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EP2916694B1
EP2916694B1 EP13853764.2A EP13853764A EP2916694B1 EP 2916694 B1 EP2916694 B1 EP 2916694B1 EP 13853764 A EP13853764 A EP 13853764A EP 2916694 B1 EP2916694 B1 EP 2916694B1
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Trevor Hardy
Marcel Botha
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Infant Ventures Inc
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G21/00—Table-ware
    • A47G21/04—Spoons; Pastry servers

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  • This invention relates to a spoon.
  • the invention relates to an infant feeding spoon that is particularly suitable for use as a so-called first feeding spoon for use during weaning when an infant is beginning to ingest solid food for the first time.
  • a feeding spoon typically such an infant would be in the age range of about 4 to 12 months but such a feeding spoon may be used on any other individuals as may be appropriate.
  • the spoon according to the invention can, at least in some instances, also be used advantageously for administering medicine or food to physically impaired persons that have difficulty in effectively clearing the contents of a conventional spoon.
  • Applicant perceives a need for an infant feeding spoon that may be more ergonomically suited to use as a first spoon.
  • a spoon will be regarded as having a handle, a neck at which the cross-sectional size of the handle is at a minimum and where the handle connects with a head of the spoon that increases in size from the neck, and a food or medicine receiving recess.
  • a typical prior art infant feeding spoon has a handle (A); a neck (B); a head (C); and a food or medicine receiving recess (D).
  • the food or medicine receiving recess is typically elongate and either oval or somewhat egg shaped in plan view with its length extending in the direction of the handle.
  • the depth of the food or medicine receiving recess is typically about 4 to 5 mm; its length is about 35 to 40 mm; and its width is about 20 mm.
  • WO 00/10442 A1 discloses a prior art infant feeding spoon consisting of a combination-material food utensile constructed of materials having different relative hardness.
  • the skeleton or backbone of the utensile is constructed of a hard material providing structural integrity and allowing the utensile to easily slide along the bottom of a dish such as bowl or a plate.
  • Outside edges of the utensile and portions of its handle are constructed of a relative soft material such as Kraton or silicon and provide for comfortable contact with the inside of the mouth and gums.
  • a spoon according to the invention is defined by the features of claim 1.
  • Still further preferred features of the invention provides for the spoon or food receiving recess to be shallow relative to a straight line joining the top edges of two opposite sides of the spoon or food receiving recess, with such a depth preferably being about 1.5 to 2 mm; and for the sides of the spoon or food receiving recess to be somewhat concave between the front edge and rear edge thereof to provide a smooth surface to the recess for the purpose of a person's lips clearing food off the recess surface.
  • the entire spoon may be of a solid construction in which instance it can conveniently be made of suitable plastics materials that may be moulded as a single moulding or, alternatively, with different materials in different steps to provide a satisfactorily rigid structure with a soft rubbery outer surface.
  • suitable plastics materials that may be moulded as a single moulding or, alternatively, with different materials in different steps to provide a satisfactorily rigid structure with a soft rubbery outer surface.
  • Solid or hollow spoons can also be made of a suitable plastic material or metal whilst solid spoons can generally be made of wood, engineered wood, or metal. Numerous different possibilities exist as regards manufacture of the spoons and those identified above are not intended to be exhaustive in any way.
  • a method for manufacturing the spoon according to claim 8 is defined by the features of claim 9.
  • the method defined above has the advantage that registration formations formed on the inner plastic element for the purpose of locating it in the second mould can be over moulded in the third moulding step so that they are totally covered by the second half of the outer cover.
  • a spoon (1) has a handle (2), a neck (3), a head (4), and a spoon or food receiving recess (5).
  • the spoon or food receiving recess has a front edge (6) and a rear edge (7).
  • the outer surface of the spoon is smoothly contoured to provide a smooth contact surface for the lips, for example of an infant using same, to encircle the spoon between the neck and spoon or food receiving recess.
