Roasting Pan Label Pocket for Secure Bag Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing baking and roasting pans lack a convenient method to securely integrate roasting materials like aluminum foil and plastic bags, leading to accidental separation during sale and use.
Innovation Solution
A pan design featuring a label with a pouch or pocket to hold roasting materials, which can be affixed to the pan's bottom base, providing a secure and integrated solution for storage and transport.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If roasting materials are sold separately from the pan, then packaging and distribution are simpler, but the materials can accidentally separate during sale and use
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the pan and roasting materials into a single integrated unit by attaching the materials to the pan's sidewall. This merging ensures they remain connected during sale and use, eliminating the separation problem while maintaining simple packaging and distribution through the unified structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The roasting materials are positioned within the well formed by the pan's sidewall, effectively nesting them inside the pan structure. This nesting approach secures the materials in place during transport and storage while allowing easy access during cooking, resolving the contradiction between connection reliability and ease of use.
2Reliability
If roasting materials are integrated with the pan, then accidental separation is prevented, but the complexity of the pan structure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the integration only to the specific area where roasting materials are needed - attached to the sidewall within the well region. This localized approach provides secure connection where necessary while maintaining the simplicity of the overall pan structure, avoiding unnecessary complexity in other areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The pan structure is segmented into functional zones: the well area for containing roasting materials, the sidewall for attachment, and the base for cooking. This segmentation allows the roasting materials to be integrated in the appropriate zone without complicating the entire pan structure, maintaining simplicity while achieving reliable connection.
3Ease of operation
If roasting materials are attached to the pan, then convenient sale as a combined kit is achieved, but the manufacturing process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The roasting materials are attached to the pan during the manufacturing process itself, before the pan is put into service. This preliminary action ensures the materials are securely integrated and ready for immediate sale as a complete kit, simplifying the sales process while the manufacturing complexity is managed as a one-time production step.
Data Source
AI summary
In summary there is provided in one embodiment a combination of a pan with a label for holding a roasting bag. The pan is defined by having 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 label includes front and rear sides. The rear side being secured to the bottom base and includes a pocket formed thereon. The pocket has an access opening into an internal space of the pocket. The roasting bag is positioned within and removable from the pocket of the label.