1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a dining implement, more particularly one, which is equipped with a warning device including a temperature measuring device, a vibrator, a sound giving-off device, and several light sources to prevent the user from getting hurt by very hot foods; thus, little children, elderly persons, and persons with disabilities can be aware of high temperature of the foods.
2. Brief Description of the Prior Art
Little children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities usually can't dine by themselves therefore they need to be fed by other people. The diners/feeders usually measure the temperature of the foods in order to make sure that the foods are neither too hot nor too cool before they eat/feed the foods to little children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Various dining implements are used in dining, e.g. thermos bottles, chopsticks, forks, spoons, bowls, and dishes. The above method is found to have the following drawbacks:
1. Common dining implements aren't equipped with a temperature device. Therefore, the diners/feeders have to use a thermometer to measure the temperature of foods before they eat/feed the foods to little children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities.
2. Other people have to make sure in advance that the temperature of foods is moderate for the little children/the elderly/people with visual disabilities if the little children/the elderly/people with visual disabilities intend to dine with conventional dining implements by themselves. Therefore, it is inconvenient.
It is a main object of the present invention to provide an improvement on a dining implement to overcome the above problems.
A dining implement according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a dining implement body, and a warning device. The warning device includes a power source, a temperature measuring device to measure temperature of foods, a vibrator, a sound giving-off device, and several power sources, which include blue, yellow, and red ones. The implement body has a pervious-to-light portion for light emitted from the light sources to travel through. The vibrator will start vibrating, the sound giving-off device will give off warning sound, and the light sources will emit warning light accordingly if the temperature of the foods is higher than a predetermined value; thus, even if the user is a person with disabilities, he can be aware that the foods are too hot.
The present invention will be better understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
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The dining implement body 1 can be dishes, knives, thermos bottles, forks, spoons or chopsticks, and it can be made of metallic or nonmetallic materials such as plastics and ceramics. The dining implement body 1 has a holding room 11 to hold the warning device 2. Furthermore, the dining implement body 1 has a pervious-to-light portion 12, and several holes 13, which are on the top or other prominent portions of the dining implement body 1, and next to the holding room 11.
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From the above description, it can be seen that the dining implement of the present invention has the following advantages:
1. The dining implement body is equipped with a temperature measuring device. Therefore, a person feeding a little child/elderly person will know whether the temperature of the foods is moderate when the dining implement contacts the foods.
2. The vibrator of the warning device of the dining implement will start vibrating to warn the user if the foods are too hot. Furthermore, the sound giving-off device will give off a particular sound, and the light sources of the warning device emit a certain color light to indicate the current state of the foods, e.g. being too hot, too cool, and at moderate temperature. Consequently, even if the user is a person with visual disabilities, he can be aware of hot temperature of foods without other people's help.
3. The dining implement body is watertight, difficult to dismantle, and resistant to very high and very low temperatures in order to prevent the warning device from getting damaged.