Cupped Lid Holder Structure for Upright Drip Containment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Kitchen utensils like pot lids, spatulas, and ladles often cause messes due to condensation and material drips when set down during cooking, and existing solutions fail to efficiently manage multiple sizes and types.

Innovation Solution

A lid holder device with a cupped holding portion and base, made of washable ceramic, plastic, or metal, featuring curved indentures to hold utensils upright and collect drips, accommodating various sizes and types, including pot lids, ladles, and spatulas.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a lid holder device is designed to hold multiple different sized pot lids and kitchen utensils, then the adaptability and versatility of the device is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveability to hold multiple different sized pot lids and utensilsVSAvoidstructural complexity of the holder device

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The lid holder device is designed with a universal cupped holding portion that can accommodate multiple different sized pot lids and various kitchen utensils through curved indentures, allowing a single device to serve multiple functions and hold different types of items simultaneously

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If the cupped holding portion is designed with curved indentures to hold utensils upright and collect condensation, then the ability to contain and collect condensation and material is improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecondensation and material dripping onto countertopsVSAvoidmanufacturing of curved indentures and cupped structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The cupped holding portion is designed as a shell-like structure with curved indentures that can be formed from molded materials such as ceramic, plastic, or metal, allowing the complex curved shape to be manufactured as an integrated component that effectively channels condensation while maintaining structural integrity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

3Ease of repair

If the lid holder device is made of washable ceramic, plastic, or metal materials, then the ease of cleaning and maintenance is improved, but the weight of the device increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of washing and maintaining the deviceVSAvoidweight of the lid holder device

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of repairVSWeight of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The device can be manufactured from different materials (ceramic, plastic, or metal) with varying density and weight properties, allowing selection based on specific needs - for example, using lighter plastic materials when portability is important while maintaining washability and durability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS8833569B2Lid holder device

Publication Date: 2014.09.16 CLARKSON SCOTT A

AI summary

A lid holder device is disclosed. The lid holder device includes a cupped holding portion that has a bottom collection portion and 4 curved indentures that are positioned to hold and accommodate a pot lid and one or more other kitchen utensils in an upright position to collect and contain condensation and material from the pot lid and the one or more other kitchen utensils and a base is attached and disposed underneath the bottom collection portion of the cupped holding portion to support the cupped holding portion, wherein the cupped holding portion and the base form the lid holder device into one piece.