CHOPSTICKS INDICATING FINGER ACUPUNCTURE POINTS STIMULATING BRAIN

Abstract

Provided are chopsticks indicating a finger acupuncture point stimulating a brain. The chopsticks include an elastic coupling means coupled to ends of a pair of chopsticks so that the other ends of the chopsticks become open, and a location indicating part that rubs an end of a forefinger which is a spot of a forefinger acupuncture point stimulating the brain and that indicates a forefinger spot for training to use the chopsticks and a thumb pressing part on a region of one chopstick which corresponds to the end of the forefinger.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to chopstick indicating a finger acupuncture point stimulating a brain.

BACKGROUND ART

Chopsticks are a tool which people in Asian countries chiefly uses to lift food to the mouth.

Children and peoples of other cultural areas frequently take Asian food, but they experience difficulty in using the chopsticks. Especially, when using the chopsticks for the first time, they may not be correctly taught to hold the chopsticks at an accurate support point between the thumb and the forefinger. In this case, they may fail to properly use the chopsticks through life.

DISCLOSURE

Technical Problem

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in an effort to solve the problems occurring in the related art, and an object of the present invention is to provide chopsticks which are simply pressed so as to be able to be easily used, indicate a finger acupuncture point stimulating a brain, and provide an accurate use region of an upper chopstick at which the thumb and the forefinger should be located so as to form a correct habit.

Another object of the present invention is to provide chopsticks indicating a finger acupuncture point stimulating a brain of the human body, which are simply pressed so as to be able to be accurately used with the forefinger, and stimulate the forefinger to develop the brain of the human body.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide chopsticks, at ends of which curved parts facing each other are formed so as to be able to easily maintain food in the curved parts in a surface contact state rather than a point contact state.

Technical Solution

In order to achieve the above objects, there are provided chopstick indicating a finger acupuncture point stimulating a brain, which include an elastic coupling means coupled to ends of a pair of chopsticks so that the other ends of the chopsticks become open, and a location indicating part that rubs an end of a forefinger which is a spot of a forefinger acupuncture point stimulating the brain and indicates a forefinger spot for training to use the chopsticks on a region of one chopstick which corresponds to the end of the forefinger.

Advantageous Effects

As described above, the present invention provides chopsticks, use of which is allowed to be easily learned by pressing the thumb and forefinger at an accurate location of the chopsticks, i.e. at a position where a balance of lifting force is most effective.

The present invention provides chopsticks, accurate use of which is allowed at a balanced location of lifting force, which stimulate the forefinger to develop brains of children, which guarantee lifelong use based on correct usage to prevent dementia.

The present invention provides chopsticks, at ends of which curved parts facing each other are formed so as to be able to easily maintain food in the curved parts in a surface contact state rather than a point contact state.

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

The above objects, and other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent after a reading of the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a disassembled perspective view showing chopsticks indicating a finger acupuncture point stimulating a brain according to an exemplary example of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view before a fancy accessory is coupled to the chopsticks of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a coupled perspective view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an assembled perspective view showing chopsticks indicating a finger acupuncture point stimulating a brain according to another exemplary example of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an assembled-perspective view showing chopsticks indicating a finger acupuncture point stimulating a brain according to yet another exemplary example of the present invention;

FIG. 7 a is a perspective view showing a method of using the chopsticks of FIG. 6;

FIG. 7 b is a view showing another example of FIG. 7a;

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the elastic coupling means of FIG. 6; and

FIG. 9 is a view showing acupuncture points of thumb and forefinger corresponding to a brain in accordance with the present invention.

MODE FOR INVENTION

Reference will now be made in greater detail to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Chopsticks indicating a finger acupuncture point stimulating a brain include an elastic coupling means coupled to ends of a pair of chopsticks so that the other ends of the chopsticks become open, and a location indicating part that rubs an end of a forefinger which is a spot of a forefinger acupuncture point stimulating the brain and that indicates a forefinger spot for training to use the chopsticks and a thumb pressing part on a region of one chopstick which corresponds to the end of the forefinger.

