Patent ID: 7637388

Claim:
A feeding system for use with an infant or a person needing assistance or for promoting the self feeding of a baby or other person with limited self feeding ability, said feeding system comprising: a bowl ( 2 ), said bowl having a recess for receiving food, said recess surrounded by at least one rim ( 23 ); said bowl having a sloped surface ( 28 ) forming a bottom of said recess, said sloped surface having a general slope downward toward a locus ( 11 ) for spoon assisted conglomeration of said food, said locus ( 11 ) transitioning to and proximal to said rim ( 23 ), said locus ( 11 ) forming the lowest portion of said recess for receiving said food; said rim ( 23 ) tapering in thickness toward the top of said bowl and terminating at the top of said bowl in an abrupt taper terminus ( 55 ), said abrupt taper terminus for facilitating the loading of a spoon with said food and for scraping drippings from said food from the bottom of said spoon to reduce spillage; said rim ( 23 ) converging to a chamfered or rounded interior vertex ( 53 ) proximal to and conformal to said locus ( 11 ); said interior vertex ( 53 ) having a curvature for use with a corresponding curvature of said spoon; said vertex ( 53 ) having a steep slope adjacent to and transitioning to said locus ( 11 ); said steep slope having a smooth and continuous incline for allowing said spoon continuous uninterrupted sliding contact with said rim ( 23 ) as said spoon is lifted from said locus ( 11 ) to the top of said rim ( 23 ) for loading food on said spoon; and said bowl having a non-slip ( 35 ) surface on an underside bottom ( 30 ) of said bowl ( 2 ).