  • the peripheral and therefore the cross-sectional shape of the neck is approximately oval, as illustrated in Figure 11 with a major axis that measures from 12 to 16 mm and preferably about 14 mm.
  • the peripheral and therefore the cross-sectional shape of the spoon at the rear edge of the spoon or food receiving recess is enlarged and also approximately oval with an upper side (11) of the oval bulging upwards, as illustrated in Figure 12 , with the major axis of the oval measuring from 18 to 22 mm and preferably about 20 mm.
  • the spoon or food receiving recess has a shape in plan view that reasonably closely approximates a circular shape with a width of about 20 mm and a length of about 25 mm.
  • the spoon or food receiving recess is shallow relative to a straight line joining the top edges (12) of two opposite sides of the spoon or food receiving recess, as illustrated in Figure 13 , with such a depth preferably being about 1.5 to 2 mm.
  • the thickness of the spoon in the region of the spoon or food receiving recess is considerable and may measure from 4 to 5 mm. This provides a substantial region over which the lips of a person can slide whilst removing food from the recess.
  • the sides of the spoon or food receiving recess may be somewhat concave between the front edge and rear edge thereof to provide a smooth surface to the recess for the purpose of the lips clearing food off the recess surface. This is shown clearly in Figure 6 and is indicated by numeral (13). This concavity may be about 3 or 4 millimetres in extent.
  • the arrangement is such that the rear edge of the spoon or food receiving recess is significantly raised such that a straight line (15) joining the front edge of the spoon or food receiving recess and the rear edge thereof extends in the same general direction as a straight line (16) extending in the general direction of the length of the handle of the spoon, as shown in Figure 4 .
  • the illustrated embodiment of spoon is shown as being made of a single material with a plastic hatching being employed in respect of the sections, simply by way of illustration.
  • the spoon can be manufactured, some of which have been mentioned above. It could even be made hollow if it be made of a suitable material by a suitable procedure.
  • the important thing is that the peripheral shape of the spoon is substantially as shown in Figures 11 to 13 so that a person's lips sliding over the outer surface of the spoon do so smoothly and uninterruptedly.
  • a third moulding procedure is then employed to apply a second-half (24) of the softer outer cover onto the inner plastics element to cover a second major surface thereof and the registration formations.
  • the registration formations can thus be totally covered with the outer cover.
  • the spoon of this invention is especially well suited to use as an infant feeding spoon.
  • the plan shape and size of the spoon or food receiving recess of the spoon reduces the amount of food that can be placed on the spoon recess.
  • the raised rear edge of the spoon recess forms an elevated ridge, which creates a backstop for food and triggers the upper lip in order for a child to latch onto the spoon and ingest all the food.
  • the raised rear edge apparently causes a child to bite down, suck the food off and clear the spoon of any food.
  • the result of the invention is a feeding plane that is tilted forwards towards an infant's mouth which appears to improve the infant's ability to ingest and swallow the food on the spoon.
  • the shortened food retaining recess eases the overbite required of an infant to clear the food off the spoon. This also allows a child to bite and close their lips over the food and not into it thereby reducing smearing of food on the face.
  • a spoon made according to this invention can also be used to good effect in the feeding or administration of medicines to physically impaired persons who are unable to effectively use conventional cutlery in order to feed themselves or take medicines. Indeed it is envisaged that a health carer could advantageously use a spoon according to this invention in order to feed or administer medicines to a physically impaired person.

