Baking pan with hinged fold down sides
AssigneeAneela Rajusth
InventorAneela Rajusth
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Abstract
A baking pan bottom has a recessed stepped edge all around the periphery and an internal rod around the entire pan to act as a pivot pin hinge on all four sides. The side panels and end panels of the pan are provided with a mating protruding step along a bottom edge to mate with the recessed stepped edge of the bottom to prevent leakage. The hinge enables each side panel and end panel to pivot down for access to the baked goods and pivot back up for cooking. A sliding lock mechanism in the end panels has hooks that engage loops in the overlapping extending end portions of the side panels to lock the side panels in place for cooking. The baking pan has an additional flat baking sheet, which fits on the pan bottom. The interior surfaces comprise a non-stick scratch resistant surface, which is dishwasher safe.
Claims8
A baking pan having hinged sides that fold down, the baking pan comprising:
- a pan bottom comprising a rigid flat surface having a recessed stepped edge around a perimeter of the pan bottom and an internal peripheral opening housing an elongated rod having a circular cross-section around the perimeter of the pan bottom;
- a pair of end panels each having a bottom interior opening capable of pivotally engaging at least a portion of the elongated rod on each of two opposing ends of the pan bottom and each of the pair of end panels further comprising a bottom protruding stepped edge capable of mating with the recessed stepped edge on each of the two opposing ends of the pan bottom to form a sealed end bottom seal impermeable to liquids;
- a pair of side panels each having a bottom interior opening capable of pivotally engaging at least a portion of the elongated rod on each of two opposing sides of the pan bottom and each of the pair of side panels further comprising a bottom protruding stepped edge capable of mating with the recessed stepped edge on each of the two opposing sides of the pan bottom to form a sealed side bottom seal impermeable to liquids, and further comprising an inwardly extending edge on each of two ends of each of the side panels, the extending edge capable of overlapping one end of one of the pair of end panels;
- a locking mechanism capable of removably interconnecting each of the extending edges of the each of the side panels with the end of the end panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.