EP0066025A1 - Dispositif facilitant le maniement simultané d'un verre et d'une assiette - Google Patents

Dispositif facilitant le maniement simultané d'un verre et d'une assiette Download PDF

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EP0066025A1
EP0066025A1 EP81306117A EP81306117A EP0066025A1 EP 0066025 A1 EP0066025 A1 EP 0066025A1 EP 81306117 A EP81306117 A EP 81306117A EP 81306117 A EP81306117 A EP 81306117A EP 0066025 A1 EP0066025 A1 EP 0066025A1
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plate
handling device
drinking vessel
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Virginia Stourton
Michael Charles Clear
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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
    • A47G23/00—Other table equipment
    • A47G23/02—Glass or bottle holders
    • A47G23/0208—Glass or bottle holders for drinking-glasses, plastic cups, or the like
    • A47G23/0216—Glass or bottle holders for drinking-glasses, plastic cups, or the like for one glass or cup
    • A47G23/0225—Glass or bottle holders for drinking-glasses, plastic cups, or the like for one glass or cup attachable to a plate, table, or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G19/00—Table service
    • A47G19/02—Plates, dishes or the like
    • A47G19/08—Plate-holders

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  • This invention relates to handling aids intended to assist a user in holding at the same time a plate and a drinking vessel.
  • a handling device intended to allow a plate and drinking vessel to be supported at one time and held in one hand comprising a plate-gripping portion provided with resilient means to releasably grip the rim of the plate and a drinking vessel supporting portion, which, in use, projects beyond the plate and is dimensioned to support the bowl of the drinking vessel in a substantially vertical position when the plate is horizontal.
  • the plate-gripping portion may be provided by one or two pairs of jaws of a resilient material such as metal wire.
  • Each pair of jaws may conveniently be provided by a pair of integral wire loops presenting a mouth opening of less height than the thickness of the plate rim to be received so that the plate is a push fit between the jaws and held therein by the resilience of the wire.
  • the jaws may likewise be constructed of spring steel. Alternatively a single clip with a horizontal spring in'the manner of a bulldog clip may be employed.
  • the drinking vessel supporting portion may be conveniently of the same material as the plate-gripping portion and may be in the form of a wire suitably joining two pairs of jaws for gripping the plate, and contoured to receive therethrough the lower portion of the drinking vessel, such as the stem of a wine glass, but support the bowl of the vessel.
  • the drinking vessel supporting portion could be provided by a plate provided with a suitably sized aperture.
  • the aid may be constructed from a single sheet of a material having portions cut out to provide the drinking vessel supporting means and the resilient portions to grip the rim of the plate.
  • the gripping means may suitably comprise a central. part flanked by arms cut out of the sheet and the arms and/or the central part bent out of the plane of the sheet so that the plate may be gripped between the arms and the central part.
  • Suitable materials for such a construction are metals such as stainless steel and plastics having sufficient rigidity to be self-supporting.
  • the handling aid shown in Figures 1 to 3 consists of a length of wire, the middle portion of which is bent to provide a substantially circular drinking vessel supporting portion 2.
  • portion 2 can receive the stem 4 of a wine glass 6, but is of sufficiently small diameter to support the bowl 8 of the glass 6.
  • the portion 2 could also receive a drinking vessel with a handle, such as a cup or beer mug, with the handle projecting through aperture 10 in portion 2, or a stemless glass, such as a tumbler diverging towards its rim.
  • the two ends of the length of wire form the plate-gripping portion of the handling aid and are formed as pairs of jaws 12 by suitable bending of the wire to form integral upper and lower jaws 14 and 16 respectively, as best seen in Figures 2 and 3.
  • the gap between jaws 14 and 16 is less than the thickness of a conventional plate, so that the rim 18 of such a plate 20 can be received as a push fit between jaws 14 and 16 and is held by the resilience of the bent wire.
  • the handling aid is constructed from a single sheet of a suitable rigid material but having satisfactory resilience such as stainless steel or plastics, the sheet being cut out to provide a supporting portion 2 for a glass 6; the handling aid can also be moulded in plastics material.
  • the plate-gripping portion is provided by cutting the rigid sheet to give two arms 24, bent out of the plane of the sheet as best seen in Figure 5, which co-operate with the adjacent portion 28 of the sheet, which is angled slightly downwardly, to form upper and lower gripping members which resiliently and releasably grip the plate as shown in Figure 6.
  • the arms 24 are fitted with plastics caps 30 which help grip the plate and also prevent damage thereto.
  • the caps could be of other relatively flexible material such as rubber.
  • the user needs only one hand to hold the plate 20 and, consequently, also the glass 6.
  • the other hand is free to manipulate food 22 on the plate 20 or remove the glass 6 from its supporting portion 2 for drinking. Because portion 2 projects beyond the plate 20, there is no danger of the food adhering to the glass, as is the case if one supports the glass over or on the plate, as one usually does when trying to cope without the benefit of the handling aid of the invention.

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EP81306117A 1981-05-29 1981-12-23 Dispositif facilitant le maniement simultané d'un verre et d'une assiette Withdrawn EP0066025A1 (fr)

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Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE154366C (fr) *
FR387873A (fr) * 1908-03-06 1908-07-25 Jules Albert Dehec Dispositif pour fixer les assiettes, gobelets, bouteilles et service de table en général à bord des bateaux et pour usages analogues
US1996856A (en) * 1932-04-06 1935-04-09 Luella D Crane Vegetable oil dropper
US2427697A (en) * 1943-03-05 1947-09-23 Weidler Walter Cup or glass supporting plate
DE858593C (de) * 1950-06-17 1952-12-08 Karl Koppe Am Rand eines Tellers anklemmbarer Abfallhalter
US2719414A (en) * 1952-02-07 1955-10-04 James H Davis Cup holder
US2803120A (en) * 1956-03-16 1957-08-20 Donald F Wuerfel Saucers
US2960251A (en) * 1957-02-18 1960-11-15 Lillian D Mariotti Attachment for plates

Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE154366C (fr) *
FR387873A (fr) * 1908-03-06 1908-07-25 Jules Albert Dehec Dispositif pour fixer les assiettes, gobelets, bouteilles et service de table en général à bord des bateaux et pour usages analogues
US1996856A (en) * 1932-04-06 1935-04-09 Luella D Crane Vegetable oil dropper
US2427697A (en) * 1943-03-05 1947-09-23 Weidler Walter Cup or glass supporting plate
DE858593C (de) * 1950-06-17 1952-12-08 Karl Koppe Am Rand eines Tellers anklemmbarer Abfallhalter
US2719414A (en) * 1952-02-07 1955-10-04 James H Davis Cup holder
US2803120A (en) * 1956-03-16 1957-08-20 Donald F Wuerfel Saucers
US2960251A (en) * 1957-02-18 1960-11-15 Lillian D Mariotti Attachment for plates

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