Food Container Insert with Bracket Handle for Easy Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing food storage containers with removable inserts are difficult to handle due to precise fitting and lack of secure grasping points, leading to challenges in insertion and removal, especially when filled with food.
Innovation Solution
A food storage container design featuring an insert with an upwardly projecting bracket that serves as a handle, providing a secure grip and preventing slipping, along with a receiving tray notch for guided insertion and removal, minimizing bulkiness and space requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the insert is precisely fitted into the receiving tray, then the stability and positioning of the insert is improved, but the ease of removal and insertion deteriorates due to difficulty in gripping
Solution Approach 1:
The insert is segmented from the receiving tray through the use of a separate, removable component design. The bracket portion is separated from the base, allowing independent manipulation of the bracket as a gripping element while maintaining the precise fit of the overall insert structure within the receiving tray.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket acts as an intermediary element between the user's hand and the insert base. By providing a protruding bracket with a handle, the design mediates the interaction between the user and the precisely fitted insert, enabling easy gripping and removal without compromising the precision fit of the insert within the receiving tray.
2Ease of operation
If the insert has a handle projecting outwards, then the ease of gripping and handling is improved, but the bulkiness and space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The handle is designed with local quality optimization by positioning it only at the necessary location (the bracket extending from the base) rather than adding handles throughout the entire insert. The handle's length and projection distance are locally optimized to provide sufficient gripping surface area while minimizing overall volume increase and space requirements within the receiving tray.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a food storage container (1, 1', 1") with a receiving tray (2), a separate lid (11) and a separate insert (12) which is designed to be inserted into the receiving tray (2) and which has a base (13) on which a food item can be placed, the insert (12) having at least one bracket (16, 21) which projects upwards from the base (13) and which has a top end facing away from the base (13). Has a handle (18, 23), the handle (18, 23) protruding outwards over an upper edge (6a, 7a) of the receiving shell (2) when the insert (12) is in the inserted state also relates to a domestic refrigerator (28) with at least one food storage container (1, 1', 1").