Food Elevating Platform with Adjustable Wings for Liquid Drainage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Food containers often result in soggy vegetables and wasted food due to liquid accumulation at the bottom, as gravity causes fluids to settle and mix with ingredients, leading to undesirable sogginess and waste.
Innovation Solution
A food elevating platform with adjustable wings and a mesh screen that can be secured to the sides of containers, allowing liquids to drain through while keeping food elevated, preventing sogginess and waste.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If food is stored in sealed containers, then food storage is convenient and preserved, but liquids accumulate at the bottom causing sogginess and food waste
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into two functional zones: an upper food storage area and a lower liquid collection area separated by a partition wall with drainage holes. This segmentation allows food to be kept elevated and dry while liquids drain to the bottom compartment, preventing sogginess and food waste while maintaining convenient sealed storage.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a food elevating platform is added to the container, then food can be kept above liquids, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The food elevating platform is merged with the container structure itself by integrating it as the bottom wall of the upper compartment. This combining approach provides the food protection function while minimizing additional device complexity, as the platform becomes an inherent part of the container rather than a separate component.
Solution Approach 2:
The partition wall serves multiple functions: it acts as a structural divider, a food platform support, and a drainage system through its integrated holes. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, thereby protecting food from liquids while keeping device complexity low.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Effectively prevents food from becoming soggy by allowing liquids to drain, reducing waste and maintaining food quality, and is adaptable for various container shapes and sizes.
Implementation Method 1
any liquids that are part of the food tend to accumulate in the bottoms of these containers, due in large part to the effects of gravity
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure provides a food elevating platform with adjustable elements to selectively engage the walls of a container. The food elevating platform includes a mesh screen to allow liquids from food to pass through and collect in the bottom of the container. The food elevating platform includes one or more engaging surfaces about the edge of the platform that also may engage the surface of the container. One or more logos and/or text may be incorporated into the food elevating platform and/or its components.