JP7064198B2 - Tongs - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to tongs for picking up food, which is a device for preventing the hands from getting dirty by directly pinching them with fingers when eating food such as confectionery.

Most of the conventional tongs are formed by joining one ends of two long rod-shaped objects.
The joint is elastic and the tips of the two pairs of rods are separated.
He grasped the middle of the two pairs of rods, grasped the grasped hand, closed the tip, and picked up food at the tip and carried it to his mouth. (Patent Document 1)

In addition, as in (Patent Document 2), there is also a tong that combines two rod-shaped objects into an X-shape with a support shaft and picks up food by sandwiching food at the tip like scissors.

In addition, as in (Patent Document 3), when the cover is directly attached to the tip of the finger to pick up food, the finger is protected from dirt.

JP-A-2019-92628 Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-10069 Japanese Patent Application No. 2017-2071

Conventional tongs have the following drawbacks.
When eating a piece of food such as sweets while working with your fingers such as a smartphone, computer, or reading, if you pick up the food directly with your fingers, dirt such as oil and sugar will adhere to your fingers, so you can use your fingers as they are. When I work, my fingers get dirty on the screen of the smartphone to be worked on, the keyboard of the personal computer, and the surface of the paper of the book.
(B) To prevent this, stop the work and wipe the fingers with a tissue, or pick up the tongs, put food in it, bring it to the mouth, and put the tongs in place and resume the work. I had to step on repeatedly.
Those troubles were especially annoying when I wanted to work continuously such as games and chats. Both the inventions of (Patent Document 1) and (Patent Document 2) have the same problem.

In the invention of (Patent Document 3), the tongs are not held or separated, but are always worn on the fingers, and are the cover of the fingers.
(B) Food stains do not adhere to the tips of the fingers, but food stains such as sweets adhere to the cover itself, so it is not necessary to remove the cover to resume work that requires bare fingers such as smartphones. The work was interrupted, and it had to be reattached in order to eat the confectionery, which took time and effort to put on and take off.

The sandwiched portion (1), which is an L-shaped thin plate or rod, and one end of the lower end (1b) of the sandwiched portion (1) are extended at an angle close to 90 degrees with respect to the lower end (1b). , The tongs composed of the support portion (2) are paired as (3A) and (3B), respectively, and the lower end (1b) portion of the sandwiched portion in which both tongs are overlapped with each other by overlapping asymmetric surfaces. It is rotatably joined by the support shaft (4), and one finger is inserted into one end of each support part (2) of the tongs (3A) and (3B) in a tubular shape to penetrate and lock on the fingertip. A finger grip portion (5) that can be formed, a ring-shaped band (6c) and a palm pad (6b) at the other end, or a finger pinch (6d) and a finger pinch (6e) and a palm pad that sandwich the crotch of the finger. It is a tong provided with a palm gripping means (6) made of (6b), and a tong that can be operated by a smartphone while wearing the tongs while grasping food with the tongs.
Instead of the above-mentioned palm gripping means (6), the tongs are provided with a finger gripping means (7) that is tubular and has one finger inserted and penetrated and attached to the base of the finger.
The finger grip portion (5) is joined to one end of the lower end of the support portion (2) with the switching hinge (5a), and the finger grip portion (5) is bent to the left and right sides of the support portion (2) with the switching hinge (5a). A tong that is designed to be easy to use even if the middle finger (N) of the left or right dominant arm is inserted.

The problem shown in the task is that the pinched portion (1), which is an L-shaped thin plate or rod, and one end of the pinched portion (1) at the lower end (1b) are close to 90 degrees with respect to the lower end (1b). A pair of tong parts composed of a support portion (2), which is extended at an angle, is formed as (3A) and (3B), respectively, and these two tong parts are sandwiched by overlapping asymmetric surfaces with each other. Rotatably at the lower end (1b) of the part, join with the support shaft (4), and insert one finger into the end of each support part (2) of the tong parts (3A) and (3B) in a tubular shape. A finger grip (5) that can penetrate and lock to the fingertip, a ring-shaped band (6c) and a palm pad (6b) at the other end, or a finger pinch (6d) and a finger pinch that sandwiches the crotch of the finger. It is a tong equipped with a palm gripping means (6) consisting of (6e) and a palm pad (6b), and a smartphone can hold food with the tongs while wearing the tongs and a smartphone with the fingers while wearing the tongs. The solution was to form an operable tong.

(0006) The problem of (a) is that every time you eat sweets, you need to stop the work and wipe your fingers with tissue etc. If you use tongs to prevent it, pick up the tongs and eat it. It was troublesome to repeat the procedure of pinching, carrying it to the mouth, and putting the tongs in place to resume work.
However, in the present invention, tongs are attached to the fingers required for the work so as not to interfere with the work.
The fingers do not need to hold or abandon the tongs as needed.
Once you stop working and use tongs to pick up food such as sweets and bring it to your mouth, you can immediately resume work with your fingers. The procedure for resuming work is not cumbersome.
The only thing that gets dirty with food at this time is the tip of the tongs that is always attached to the fingers, and the fingers used for work do not get dirty.
In addition, this tong stands up close to the finger and palm, and does not interfere with work without touching the screen of the smartphone, the surface of the keyboard, or the surface of the reading paper.

