Microwave Food Package Removable Portion for Browning and Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a package or construct that facilitates the transportation and consumption of food items while enhancing browning and crisping of food in a microwave oven, as existing solutions do not effectively address these requirements.
Innovation Solution
The development of various blanks and constructs with microwave energy interactive elements, such as susceptors and foils, that allow for enhanced browning and crisping, and include removable portions for easy access and transformation into containers for upright configuration and size alteration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a package is designed to facilitate transportation and consumption of food items, then ease of operation is improved, but the ability to enhance browning and crisping in a microwave oven is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The package is divided into a body portion and a removable portion separated by a tear line. The removable portion can be torn off to provide access to the food item, facilitating easy operation and consumption while the body portion with microwave energy interactive elements maintains browning and crisping capability
Solution Approach 2:
The microwave energy interactive element is applied selectively to specific regions of the package body portion to enhance browning and crisping of the food item, while the removable portion is designed for easy access. This local differentiation allows the package to simultaneously provide ease of operation and reliable browning/crisping enhancement
2Ease of operation
If a removable portion is added to allow access to food item, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The package structure is segmented into a body portion and a removable portion connected by a tear line. This segmentation allows the removable portion to be easily separated for access to the food item, improving ease of operation while maintaining relatively simple package construction
Solution Approach 2:
The removable portion is designed to be easily extracted or torn off from the body portion along a tear line. This extraction mechanism provides simple access to the food item without requiring complex opening mechanisms, thus improving ease of operation while minimizing device complexity
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
The constructs effectively enhance browning and crisping of food items in a microwave oven while allowing for convenient access and transportation, providing a solution for both cooking and consumption needs.
Implementation Method 1
a microwave energy interactive element overlies at least a portion of the interior surface... The microwave energy interactive element may comprise a susceptor, a foil, a segmented foil
Data Source
AI summary
Various blanks are provided for forming sleeves, containers and other constructs for heating, browning, and/or crisping of a food item in a microwave oven, and for holding and/or transporting the food item after heating. The various blanks, sleeves, containers and other constructs include a removable portion defined by one or more lines of disruption that enable the removable portion to be separated from the remainder of the blank, sleeve, container, or other construct.