Patent ID: 11882864
Assignee: POTAMA CO., LTD.
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A sheet-shaped cooked rice forming jig comprising:
a forming frame for forming a sheet-shaped cooked rice, the sheet-shaped cooked rice being formed by packing a cooked rice in the forming frame; and
a leveling spatula for leveling the cooked rice packed in the forming frame into a sheet shape, wherein
the forming frame is formed of a rectangular picture-frame-shaped body comprising a left wall portion, a right wall portion, a front wall portion, and a rear wall portion,
the front and rear wall portions connect front and rear ends of the left and the right wall portions,
inner walls of the left wall portion, the right wall portion, the front wall portion, and the rear wall portion form a through-hole as a cooked rice packing portion, the cooked rice being packed in the cooked rice packing portion,
the cooked rice packing portion has four corners each having a right angle as viewed in a plan view,
the leveling spatula is formed of: a grip portion; and a spatula body portion extending from one side of the grip portion and having a flat shape,
the grip portion is formed in a flat elongated shape,
the spatula body portion is formed in an approximately flat quadrangular shape such that the spatula body portion is formed continuously with a flat surface of the grip portion, a rearward right side corner portion of the spatula body portion or a portion of the spatula body portion in a vicinity of the rearward right side corner portion forms a proximal end edge portion connected with the grip portion, and a center of gravity of the spatula body portion is arranged on an imaginary axis of the grip portion or in a vicinity of the imaginary axis of the grip portion,
the proximal end edge portion gradually bulges outward from one side of the grip portion and extends in a curved shape, and
a right end edge portion of the spatula body portion forms the rearward right side corner portion having an obtuse-angled shape together with the proximal end edge portion.