(B) The problem described in (b) is the cover of the finger, and when the food is pinched with the fingers through the cover, the food stains do not adhere to the tips of the fingers, but the food stains such as confectionery adhere to the cover itself. It is to be.
In order to resume work that requires uncovered hands such as smartphones, the dirty cover must be removed once, work is interrupted, and it is reattached to eat sweets. It took time and effort to put on and take off.
However, in the present invention, as shown in the problem solving described in (0010), tongs are attached to the fingers necessary for the work so as not to interfere with the work.
The fingers can always move freely without being covered.
Once you stop working and use tongs to pick up food such as sweets and bring it to your mouth, you can immediately resume work with your fingers. There is no need to put on and take off the cover.

Perspective view of the tongs of the present invention Perspective view of a usage example of the tongs of the present invention Side view of the usage example of the tongs of the present invention Side view of the usage example of the tongs of the present invention Perspective view of the tongs of the present invention Perspective view of a usage example of the tongs of the present invention Perspective view of a usage example of the tongs of the present invention Partial enlarged view of the usage example of the tongs of the present invention

In tongs that pick up food such as sweets so as not to stain the fingers, when operating a device such as a smartphone at the same time using the same fingers, abandon the tongs that are held and operate the device, and then eat again. We have realized a tong that does not require repeated movements of holding it again to pick it up.

Hereinafter, examples of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention, in which a pair of tongs (3A) and (3B) are L-shaped thin plates or rods, a sandwiching portion (1) and a sandwiching portion thereof. It is composed of a support portion (2) provided with one end of the lower end (1b) of the portion (1) extended at an angle close to 90 degrees with respect to the lower end (1b). Both of these tongs are rotatably joined at the lower end (1b) portion of the sandwiched portion where the asymmetrical surfaces of each other are overlapped and overlapped with each other at the support shaft (4). The broken line represents the invisible (1b) portion of this perspective view.
A tubular finger grip portion (5) is provided at one end of the support portion (2) of the tong portion (3A) so that one finger can be inserted and penetrated and locked to the fingertip. It is desirable that the finger gripping portion (5) can be penetrated by the finger and the tip of the finger is exposed. A palm gripping means (6) is provided at one end of the support portion (2) of the tong portion (3B). The palm gripping means (6) is composed of a ring-shaped band (6c) at one end, a palm rest portion (6b), and a hinge (6a) for joining the palm rest portion (6b) to the support portion (2) so as to be rotatable. ..

When using this, do as follows.
FIG. 2 is an example of using the tongs of the present invention. Here, the example is described with the dominant arm of the user being the right hand.
The finger grip portion (5) is attached to the middle finger N, and the tong portion (3B) is held so as to be sandwiched between the fingers of the middle finger N and the index finger H.
The palm rest portion (6b) portion of the palm gripping means (6) is placed on the palm side so that the entire invention does not slip off the hand, and the band ring of (6c) is passed between the thumb O and the index finger H and fixed. do. It is desirable that the band portion of (6c) is made of a stretchable material so that it can be easily attached and detached.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a scene in which the tongs of the present invention are worn on a finger while working on a smartphone.
The fingers directly face the work screen G of the smartphone S up to the index finger H, the thumb O, other fingers, and the middle finger N whose fingertips are exposed, which are often used for smartphone operation. The tong body, which is mainly composed of the tongs (3A) and (3B), stands up in a state close to perpendicular to the upper part of the back of the hand K, and its tip (1a) directly touches the screen G of the smartphone. It does not interfere with the operation. Even if the tongs are attached to the fingers, they are not hindered by the operation of the keyboard and mouse of the personal computer, and the work of turning the paper of the book when reading is the same.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the tongs of the present invention picking up food such as confectionery, and is a work before carrying it to the mouth.
When the middle finger N is bent toward the palm side E, the distance m between the tong portions (3A) and the support portions (2) of each of the (3B) portions becomes close.
At the same time, the distance M of the tips (1a) of the respective sandwiched portions (1) with the support shaft (4) as the fulcrum is shortened, and they can come into contact with each other.
It is desirable that both tips (1a) are widely formed so as to easily come into contact with each other as shown in FIG.
The potato chips P in between are sandwiched between both tips (1a) and picked up.
At this time, the tongs (3A) and (3B) are tilted forward in the direction of the fingertip in the arrow F direction with the hinge (6a) of the palm grip (6) as a fulcrum, so that the potato chips P can be easily carried to the mouth.
It is the tongs (3A) and (3B) (1a) that are in contact with the oily potato chips P, and the oil and fat of the potato chips P does not adhere to the fingers N, O and other fingers. Therefore, the oils and fats that are dirty do not adhere to the work object touched by those fingers.
It is also hygienic without malfunction due to dirt on smartphones. Immediately after eating the potato chips P, the state of FIG. 3 can be returned and the work can be resumed.
There is no need to put on and take off the tongs during work.

