An eating aid has a contact area for placing against a food item and a finger receiver facing away from the contact area for attachment to a finger. Herein, it is provided that at least one spike protrudes from the contact area serving to be inserted into the food item.
1. An eating aid, comprising:
a contact area for placing against a food item, the contact area having a top surface, a bottom surface and a pair of side edges; and
a finger receiver facing away from the contact area for attachment to a finger,
wherein exactly one spike protrudes from the contact area serving to be inserted into the food item,
wherein the one spike has a length of at least 2 cm, and
wherein the eating aid is integrally made as an injection-molded part.
2. The eating aid according to claim 1 , wherein the contact area is formed by a planar element bounding the finger receiver.
3. The eating aid according to claim 2 , wherein the finger receiver is additionally bounded by a ring element extending away from the planar element.
4. The eating aid according to claim 1 , wherein the eating aid is at least partially made of metal.
5. The eating aid according to claim 1 , wherein the eating aid is at least partially made of a single-use material.
6. The eating aid according to claim 5 , wherein the single-use material consists of a renewable resource.
7. The eating aid according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one spike is made from a toothpick.
8. The eating aid according to claim 1 , wherein the eating aid can be assembled from several parts.
9. An arrangement of at least two of the eating aids according to claim 1 , wherein a first eating aid is provided for fixation to a thumb, the first eating aid being formed separately from at least a second eating aid provided for fixation to another finger.
10. The arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the first eating aid has a different finger receiver with respect to the at least a second eating aid.
11. The eating aid according to claim 1 , wherein the spike has a length of from 2.5 to 3.5 cm.
12. The eating aid according to claim 1 , wherein the finger receiver includes a concave area for receiving the finger, and
wherein the concave area of the finger receiver is curved upward at a fingertip portion thereof towards an end of a finger nail for covering a fingertip.
13. The eating aid according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of side edges extend in a first direction and the spike extends in a second direction, and
wherein the finger receiver is offset from the one spike in the first direction.
14. An eating aid, comprising:
a contact area for placing against a food item; and
a finger receiver facing away from the contact area for attachment to a finger,
wherein exactly one spike protrudes from the contact area serving to be inserted into the food item, and
wherein the one spike has a length of at least 2 cm, and
wherein the contact area is formed by a planar element bounding the finger receiver
wherein the planar element shapes a concave area for placement against a finger.
15. The eating aid according to claim 14 , wherein the finger receiver is additionally bounded by a ring element extending away from the planar element.
16. The eating aid according to claim 14 , wherein the spike is held within a portion of the planar element, with the finger receiver forming a fingertip placement surface at a height thereof.
17. An eating aid, comprising:
a contact area for placing against a food item, the contact area having a top surface, a bottom surface and a pair of side edges; and
a finger receiver facing away from the contact area for attachment to a finger,
wherein exactly one spike protrudes from the contact area serving to be inserted into the food item,
wherein the one spike has a length of at least 2 cm,
wherein the contact area is formed by a planar element bounding the finger receiver, and
wherein the spike is held within a portion of the planar element, with the finger receiver forming a fingertip placement surface at a height thereof.
18. An eating aid, comprising:
a contact area for placing against a food item, the contact area having a top surface, a bottom surface and a pair of side edges; and
a finger receiver facing away from the contact area for attachment to a finger,
wherein at least one spike protrudes from the contact area serving to be inserted into the food item, and
wherein the at least one spike is made from a toothpick.
19. The eating aid according to claim 18 , wherein the pair of side edges extend in a first direction and the spike extends in a second direction, and
wherein the finger receiver is offset from the at least one spike in the first direction.