Chopstick indicating a finger acupuncture point stimulating a brain according to an exemplary example of the present invention include an elastic coupling means 30 coupled to ends of a pair of chopsticks 10 and 20 so that the other ends of the chopsticks become open, and a location indicating part 40 that rubs an end of a forefinger F2 which is a spot of a forefinger acupuncture point F2P stimulating the brain and indicates a forefinger spot for training to use the chopsticks on a region of one chopstick which corresponds to the end of the forefinger F2.

Further, a method of using the chopsticks is given in such a way that a thumb F1 is located near a location of the forefinger acupuncture point F2P by indicating a thumb pressing part 29. Thereby, the thumb F1 and the forefinger F2 come into close contact with the upper chopstick 10, and this sensation of use is corrected into a lifelong habit.

The thumb pressing part 29 may be provided to both faces so that it is convenient for both a left-handed person and a right-handed person to use the chopsticks.

The location indicating part 40 is a tube 44 having the thumb pressing part 29 and pimples 42 for stimulating an end of the forefinger, and is fixedly fitted on a surface of one chopstick.

As another example of the location indicating part 40, a recess 48 for stimulating the end of the forefinger may be formed on the surface of one chopstick, as in FIG. 5.

The elastic coupling means 30 includes a tapered face 31 formed on the end of at least one chopstick so as to keep the chopsticks open, and a ring-shaped rubber band 33 fixing the ends of the chopsticks having the tapered surfaces 31 to rubber band fitting grooves 32.

Another example of the elastic coupling means 30 may include a ring-shaped rubber band 33 provided to the ends of both chopsticks 10 and 20 and fixing the pair of chopsticks to rubber band fitting grooves 32 so as to become open, a fixing tube 35 fixed to an extension string 34 extending from the ring-shaped rubber band 33, and a fixing bar 36 fixedly fitted into the fixing tube 35 and functioning as a hinge of both chopsticks. Of course, the fixing tube 35 and the fixing bar 36 may be integrally formed.

The fixing bar 36 is configured so that a chopstick coupling corresponding region thereof forms a neck 37 reduced in diameter.

The ends of the chopsticks forming the elastic coupling means 30 are coupled with a fancy accessory 50 on outer surfaces thereof.

The fancy accessory 50 is formed so as to have an elastic holding hole 52 holding the chopsticks so as to allow the chopsticks 10 and 20 to be used in an open state. The other ends of the chopsticks 10 and 20 which become open or pick up food may be provided with curved parts 12 and 22 so as to surround the food between the chopsticks 10 and 20.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the present invention configured in this way is configured so that, since the elastic coupling means 30 is formed in such a way that the tapered surface 31 is formed on the end of one chopstick 10 and is in surface contact with the other chopstick 20, and that the rubber band 33 is fitted into the rubber band fitting grooves 32, when a user causes the forefinger acupuncture point F2P that is the end of his/her forefinger F2 shown in FIGS. 4 and 9 to be located at the location indicating part 40, the pimples 42 of the location indicating part 40 press the forefinger acupuncture point F2P. In this way, when a count is made or when a trigger is pulled, a reflex nerve immediately transmitted from the cerebellum stimulates the portion of forefinger acupuncture point F2P as the sensitive portion, and the forefinger F2 is trained for use at all times. This contributes to brain development of children or dementia prevention of the old as lifelong health care, for instance, in such a way that the children or the old play jackstones using the chopsticks. Moreover, the forefinger acupuncture point F2P of the forefinger F2 and the thumb pressing part 29 contacting the thumb F1 perform a location indicating function as in FIGS. 3 and 4, which contributes to naturally teaching a method of using the chopsticks to beginners or children who learn to use the chopsticks. In addition to this, when the fancy accessory 50 is coupled to the elastic coupling means 30 in such a way that the ends of the chopsticks are fitted into an elastic holding hole 52 thereof as in FIGS. 3 and 4, this stimulates curiosity of the children so as to more friendly use the chopsticks.

