Nursing tableware

Abstract

To provide tableware for nursing care, which allows easy adjustment of the amount of food put into the pot of a spoon and prevents the tableware from falling over. [Solution] A nursing care dish 1 is provided with a transparent scraper 11 that projects from the rim 4a side of the dish body 2 on one side of an opening 3 of the dish body 2 that is open at the top, covering part of the opening 3. A protrusion 12 that protrudes outward from the dish body 2 is provided on the side of the dish body 2 on which the scraper 11 is provided. At least the tip of the underside of the protrusion 12 comes into contact with the table surface when the dish body 2 is placed on the table surface, thereby preventing the dish body 2 from tipping over towards the scraper 11 side.

Description

[Technical field]

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

[0002] Among people who require care, such as the physically disabled and elderly, there are some who cannot use chopsticks well 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 rim, so they try to put the food into the rim by pushing the food up along the inner wall of the dish with the spoon's rim, but sometimes the food does not fit into the rim properly and goes over the rim of the dish (i.e. the upper edge of the dish's rim) and spills out.

[0003] In order to prevent such spillage of food, it is known to attach a wall portion for preventing spillage of food to the rim of the dish in such a manner 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] JP 2012-66035 A [Patent Document 2] Registered Utility Model No. 3094030 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] However, it is difficult for people who require care to control the amount of force they use to pour food into the spoon's rim, making it difficult to adjust the amount of food that goes into the spoon's rim, and the tip of the rim may hit the inside of the bowl 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 a tableware for nursing care that makes it easy to adjust the amount of food placed in the spoon's pot 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 upper side of the dish body, extending from the rim side of the dish body so as to cover a part of the opening; A protrusion is provided on the side of the tableware body where the scraping plate is provided, the protrusion protruding outward from the tableware body; The protrusion is configured so that at least the tip of its underside comes into contact with the table surface when the table body is placed on the table surface, thereby preventing the table body from tipping over toward the scraping plate.

[0009] 2) A nursing tableware as described in the preceding paragraph 1, in which at least the tip of the lower surface of the protrusion is formed of a non-slip material for the table surface.

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

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

[0012] The present invention provides the following advantages.

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

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

[0015] Moreover, because the scraping board is transparent, when part of the food is removed from the pot with the scraping board, the amount of food remaining in the pot can be visually confirmed from outside the scraping board, making it easy to adjust the amount of food removed with the scraping 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 on its underside is configured to abut against the table surface when the dish body is placed on the table surface, thereby preventing the dish body from tipping over towards the scraping plate. Therefore, even if the tip of the spoon's pot hits the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the dish body hard when putting food into the pot, 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 from a non-slip material for 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 out of position, and the dish body can be maintained in a position that makes it easy to eat with.

[0018] In the above paragraph 3, the scraping plate and the projections are integrally formed or integrated with each other and are detachably attached to the dish body, so that the scraping plate and the projections can be detached from the dish body together, and the scraping plate and the projections can be easily separated. Furthermore, if the scraping plate and the projections 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 scraping plate and the projections are separated from the dish body after eating, it is easy to wash the dish body.

[0019] In the previous item 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 position of the leveling edge to each end of the leveling edge. Therefore, by changing the position on the leveling edge where the food is dropped, 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 pot of the spoon. [Brief description 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. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a plan view of the tableware. [Diagram 3] FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[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 tableware 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a tableware body 2 and an assistant 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 tableware body 2 is a bowl or teacup with an open top, as is commonly available on the market, and is made of, for example, ceramics. Note that in the present invention, the tableware body 2 is not limited to being made of ceramics, and may be made of plastic, wood, metal, or the like.

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

[0025] In Fig. 2, the symbol "P" is the center of the opening 3 of the dish body 2 in a plan view, and the symbol "R" is the radius of the opening 3 of the dish body 2. In Fig. 3, the symbol "30" is the horizontal, flat dining table surface (i.e., the top surface of the dining table) on which the dish 1 (dish body 2) is placed during a meal, and is shown by an imaginary dashed line. The symbol "20" is the spoon 20 used during a meal, and is shown by an imaginary dashed line. The spoon 20 is generally a type that is 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 shape 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 substantially one side portion of the dish body 2 in a manner that is separable from the dish body 2.

[0028] In this state in which the auxiliary tool 10 is attached to approximately one side of the dish main body 2 (hereinafter also referred to as "the state in which the auxiliary tool 10 is attached to the dish main body 2"), the curved plate portion 15 of the fitting frame 14 is arranged to hold approximately one side of the peripheral wall 4 of the dish main body 2 along its outer surface, and the bottom support plate portion 16 is arranged to receive the bottom wall 5 of the dish main body 2 from below along its outer surface (lower surface), as shown in Fig. 3. Furthermore, the foot 6 of the dish main body 2 is fitted and arranged in a recess 18 provided on the upper surface of the bottom support plate portion 16. Note that 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 scraping 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 scraping plate 11 is disposed 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 a part of the opening 3 of the dish body 2.