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  1. Cuillère (1) ayant une poignée (2), un col (3), une tête (4) et une cuillère ou un évidement de réception d'aliments (5) qui a un bord avant (6) et un bord arrière (7), dans laquelle le bord arrière (7) forme une arête élevée qui est surélevée de sorte qu'une ligne droite joignant le bord avant (6) et le bord arrière (7) s'étend dans la même direction générale qu'une ligne droite s'étendant dans la direction générale de la longueur de la poignée (2) de la cuillère (1), dans laquelle la taille de section transversale de la cuillère (1) est à sa plus petite taille au niveau du col et augmente du col (3) à une position correspondant au bord arrière (7) de la cuillère ou de l'évidement de réception d'aliments (5), la surface extérieure étant profilée de manière régulière pour fournir une surface de contact lisse pour les lèvres d'une personne l'utilisant pour encercler la cuillère entre le col et la cuillère ou l'évidement de réception d'aliments, dans laquelle l'évidement de réception d'aliment a une forme en vue de dessus qui se rapproche étroitement d'une forme circulaire d'une largeur comprise entre 18 et 25 mm et d'une longueur comprise entre 20 et 30 mm et dans laquelle le col (3) est espacé de la cuillère ou de l'évidement de réception d'aliments (5) à raison d'une distance du même ordre que la dimension de la cuillère ou de l'évidement de réception d'aliments (5), de sorte que le col (3) est situé vers l'arrière du bord arrière (7) de la cuillère ou de l'évidement de réception d'aliments (5) à raison d'une distance comprise entre 15 et 25 mm.
  2. Cuillère (1) selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle la forme en coupe transversale du col (3) est approximativement ovale avec la forme en coupe transversale de la cuillère (1) au niveau du bord arrière (7) de la cuillère ou de l'évidement de réception d'aliments (5) étant plus grande et approximativement ovale avec un côté supérieur (11) de l'ovale bombé vers le haut.
  3. Cuillère (1) selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle la largeur de la cuillère ou de l'évidement de réception d'aliments (5) est d'environ 20 mm et sa longueur est d'environ 25 mm.
  4. Cuillère (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle la cuillère ou l'évidement de réception d'aliments (5) est peu profond par rapport à une ligne droite joignant les bords supérieurs (12) de deux côtés opposés de la cuillère ou de l'évidement de réception d'aliments (5).
  5. Cuillère (1) selon la revendication 4, dans laquelle la profondeur de la cuillère ou de l'évidement de réception d'aliments (5) par rapport à la ligne droite joignant les bords supérieurs (12) de deux côtés opposés de la cuillère ou de l'évidement de réception d'aliments (5) est de 1,5 à 2 mm.
  6. Cuillère (1) selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle les côtés de la cuillère ou de l'évidement de réception d'aliments (5) sont quelque peu concaves entre le bord avant (6) et le bord arrière (7) de ceux-ci pour fournir une surface lisse (13) à l'évidement (5) afin de permettre aux lèvres d'une personne d'éliminer les aliments de la surface de l'évidement.
  7. Cuillère (1) selon la revendication 6, dans laquelle la profondeur de la concavité est d'environ 3 à 4 millimètres d'étendue.
  8. Cuillère (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle la cuillère entière (1) est d'une construction solide constituée d'un élément en plastique intérieur relativement rigide et d'une surface extérieure en caoutchouc souple.
  9. Procédé de fabrication d'une cuillère selon la revendication 8, dans lequel un élément en plastique intérieur (21) relativement rigide est moulé en premier ; suivi d'une deuxième étape de moulage dans laquelle environ une moitié (23) d'un couvercle extérieur est moulée sur l'élément en plastique intérieur pour recouvrir une première surface principale de celui-ci et ensuite une troisième étape de moulage est effectuée, dans laquelle une seconde moitié (24) d'un couvercle extérieur est moulé sur l'élément en plastique intérieur pour recouvrir une seconde surface principale de celui-ci.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 9, dans lequel des formations d'enregistrement (22) sont formées sur l'élément en plastique intérieur (21) et les formations d'enregistrement sont utilisées pour localiser l'élément en plastique intérieur dans un second moule afin de permettre de mouler ladite une moitié (23) d'un couvercle extérieur sur l'élément en plastique intérieur dans la deuxième étape de moulage.
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