Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
A device for aiding a handicapped person in eating comprising: a relatively shallow, flat, rectangular food tray; and an elongated, open top, relatively narrow mouthpiece integral with the tray and extending outwardly from one longitudinal edge of the tray intermediate and spaced from both ends of the tray, said mouthpiece communicating with the tray for reception of food moved into the mouthpiece from the tray, said mouthpiece and the food thereon being adapted for reception into the mouth of said person for removal of the food by said person from the mouthpiece, said tray being, except for said mouthpiece, closed along its entire periphery by integral, continuous, upstanding, low profile, food retention means of uniform height.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
116 words
A device for aiding a handicapped person in eating comprising: a relatively shallow, flat, rectangular food tray; and an elongated, open top, relatively narrow mouthpiece integral with the tray and extending outwardly from one longitudinal edge of the tray intermediate and spaced from both ends of the tray, said mouthpiece communicating with the tray for reception of food moved into the mouthpiece from the tray, said mouthpiece and the food thereon being adapted for reception into the mouth of said person for removal of the food by said person from the mouthpiece, said tray being, except for said mouthpiece, closed along its entire periphery by integral, continuous, upstanding, low profile, food retention means of uniform height.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The invention of claim 1, said tray and mouthpiece having essentially coplanar, smooth, uppermost, food-receiving surfaces.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The invention of claim 2, said tray and mouthpiece having food-retaining flanges extending upwardly from said surfaces thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The invention of claim 3, said mouthpiece being elongated, terminating in an end remote from the tray and provided with an entrance opposite to said end for moving food thereinto from the tray.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The invention of claim 4, said mouthpiece having its longitudinal axis extending from said end to said entrance.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The invention of claim 5, said surface of the mouthpiece spanning the distance between the flanges thereof, being transversely concave and being longitudinally straight.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
The invention of claim 6, said end of the mouthpiece having an arcuate uppermost and innermost face.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
The invention of claim 7, said mouthpiece and its end thereof having convex lowermost surfaces.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
The invention of claim 8, said tray having raised food-separating partition means on said surface thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
The invention of claim 9, said tray having a longitudinal axis perpendicular to said axis of the mouthpiece.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
The invention of claim 10, said mouthpiece being provided with an essentially U-shaped, uppermost edge extending between said end and said entrance with the bight of the edge extending along said end.