In the embodiment of FIG. 5, the palm gripping means (6) in the present invention is made into a different form from that of (Example 1). The palm gripping means (6) is formed on the finger-to-finger pinch (6d), in the finger-to-finger pinch (6e), the palm rest (6b), and the hinge (6a). Here, the palm rest portion (6b) is formed in a cross shape so that the middle finger N and the index finger H can be easily pinched.

FIG. 6 is sandwiched between the index finger and the middle finger of the present invention in FIG. 5 between the fingers (6e), which is represented by a broken line because it is not visible from the surface in this figure, and is sandwiched between the fingers on the back K of the hand (6d). Was projected so that the palm gripping means (6) could be fixed between the index finger and the middle finger T between the palm pad (6b) and the palm. Further, the middle finger N was inserted into the tube of the finger grip portion 5. Also in this embodiment, the work shown in (0014) to (0016) can be performed.

FIG. 7 is an example of the present invention provided with a finger gripping means (7) that can be inserted and penetrated by a single finger in a tubular shape instead of the palm gripping means (6) and is attached to the base of the finger. FIG. 7A is an enlarged view when the confectionery is attached, and FIG. 7B is a side view when the potato chips P, which are confectionery, are pinched.
The finger gripping means (7) is joined to the side surface portion of the support portion (2) of the tong portion (3B) so as to be rotatable at its side surface (7a) portion.
The work from (0014) to (0016) can be performed by bending the middle finger N inward as shown in FIG. 7B.
In this way, the palm gripping means (6) can be replaced with the finger gripping means (7).

In FIG. 8, the finger grip portion (5) is joined to one end of the lower end of the support portion (2) with the switching hinge (5a), and the finger grip portion (5) is attached to both the left and right sides of the support portion (2) with the switching hinge (5a). It is an enlarged view which showed that it was configured so that it could be bent and it was easy to use even if the middle finger N of either the left or right dominant arm was inserted.
In A of FIG. 8, the middle finger N is mainly inserted and used in the finger grip portion (5), but when the middle finger N is attached to the right hand, the middle finger N is located on the right side of the index finger H when viewed from the user side.
On the contrary, in B of FIG. 8, when the person wears it on the left hand, the middle finger N is on the left side of the index finger H when viewed from the user side.
The finger grip portion (5) is switched so that it can be easily attached to the middle finger N on each side so that it can be bent to each side of the left and right sides of the support portion (2) with a switching hinge (5a).
In FIG. 8, A is a right-handed person and B is a left-handed person. The tongs in both figures are the same and represent a scene in which the finger grip portion (5) changes in the direction of the arrow Q or W.

1 Pinching part 1a Tip of pinching part 1b Lower end of pinching part 2 Supporting part 3A Tongue part 3B Tongue part 4 Support shaft 5 Finger gripping part 5a Switching hinge 6 Palm gripping means 6a Hinge 6b Palm rest 6c Band 6d Finger pinching up 6e Finger gripping 7a Finger gripping means 7a Joint part between finger gripping means and support part N Middle finger H Index finger O Thumb K Back of hand T Between index finger and middle finger S Smartphone G Smartphone operation screen E Middle finger N moving direction Arrow m Support part Distance between (2) M Distance between the tip (1a) of the pinching part P Potato chips F Moving direction arrow of tong parts (3A) and (3B) Q Moving direction of finger gripping part (5) W Finger gripping part ( 5) The direction of movement

Claims (3)

The sandwiched portion (1), which is an L-shaped thin plate or rod, and one end of the lower end (1b) of the sandwiched portion (1) are extended at an angle close to 90 degrees with respect to the lower end (1b). , The tongs composed of the support portion (2) are paired as tong portions (3A) and (3B), respectively, and the two tong portions are overlapped with each other by overlapping asymmetric surfaces and overlapped with each other at the lower end (1b) of the sandwiching portion. ) Is rotatably joined by the support shaft (4), and one finger is inserted into one end of each support part (2) of the tongs (3A) and (3B) in a tubular shape and penetrates into the fingertip. A finger grip portion (5) that can be locked, a ring-shaped band (6c) and a palm pad (6b) at the other end, or a finger pinch (6d) and a finger pinch (6e) and a palm that sandwich the crotch of the finger. It is a tong equipped with a palm gripping means (6) consisting of a pad (6b), and a tong that can grab food with the tong while wearing it on the hand and can operate a smartphone with the fingers while wearing the tong. The tongs according to claim 1, wherein instead of the palm gripping means (6), a finger gripping means (7) is provided by inserting and penetrating a single finger in a tubular shape and attaching the finger to the base of the finger. The finger grip portion (5) is joined to one end of the lower end of the support portion (2) with the switching hinge (5a), and the finger grip portion (5) can be bent to the left and right sides of the support portion (2) with the switching hinge (5a). The tongs according to claim 1 or 2, which are configured to be easy to use regardless of whether the middle finger N of the left or right dominant arm is inserted.

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