Patent Application
20230354828
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The disclosure relates to cupcake pan assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new cupcake pan assembly for creating baked goods having a variety of shapes.
The prior art relates to cupcake pan assemblies. Prior art cupcake pan assemblies for cupcake pans generally comprise removable forms that are insertable into the recesses of cupcake pans to create two or more compartments, which are then filled with different mixtures prior to baking. What is lacking in the prior art is a cupcake pan assembly that is insertable into a recess of a cupcake pan to alter a shape of the recess prior to adding a mixture to be baked.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a tray and a plurality of molds. A plurality of holes is positioned in the tray. Each mold comprises a disc in which a recess is positioned. Each recess has a respective shape so that the plurality of molds comprises recesses having a variety of shapes. A lip, which extends radially from the disc, is complementary to a perimeter of a respective hole. The mold is removably engageable to the tray upon insertion into the respective hole. The recess is configured for addition of a baking mixture so that a baked good shaped complementarily to the recess is obtained upon baking of the baking mixture.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
Each mold 14 comprises a disc 18 from which a lip 20 extends radially. A recess 22 is positioned in the disc 18. The lip 20 is complementary to a perimeter 24 of a respective hole 16 so that the mold 14 is removably engageable to the tray 12 upon insertion into the respective hole 16. The mold 14 enters into a snap fit relationship with the tray 12 upon insertion into the respective hole 16. Each recess 22 has a respective shape so that the plurality of molds 14 comprises recesses 22 having a variety of shapes, such as, but not limited to, shapes of letters, hearts, clovers, stars, and the like, examples of which are shown in
The recess 22 is configured for addition of a baking mixture so that a baked good, which is shaped complementarily to the recess 22, is obtained upon baking of the baking mixture. The tray 12 and the molds 14 may comprise polytetrafluoroethylene, ceramic, or the like, so that the baked goods do not stick to the tray 12 and the molds 14.
The shape generating cupcake pan assembly 10 enables a method 26 for creating baked goods having a plurality of shapes. The method 26 comprises a first step 28 of providing a shape generating cupcake pan assembly 10 according to the specification above. A second step 30 of the method 26 is inserting the molds 14 into the holes 16. A third step 32 of the method 26 is adding a baking mixture in the recesses 22. A fourth step 34 of the method 26 is positioning the tray 12, the molds 14, and the baking mixture in an oven. The present invention is anticipated to reduce the number of baking pans required for a baker to produce baked goods having a wide variety of shapes.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
