Blind-dish

Abstract

A dish for a blind person may include a body including at least one compartment, and a stop-lip on a side of the body, including an overhang disposed over a portion of the interior of the body.

1 . An eating dish, for a blind person to assist in the controlled consumption of food, said eating dish comprising:
 a rectangular body including at least one compartment for food containment for controlled consumption; and   a stop-lip on a side of the body, wherein said stop-lip includes an overhang disposed over an outer wall of said body and protruding to an interior of said body over a portion of at least one compartment, said stop-lip cooperative with an eating utensil for controlling the movement, direction, and amount of food on said utensil for consumption by said blind person.   
     
     
         2 . The dish of  claim 1 , wherein said body includes three compartments and two interior dividing walls disposed to separate the three compartments. 
     
     
         3 . The dish of  claim 2 , wherein said dividing walls have a height less than a height of a top of the stop-lip. 
     
     
         4 . The dish of  claim 2 , wherein said compartments are not all equal in capacity. 
     
     
         5 . The dish of  claim 2 , wherein an interior edge of the stop-lip is disposed lower below a top edge of said outer wall of the body. 
     
     
         6 . An eating dish for controlled consumption of food by a blind person, said eating dish comprising:
 a rectangular body including at least one compartment for food containment for controlled consumption;   a stop-lip on a side of said body, wherein said stop-lip includes an overhang disposed partially over an interior of said body, said stop-lip cooperative with an eating utensil for controlling the movement, direction, and amount of food on said utensil for consumption by said blind person; and   scale markings in Braille on interior walls of each of the at least one compartments.   
     
     
         7 . The dish of  claim 6 , wherein said scale markings are marked at regular intervals, with said scale markings of at least one middle compartment marked at different intervals from said scale markings of at least two side compartments. 
     
     
         8 . The dish of  claim 6 , wherein said dish is made of kiln fired clay rated safe to 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. 
     
     
         9 . The dish of  claim 6 , wherein said dish includes at least two compartments and said stop-lip rests on interior walls dividing the at least two compartments. 
     
     
         10 . The dish of  claim 9 ,
 wherein a top of said overhang lies higher than a top of said interior walls dividing the at least two compartments; and   wherein a bottom of said overhang partially overlaps the top of the walls dividing the at least two compartments.