the dish body 2, projecting horizontally and flat from the rim 4a of the dish body 2 (i.e., the upper edge of the peripheral wall 4 of the dish body 2) side so as to cover part of the opening 3 of the dish body 2.

[0030] Furthermore, the leveling plate 11 is formed in a bow shape in plan view as shown in Fig. 2. Therefore, the leveling edge 11a consisting of the tip edge of the leveling plate 11 extends linearly in plan view (more specifically, in the form of a straight chord relative to the planar shape (circular) of the opening 3 of the dish body 2).

[0031] Furthermore, the leveling plate 11 is transparent (more specifically, colorless and transparent), so that the food inside the dish body 2 can be seen from outside the leveling plate 11.

[0032] The protrusion 12 prevents the dish body 2 from tipping toward the leveling plate 11, and is formed integrally with the fitting frame 14, protruding outward from the fitting frame 14 in a direction perpendicular to the leveling edge 11a at the intermediate position Q (see Figure 2) of the leveling edge 11a of the leveling plate 11.When the auxiliary device 10 is attached to the dish body 2, the protrusion 12 is positioned on the leveling plate 11 side of the dish body 2, protruding outward from the dish body 2.

[0033] 3, the lower end of the projection 12 and the lower end of the fitting frame 14 (more specifically, the bottom support plate 16 of the fitting frame 14) are flush with each other in the direction in which the projection 12 projects, and furthermore, a non-slip sheet 13 made of a non-slip material (PVC, PE, PU, ​​silicone, rubber, etc.) for use on the table surface 30 is fixed (adhered) to the lower end of the projection 12 and the lower end of the fitting frame 14 (bottom support plate 16). As a result, the entire lower surface 12a of the projection 12 and the entire lower surface 16a of the fitting frame 14 (bottom support plate 16) are formed flush with the non-slip material, and when the tableware 1 is placed on the table surface 30, these lower surfaces 12a, 16a are entirely in surface contact with the table surface 30.

[0034] When the person eating the food placed in the dish body 2 of the dish 1 of this embodiment is someone who requires care and has difficulty holding the handle 22 of the spoon 20 in a pencil grip, such a person will typically hold the handle 22 of the spoon 20 in the palm of their hand 25, as shown in Figure 3. Then, the bowl 21 of the spoon 20 pushes the food inside the dish body 2 up along the inner surface of the peripheral wall 4 of the dish body 2 that faces the leveling plate 11, and the food is placed in the bowl 21. At this time, the leveling plate 11 is positioned to extend from the rim 4a side of the dish body 2 so as to cover part of the opening 3 of the dish body 2, allowing the food to be placed in the bowl 21 without spilling outside the dish body 2.

[0035] Furthermore, when removing food contained in the bowl portion 21 of the spoon 20 from the dish body 2, part of the food can be dropped from the bowl portion 21 using the leveling plate 11 (more specifically, the leveling edge 11a of the leveling plate 11), thereby adjusting the amount of food remaining in the bowl portion 21 (i.e., the amount of food finally placed in the bowl portion 21).

[0036] Moreover, because the leveling plate 11 is transparent, when the food is dropped from the basin 21 with the leveling plate 11, the amount of food in the basin 21 can be seen from outside the leveling plate 11. Therefore, the amount of food dropped with the leveling plate 11, i.e., the amount of food remaining in the basin 21, can be easily adjusted. Furthermore, because the leveling plate 11 is horizontal and flat, the food is easy to see.

[0037] Furthermore, since the scraping edge 11a of the grater 11 extends linearly, it is easy to drop the food. Also, as shown in FIG. 2, the overhanging length B of the grater 11 is the longest at the middle position Q of the scraping edge 11a (this length is denoted as "B0"), and B becomes shorter as it moves from this middle position Q to each end side of the scraping edge 11a (i.e., B < B0). Therefore, by changing the position on the scraping edge 11a where the food is dropped, the amount of food that drops also changes, so the amount of food that drops, that is, the amount of food remaining in the ladle portion 21, can be adjusted more easily.

[0038] The overhanging length B of the grater 11 is not limited, but in order to surely obtain the above advantages, as shown in FIG. 3, it is preferable that the longest overhanging length B0 of the grater 11 is in the range of 0.3 to 0.8 times the length A of the ladle portion 21 of the spoon 20. Further, it is preferable that B0 is 1 time or less with respect to R.

