US20140014666A1 - Smart plate - Google Patents
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- US20140014666A1 US20140014666A1 US13/933,162 US201313933162A US2014014666A1 US 20140014666 A1 US20140014666 A1 US 20140014666A1 US 201313933162 A US201313933162 A US 201313933162A US 2014014666 A1 US2014014666 A1 US 2014014666A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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- the present invention is tableware, specifically a foldable plate.
- the Food Pyramid was first proposed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1992.
- the food pyramid was basically guidelines for a balanced and healthy diet. It combines nutritious foods with balanced healthy diet guidelines. It systematically categorizes daily food intake. The closer to the bottom of the pyramid, the more frequently the food should be consumed. The closer to the top of the pyramid, the less frequently the food should be consumed. This simple and creative design leaves an impression and helps make everyone who has seen the food pyramid able to understand.
- FIG. 1 shows the food pyramid promoted by Department of Health of Taiwan.
- MyPlate is the new balanced and healthy diet guideline; it is much simpler and more straightforward than the food pyramid.
- the guideline divides a plate into four regions (lattice). Each region is associated with a specific color and labeled with the corresponding text annotations at the bottom of the region such that: the red Fruits region represents fruits, the green Vegetables region represents vegetables, the orange Grains region represents grains and the purple Protein region represents proteins. Outside the plate is a blue Dairy region representing dairy products.
- MyPlate replaces the food pyramid which had been used for 19 years. It was subsequently promoted around the world to become the new dietary guideline.
- MyPlate is a straightforward design, the elements constitute a healthy meal and can be seen at a glance. For any person, it is easy to choose a nutritious meal with the new food plate whether he/she is shopping outside, buying lunch or eating at a buffet as long as the five regions of the plate are filled.
- MyPlate For modern busy people, especially families who often dine out, MyPlate is a great idea. However, it would be difficult to dine out carrying MyPlate around every day, especially because the size of MyPlate is not considered small. Another thing is that there are many disposable serving dishes. Although they are designed with lattices, they are not designed to follow the healthy diet nutrition principles.
- the present invention provides a folding plate, which can overcome the aforementioned drawbacks.
- the folding plate of the present invention may be produced using a variety of suitable substrate materials and formed with a variety of appropriately designed pressed lines, grooves, guide lines, positioning elements, and fixing elements to guide users to make it in a do-it-yourself (DW) manner.
- DW do-it-yourself
- Such dishes can be made for male, female, old or young people to suit different demands.
- Different sub-grids are planned to contain all kinds of food in order to achieve a healthy diet. If we can replace the conventional sub-grid disposable plates with this invention, it would provide a great benefit for modern people in the aspect of health and balanced nutrition.
- Such a plate also allows people who usually dine out to custom-make/tailor-make the plate with sub-grids in accordance with their needs.
- a foldable plate which includes a substrate having a center portion and a plurality of edges.
- a plurality of ridges is formed by folding the substrate, and the ridges intersect with each other.
- a plurality of protecting edges is formed by folding a plurality of edges of the substrate towards the central portion of the substrate. The plurality of containing regions is thereby formed between the plurality of ridges and the plurality of edges.
- a foldable plate which includes a substrate, a plurality of containing regions and having a foldable structure formed directly from the substrate.
- the third aspect of the present invention proposes a foldable plate-making method that includes providing a substrate, folding the substrate to form a plurality of ridges such that the plurality of ridges intersect with each other, and folding a plurality of edges of the substrate towards the center portion of the substrate to form a plurality of protecting edges so that a plurality of containing regions is formed among the plurality of ridges and the plurality of protecting edges.
- FIG. 1 is the Food Pyramid advocated by the Department of Health of Taiwan;
- FIG. 2 is the MyPlate advocated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA);
- FIG. 3-17 are schematic diagrams of a series of transient structures to carry out the making process of the folded structure of the present invention.
- FIG. 18 is the flowchart for making the foldable plate of the present invention.
- the material of the substrate preferably selected from disposable paper, Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Polyvinylchloride (PVC), Polypropylene (PP), Polycarbonate (PC), Poly Lactic Acid (PLA), and a combination thereof.
- PET Polyethylene Terephthalate
- HDPE High Density Polyethylene
- PVC Polyvinylchloride
- PP Polypropylene
- PC Polycarbonate
- PVA Poly Lactic Acid
- FIGS. 3 to 17 reveal the procedures and the transient structures to make the smart plate of the present invention.
- the substrate 100 shown in FIGS. 3 to 17 has a front surface and a back surface.
- the front surface is indicated with a symbol F and shown in the color white.
- the back surface is indicated with a symbol B shown in the color gray.
- the said substrate 100 also has 4 corners labeled W, X, Y and Z.
- the substrate 100 has been previously flattened to make it flat.
- the substrate 100 has a center C , the four edges i, j, k and l, the white front surface F, the gray back surface B, and the 4 corners W, X, Y and Z.
- the side length a is greater than the side length b.
- the distance which is retained by folding back a part of the corner Z is the height Rh of the ridge.
- the side length c which is retained by folding should be bigger than zero.
- the distance which is retained by folding back the part of the corner W and Y is the height Rh of the ridge.
- the side length c (not shown in the figure) which is retained by folding should be bigger than zero.
