Roasting Pan Label Pocket for Attached Foil and Roasting Bags
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a convenient method to integrate and secure roasting materials, such as aluminum foil and plastic bags, with baking and roasting pans to prevent accidental separation during sale and use.
Innovation Solution
A pan design that includes a label with a pocket to hold roasting materials, where the label is affixed to the pan's bottom base, providing a secure and compact storage solution for these materials.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If roasting materials are sold separately from pans, then customers have flexibility to purchase only what they need, but the materials can accidentally separate from the pan during sale and transport
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the pan and roasting materials into a single integrated unit by attaching the materials directly to the pan using adhesive labels. This merging eliminates the separation issue while maintaining ease of use, as the materials remain with the pan throughout sale and transport but can be easily removed by the customer.
Solution Approach 2:
The roasting materials are pre-attached to the pan before sale using adhesive labels. This preliminary action ensures that the materials and pan remain together during handling, transport, and display, preventing accidental separation while still allowing the customer to separate them when ready for use.
2Ease of manufacture
If roasting materials are integrated with the pan, then they remain attached during sale and transport, but the manufacturing process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses an adhesive label as an intermediary element to connect the roasting materials to the pan. This simple mediator provides the necessary attachment function without requiring complex integration mechanisms, keeping the manufacturing process straightforward while achieving reliable attachment.
Solution Approach 2:
The adhesive label is a simple, inexpensive, single-use component that provides temporary attachment during sale and transport. After use, the label serves its purpose and is discarded, having provided reliable attachment without requiring complex or expensive integration solutions.
3Area of stationary object
If roasting materials are attached to the pan, then they do not accidentally separate, but the pan occupies more display space
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the roasting materials from the main pan body and attaches them as separate elements using adhesive labels. This extraction allows the materials to be securely attached without significantly increasing the pan's overall footprint, as they can be positioned on available surfaces like the bottom or sides of the pan.
Data Source
AI summary
In summary there is provided in one embodiment a combination of a pan with roasting material used in cooking food. The pan is configured for use to cook food and includes a bottom base having a base periphery edge and a sidewall extending upwardly from the base periphery edge and terminating at a side edge to create a well therebetween. The roasting material is removably secured to the bottom base or the sidewall of the pan. In addition, the roasting material is configured for use in conjunction with the pan to cook food and wherein the roasting material is either a roasting bag and a roasting bag tie for use together with each other, or aluminum foil, such that the roasting material is removed from the bottom base of the pan and used in conjunction with the pan to cook food.