Patent ID: 6682034
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
Removable, clip-on meal assistance system for a food holder, comprising at least one container (3) of foodstuffs to accompany a main dish and an accessory (4) formed from a gripper (11) and means (12) for receiving the container(s), said gripper being able to be elastically deformed to permit the accessory (4) to be held on the support (2) by gripping it,wherein the gripper (11) has an upper jaw (15) and a lower jaw (16) provided with weight-bearing means (31, 32, 35, 36), respectively upper (31, 32) and lower (35, 36) designed to provide an elastic bearing surface on the support (2), the lower bearing surfaces (35, 36) being formed by at least two teeth (35, 36) that define toward their end two essentially punctiform points of support, the upper jaw (15) is provided with a rabbet (30) defining at least two bearing points (31, 32), and the gripper (11) and the receiving means (12) protrude from an intermediate area (13) of the accessory (4), the upper jaw (15) and the lower jaw (16) having one longitudinal arm (17) and two longitudinal arms (18, 19), respectively, designed to extend on either side of the support (2), said longitudinal arms (18, 19) of the lower jaw (16) being mutually connected by a transverse arm (20) to form a continuous leg (21), the intermediate area (13) and the continuous leg (21) delimiting an opening (22).