[0039] Also, on the side of the grater 11 of the tableware body 2, a protrusion 12 that protrudes outward from the tableware body 2 is provided. The entire lower surface 12a of the protrusion 12 abuts against the food table surface 30 when the tableware body 2 is placed on the food table surface 30, and thus is configured to suppress the tableware body 2 from tipping over to the side of the grater 11. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, when the tableware body 2 is in the shape of a bowl or a teacup, and when the tip of the ladle portion 21 strongly hits the inner surface of the peripheral wall 4 of the tableware body 2 and a strong tipping force F to the side of the grater of the tableware body 2 is applied when putting the food in the tableware body 2 into the ladle portion 21 of the spoon 20, the tipping of the tableware body 2 can be suppressed.

[0040] As shown in Figure 2, the length L of the projection 12 from the rim 4a of the dish body 2 in a plan view and the width W of the tip 12b of the underside 12a of the projection 12 (see Figure 3) are not limited, but to ensure the above-mentioned advantages, it is preferable that L be 0.3 times or more the radius R of the opening 3 of the dish body 2, and that W be 0.2 times or more R. The upper limits of L and W are also not limited, but it is preferable that the upper limit of L be 1.5 times R, and the upper limit of W be 1.8 times R. In this case, it is possible to reliably prevent adverse effects caused by L and W being too large (for example, the projection 12 getting in the way of eating or making serving food difficult).

[0041] In addition, the auxiliary tool 10, in which the scraping plate 11 and the protrusion 12 are integrally formed with each other via the fitting frame 14, is separably attached to the dish body 2, so that when placing food in the dish body 2, the auxiliary tool 10 can be separated from the dish body 2, thereby making it easy to place the food in the dish body 2. Furthermore, when washing the dish body 2 after a meal, the dish body 2 can be easily washed (for example, by using a dishwasher) by separating the auxiliary tool 10 from the dish body 2.

[0042] Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment and can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0043] For example, in the above embodiment, the entire lower surface 12a of the protrusion 12 abuts against the table surface 30 when the dish body 2 is placed on the table surface 30, but in the present invention, the protrusion 12 is configured so that at least the tip portion 12b of its lower surface 12a abuts against the table surface 30 when the dish body 2 is placed on the table surface 30, thereby preventing the dish body 2 from tipping toward the scraping plate 11.

[0044] Furthermore, as in the nursing care tableware 1 of the above embodiment, it is preferable that the leveling plate 11 and the protrusion 12 are integrally formed with each other via the fitting frame 14, but in the present invention, the leveling plate 11 and the protrusion 12 may be formed separately and the two 11, 12 may be integrated with each other via the fitting frame 14, or the two 11, 12 may be directly integrated without the fitting frame 14. Furthermore, in the present invention, at least one of the leveling plate 11 and the protrusion 12 may be integrally formed with the tableware body 2. [Industrial Applicability]

[0045] The present invention can be used for tableware for nursing care. [Explanation of symbols]

[0046] 1: Tableware 2: Tableware itself 3: Opening 4: Peripheral wall 4a: Rim 10: Auxiliary tool 11: Leveling board 11a: Leveling edge 12: Protrusion 12a: Underside of protrusion 13: Anti-slip sheet 14: Fitting frame 20: Spoon

Claims

1. A transparent scraping plate is provided on one side of the opening of the dish body, which has an open top, so as to extend from the rim side of the dish body and cover a part of the opening; A protrusion protruding outward from the dish body is provided on the side of the dish body where the scraping plate is provided, The protrusion is configured so that at least the tip of its underside abuts against the table surface when the dish body is placed on the table surface, thereby preventing the dish body from tipping toward the scraping plate.

2. 2. The tableware for care according to claim 1, wherein at least the tip of the lower surface of the projection is formed of a material to prevent slipping on the table surface.

3. 3. The tableware for nursing care according to claim 1, wherein the scraping plate and the protrusion are integrally formed or are integral with each other and are provided separably with respect to the tableware body.

4. 3. The tableware for nursing care according to claim 1, wherein the scraping edge of the scraping plate extends in a substantially straight line.

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