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

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

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

[0033] As shown in Fig. 3, the lower end of the projection 12 and the lower end of the fitting frame 14 (more specifically, the bottom support plate portion 16 of the fitting frame 14) are flush with each other in the protruding direction of the projection 12, and furthermore, a non-slip sheet 13 made of a non-slip material (PVC, PE, PU, ​​silicone, rubber, etc.) for the dining 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 portion 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 portion 16) are formed flush with the non-slip material, and when the tableware 1 is placed on the dining table surface 30, the entire lower surfaces 12a, 16a On the flat part of the dining surface 30 It abuts against the table surface 30 in a surface contact state.

[0034] According to the tableware 1 of this embodiment, if a person who eats food placed in the tableware body 2 has difficulty holding the handle 22 of the spoon 20 in a pencil grip, such as a person requiring care, such a person will generally hold the handle 22 of the spoon 20 in the palm of the hand 25, as shown in Fig. 3. Then, the bowl 21 of the spoon 20 pushes the food in the tableware body 2 up along the inner surface of the peripheral wall 4 of the tableware body 2 on the side of the scraping plate 11, and the food is placed in the bowl 21. At this time, the scraping plate 11 is positioned to extend from the rim 4a side of the tableware body 2 so as to cover part of the opening 3 of the tableware body 2, so that the food can be placed in the bowl 21 without spilling outside the tableware body 2.

[0035] Furthermore, when removing food contained in the basin portion 21 of the spoon 20 from inside the dish body 2, a portion of the food can be dropped from the basin portion 21 using the scraping plate 11 (more specifically, the scraping edge 11a of the scraping plate 11), thereby making it possible to adjust the amount of food remaining in the basin portion 21 (i.e., the amount of food finally placed in the basin portion 21).

[0036] Moreover, since the grater plate 11 is transparent, when dropping the cooked food from the grater plate 11 into the pot portion 21, the amount of the cooked food in the pot portion 21 can be visually recognized from the outside of the grater plate 11. Therefore, the amount of the cooked food dropped by the grater plate 11, that is, the amount of the cooked food remaining in the pot portion 21 can be easily adjusted. Further, since the grater plate 11 is horizontal and flat, it is easy to visually recognize the cooked food.

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

[0038] The overhanging length B of the grater plate 11 is not limited. However, in order to surely obtain the above-mentioned advantages, as shown in FIG. 3, it is preferable that the longest overhanging length B0 of the grater plate 11 is in the range of 0.3 to 0.8 times the length A of the pot 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 grater plate 11 side of the tableware main body 2, a protrusion 12 protruding outward from the tableware main body 2 is provided. The entire lower surface 12a of the protrusion 12 abuts against the food table surface 30 in a state where the tableware main body 2 is placed on the food table surface 30, and thus is configured to suppress the tableware main body 2 from tipping over to the grater plate 11 side. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, when the tableware main body 2 is in the shape of a bowl or a teacup, and when the tip of the pot portion 21 strongly hits the inner surface of the peripheral wall 4 of the tableware main body 2 and a strong tilting force F to the grater plate 11 side is applied to the tableware main body 2 when putting the cooked food in the tableware main body 2 into the pot portion 21 of the spoon 20, the tipping over of the tableware main body 2 can be suppressed.

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

[0041] In addition, the auxiliary tool 10, in which the scraping plate 11 and the projections 12 are integrally formed with each other via the fitting frame 14, is detachably attached to the dish body 2, so that when food is placed in the dish body 2, the auxiliary tool 10 can be separated from the dish body 2 to easily place the food in the dish body 2. Furthermore, when washing the dish body 2 after a meal, the auxiliary tool 10 can be separated from the dish body 2 to easily wash the dish body 2 (for example, washing the dish body 2 using a dishwasher).

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

[0043] For example, in the above embodiment, the entire lower surface 12a of the projection 12 is in contact with the table surface 30 when the tableware body 2 is placed on the table surface 30. The flat part of However, in the present invention, the projection 12 is in contact with the table surface 30 at least at the tip portion 12b of the lower surface 12a when the tableware body 2 is placed on the table surface 30. The flat part of 11, thereby preventing the tableware body 2 from tipping over toward the scraping plate 11.

[0044] In addition, like the nursing tableware 1 of the above embodiment, it is preferable that the scraping plate 11 and the projection 12 are integrally formed with each other via the fitting frame 14, but in the present invention, the scraping plate 11 and the projection 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 with each other without the fitting frame 14. Furthermore, in the present invention, at least one of the scraping plate 11 and the projection 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: Mouth rim 10: Supporting tool 11: scraping board 11a: scraping 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 upper side of the dish body, extending from the rim side of the dish body so as to cover a part of the opening; A protrusion is provided on the side of the tableware body where the scraping plate is provided, the protrusion protruding outward from the tableware body; The protrusion is configured to prevent the dish body from tipping over toward the scraping plate when the dish body is placed on a flat table surface, by having at least the tip of the underside of the protrusion abut against a flat portion of the table surface.

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

3. 3. The tableware for nursing care according to claim 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.

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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