- the distance which is retained by folding back a part of the corner W and Y is the height Rh of the ridge.
- a foldable plate 200 is finally formed, which includes 4 containing regions e, f, g, and h, the 4 containing regions e, f, g, and h could provide for placing food.
- FIG. 18 it is the flowchart of the method for making the foldable plate of the present invention.
- Step 1801 providing a substrate, wherein the material of the substrate is selected from a disposable paper, PET, HDPE, PVC, PP, PC, PLA, and a combination thereof.
- Step 1802 folding the substrate to form a plurality of ridges, the ridges intersect with each other.
- Step 1803 folding the plurality of edges of the substrate towards the center of the substrate to form a plurality of protecting edges so that a plurality of containing regions is formed by the plurality of ridges and the plurality of protecting edges.
- the foldable plate can be made using disposable paper common in the market, and it can coexist with disposable paper plates on the market. With printed lines on the disposable paper substrate 100 to mark the folds and creases in advance, and mark the recommend food by printed patterns and words in the places corresponding to the 4 containing regions e, f, g, and h, any user could fold the substrate 100 to a folded plate easily. It is easy to choose a nutritious meal with the folded plate as long as the several regions of the plate are filled.
- the foldable plate can certainly be made by plastics, for example, PET, HDPE, PVC, PP, PC, or PLA. At this moment it is only necessary to add some simple positioning elements in several essential places, for example, a plurality of positioning fasteners for fixing the whole foldable plate by maintaining relative positions of ridges, protecting edges, and containing regions.
- each region of the foldable plate can all be designed in advance. Even a variety of foldable plates could be designed in advance for different users, for example, with respect to a foldable plate for children, a substrate of smaller total area would be used; with respect to the foldable plate for vegetarians, the size of each region would be almost equal to each other; with respect to the foldable plate for omnivores, the size of protein region and vegetable region could be significantly different when the foldable plate is designed; even the size of regions could be allotted more specifically according to the dietary rules for patients with specific diseases.
- a foldable plate comprising: a substrate having a central portion and a plurality of edges; a plurality of ridges formed by folding the substrate and crossing with one another; and a plurality of protecting edges formed by folding the plurality of edges toward the central portion, wherein the plurality of ridges and the plurality of edges form a plurality of containing regions.
- a material being one selected from a group consisting of a disposable paper, Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Polyvinylchloride (PVC), Polypropylene (PP), Polycarbonate (PC), Poly Lactic Acid (PLA), and a combination thereof.
- PET Polyethylene Terephthalate
- HDPE High Density Polyethylene
- PVC Polyvinylchloride
- PP Polypropylene
- PC Polycarbonate
- PLA Poly Lactic Acid
- a foldable plate comprising: a substrate; and a plurality of containing regions having a foldable structure and formed directly from the substrate.
- a foldable plate making method comprising: providing a substrate; folding the substrate to form a plurality of ridges intersecting with one another; and folding a plurality of edges of the substrate towards the central portion of the substrate to form a plurality of protecting edges, such that a plurality of containing regions are formed among the plurality of ridges and the plurality of protecting edges.
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| TW101123944A TWI535399B (zh) | 2012-07-03 | 2012-07-03 | 智慧餐盤 |
| TW101123944 | 2012-07-03 |
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Cited By (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US9119451B2 (en) | 2013-10-28 | 2015-09-01 | Charles Edwin Vestweber | Paper plate and plastic sandwich bag insert and combination |
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| US2703185A (en) * | 1951-10-11 | 1955-03-01 | Cook Ethel Otis | One-piece sheet metal piepan with radial dividers |
| US3771713A (en) * | 1970-12-11 | 1973-11-13 | B Davidson | Partitioned tray having tabs, for pies and the like |
| US5533954A (en) * | 1994-10-27 | 1996-07-09 | Zogg; Alan R. | One-piece corrugated tray |
| US6258392B1 (en) * | 1999-10-05 | 2001-07-10 | Celsi Giampietro | Microwaveable pasta pie and pan assembly |
| US6415944B1 (en) * | 1998-08-27 | 2002-07-09 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Articulable container |
| US6913164B2 (en) * | 2003-02-03 | 2005-07-05 | David Michael Duquette | Adjustable drawer organizer |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US2703185A (en) * | 1951-10-11 | 1955-03-01 | Cook Ethel Otis | One-piece sheet metal piepan with radial dividers |
| US3771713A (en) * | 1970-12-11 | 1973-11-13 | B Davidson | Partitioned tray having tabs, for pies and the like |
| US5533954A (en) * | 1994-10-27 | 1996-07-09 | Zogg; Alan R. | One-piece corrugated tray |
| US6415944B1 (en) * | 1998-08-27 | 2002-07-09 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Articulable container |
| US6258392B1 (en) * | 1999-10-05 | 2001-07-10 | Celsi Giampietro | Microwaveable pasta pie and pan assembly |
| US6913164B2 (en) * | 2003-02-03 | 2005-07-05 | David Michael Duquette | Adjustable drawer organizer |
Cited By (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US9119451B2 (en) | 2013-10-28 | 2015-09-01 | Charles Edwin Vestweber | Paper plate and plastic sandwich bag insert and combination |
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| TW201402048A (zh) | 2014-01-16 |
| TWI535399B (zh) | 2016-06-01 |
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