Pizza Box Plate Pocket Hinged Lid Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pizza delivery boxes do not efficiently package and deliver serving plates, napkins, and utensils alongside the pizza, often resulting in awkward handling and excessive cardboard waste.
Innovation Solution
A pizza box design featuring a plate pocket formed within the box, with a hinged lid that allows for easy access to serving plates, napkins, and utensils without requiring excess cardboard.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If serving plates are packaged separately with pizza, then plates can be provided with take-out or delivery, but the packaging becomes awkward and difficult to handle
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the pizza box and plate packaging into a single integrated structure. The plate pocket is formed as an integral part of the pizza box lid, allowing both the pizza and serving plates to be packaged together in one unit that is easy to handle and deliver.
Solution Approach 2:
The plate pocket is nested within the pizza box lid structure. The pocket is formed by folding and securing portions of the lid itself, creating a nested configuration where the plate compartment is integrated into the existing box structure without requiring separate packaging.
2Ease of operation
If separate cardboard inserts with peel-off adhesive rings are used for plate access, then plates can be accessed from the box, but excess cardboard is wasted and the structure becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the unnecessary adhesive rings and separate insert structures from the design. Instead, the plate pocket lid is formed by simply folding back a portion of the lid itself, eliminating the need for additional adhesive components and reducing cardboard waste.
Solution Approach 2:
The lid portion that forms the plate pocket lid serves its own dual function: it is both part of the pizza box lid structure and the access mechanism for the plate pocket. This self-service design eliminates the need for separate adhesive-based opening mechanisms.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a plate pocket is formed within the pizza box lid, then serving plates can be packaged with pizza, but the lid structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The lid is segmented into functional portions: the main lid body and a separate plate pocket lid portion. This segmentation allows the plate pocket to be formed as a distinct functional element within the lid structure, providing versatility while maintaining manageable structural complexity through clear functional separation.
Data Source
AI summary
A box useful for pizza, a method of assembling the box, and method of using the box are described herein. The box comprises a base having sidewalls extending therefrom, a box lid having a top surface and a bottom surface, the box lid hingedly connected to one of the base sidewalls, the box lid further having foldable flaps extending therefrom. A plate pocket extends from and is connected to secured to an edge of the box lid, and plate pocket comprises a base with sidewalls extending therefrom, the plate pocket sidewalls extending towards the box lid bottom surface when the box is in an assembled position, and may contain plate pocket accessories within a plate pocket cavity.