Cookware set with lid support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cookware lids with removable lids often soil nearby surfaces when set aside during cooking, as there is no effective means to temporarily store them within easy reach without tipping over.
Innovation Solution
A cookware set with a lid support system that allows the lid to be safely and stably positioned vertically on the rim of the pot, using a base with inwardly bent wings forming a channel to receive the rim, ensuring any drips or falls land inside the pot and maintaining stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the lid is placed on a nearby surface during cooking, then it is easily accessible, but the surface becomes soiled with dripping material
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary structure (the support with channel) that mediates between the lid and the surrounding environment. The channel acts as a containment intermediary that captures drips and falls, preventing them from reaching and soiling the surrounding surface while keeping the lid accessible in a vertical position near the pot.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the lid is supported in a vertical position, then surface soiling is prevented, but the lid becomes unstable and tips over
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure incorporates a curved channel that receives the lid in a vertical position. The curvature of the channel is designed to cradle the lid, providing a stable resting position that prevents tipping while maintaining the vertical orientation needed to prevent surface soiling.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from horizontal lid placement (on a surface) to vertical lid support (in the air). This dimensional change allows the lid to be positioned above the pot rather than beside it, preventing drips from reaching the surrounding surface while the channel provides stability in this new vertical configuration.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the lid is placed inside the pot, then surface soiling is prevented, but the lid is not easily accessible
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is segmented into a base attached to the lid and a separate channel portion that receives the lid vertically. This segmentation allows the lid to be supported in a vertical position that is both accessible and contained, neither fully inside the pot nor placed on external surfaces.
Data Source
AI summary
A cookware set includes a pot, a lid configured to fit on and cover the pot in a first position, and a support attached to an upper surface of the lid and disposed at the edge of the lid and configured to support the lid in a substantially vertical position on a rim of the pot in a second position. The support has a base and two wings extending from the base, each of the two wings disposed on an opposite end of the base and having a bent portion bent inward toward the base to define a two-piece channel defined by an upper surface of the base and inner surfaces of the wings. The channel is configured to receive a rim of the pot in the second position.