As shown in FIG. 5, the elastic coupling means 30 of the present invention may be configured so that a tapered surface 31 is formed on each of the chopsticks 10 and 20.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the present invention may provide another example of the elastic coupling means 30. A rubber band 33 is fitted into rubber band fitting grooves 32 of the chopsticks 10 and 20 as in FIG. 6, and the rubber band 33 is provided with an extension string 34 as in FIGS. 7 and 8. The extension string 34 is coupled to a fixing tube 35 that functions as a hinge at a boundary between the chopsticks 10 and 20. A fixing bar 36 is fitted into the fixing tube 35. Thus, one chopstick 10 is simply pressed by the thumb F1 and the forefinger F2 and is supported by the middle finger F3, and the other chopstick 20 is supported by the medical finger F4. When the chopstick 10 is pushed so as to approach the chopstick 20 in the state of FIG. 4 using the forefinger F2 and the middle finger F3, the other ends of the chopsticks 10 and 20 come into contact with each other by a hinge function of the fixing tube 35 and the fixing bar 36 as in FIG. 7. Thus, a user can easily hold and lift desired food using the chopstick at an accurate position.

That is, in the present invention, one ends of the separated chopsticks are elastically coupled by the elastic coupling means 30, and thus they can be easily fixed. In this state, the location indicating part 40 of one 10 of the chopsticks 10 and 20 is always pressed in place by the thumb F1 and the forefinger F2. Accordingly, the other ends of the chopsticks come into contact with each other using the fixing tube 35 as a hinge shaft, so that the chopstick motion for lifting desired food to the mouth can be easily performed. Further, in the present invention, as in FIG. 7b, the curved parts 12 and 22, which are allowed to come into surface contact with food, are formed at the other ends of the chopsticks 10 and 20, so that hard food such as juicy bone can be easily held by the chopsticks. This provides an effect of easily replacing to hold the bone with the hand to eat meat by to hold the bone with the chopsticks to eat the meat. Furthermore, the curved parts 12 and 22 function to prevent a slip, and thus help to easily use the chopsticks without a slip of round food such as hotdogs.

The present invention is to provide chopsticks which are simply pressed so as to be able to be easily used, indicate a finger acupuncture point stimulating a brain, and provide an accurate region of use of an upper chopstick at which the thumb and the forefinger should be located so as to form a correct habit.

The present invention is to provide chopsticks indicating a finger acupuncture point stimulating a brain of the human body, which are simply pressed so as to be able to be accurately used with the forefinger, and stimulate the forefinger to develop the brain of the human body.

The present invention is to provide chopsticks, at ends of which curved parts facing each other are formed so as to be able to easily maintain food in the curved parts in a surface contact state rather than a point contact state.

Although an exemplary embodiment of the present invention has been described for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and the spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims.

Claims

1. Chopsticks indicating a finger acupuncture point stimulating a brain, comprising: an elastic coupling means coupled to ends of a pair of chopsticks so that the other ends of the chopsticks become open; anda location indicating part that rubs an end of a forefinger which is a spot of a forefinger acupuncture point stimulating the brain and that indicates a forefinger spot for training to use the chopsticks and a thumb pressing part on a region of one chopstick which corresponds to the end of the forefinger.

2. The chopsticks according to claim 1, wherein the location indicating part is a tube having pimples for stimulating the end of the forefinger, and is fixedly fitted on a surface of one chopstick.

3. The chopsticks according to claim 1, wherein the location indicating part is a recess for stimulating the end of the forefinger, and is formed on a surface of one chopstick.

4. The chopsticks according to claim 1, wherein the elastic coupling means includes a tapered face formed on the end of at least one chopstick so as to keep the chopsticks open, and a ring-shaped rubber band fixing the ends of the chopsticks having the tapered surfaces to rubber band fitting grooves.

5. The chopsticks according to claim 1, wherein the elastic coupling means includes: a ring-shaped rubber band provided to the ends of the pair of chopsticks and fixing the pair of chopsticks to rubber band fitting grooves so as to become open;a fixing tube fixed to an extension string extending from the ring-shaped rubber band; anda fixing bar fixedly fitted into the fixing tube and functioning as a hinge of the chopsticks.

6. The chopsticks according to claim 5, wherein the fixing bar is configured so that a chopstick coupling corresponding region thereof forms a neck reduced in diameter.

7. The chopsticks according to one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the ends of the chopsticks forming the elastic coupling means are coupled with a fancy accessory on outer surfaces thereof, and the fancy accessory is formed so as to have an elastic holding hole holding the chopsticks so as to allow the chopsticks to be used in an open state.

8. The chopsticks according to one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the other ends of the chopsticks which become open include curved parts surrounding food in a surface contact.