PREPARATION MOLD

MOULE A PATISSERIE

English Abstract

PREPARATION MOLD

ABSTRACT

A no-bake cake mold for single use in the form
of an unfoldable paper polygonal ring having integral
flaps foldable to the center to support an insertable
polygonal bottom panel which fits within the unfolded
ring. The ring also being structured with a vertical
rip flap.

Claims

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:


1. A single use mold for a fluid cake mixture comprising
a collapsible polygonal ring having integral flaps provided uniformly
along one edge, the flaps being foldable inwardly to a common plane
and being shaped that when folded facing edges of adjacent flaps
abut to contribute to dimensional stability of the mold and avoid
leakage of the mixture, and a planar polygonal bottom insertable
into the polygonal ring to overly the flaps when folded in non-
secured relationship, and a vertical rip flap provided in the ring
to permit opening and removal of the ring from the cake mixture
when molded.



2. A mold according to claim 1, wherein the polygonal
ring is provided on its inner surface with a grease-repellent coating.



3. A mold according to claim 1, wherein one surface
of the bottom is provided with a grease-repellent coating.



4. A mold according to claim 2, or 3, wherein the
grease-repellent coating is a silicone plastic material.




5. A mold according to claim 1, wherein the polygonal
ring is provided on its outer surface with advertising and instruct-
ional data.

Description

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DESCRIPTION

PREPAR~ATIQN MOLD

Technical Field
This invention relates to culinary equipment
05 and, in particular, is directed to a single purpose
cake mold suitable for cakes which need not be
baked.
Back~round Art
To date, cake bases are primarily prepared by
baking in round cake molds, commonly called
"springforms," comprising a round outer ring which
is fa~tened by a clamp about the round insertable
bottom.
To facilitate preparation of cake bases or of
final cakes, an increasing number of recipes have
been developed recently. To this effect, many of
the recipes call for mixtures which are combined
cold and cooled subsequently in the refrigerator to
obtain ready-for-use cake bases or final cakes.
Metal springforms, however, were also required
to prepare no-bake cakes. SubJect to the cake size,
different sizes of springforms were necessary so
that a set of springforms had to be kept in stock by
the housewife. In addition, prior to their use, the
springforms had to be greased, and, thereafter, they
had to be cleaned. Bulky springforms are very
unsuitable for modern dishwashers.

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Thus, there was a need for replacing the metal
springforms used hitherto, by simple single purpose
cake molds of a reasonable price, which, packed with
a ready-for-use mixture could be made available to
05 housewives.
Disclosure of the Invention
The above described need has been satisfied
with a single purpose cake mold comprising a
collapsible polygonal ring with integral flaps
foldable to the inside, an insertable polygonal
bottom panel which fits into the polygonal ring and
a vertical rip flap. Preferably, the inside of the
ring and the upper side of the insertable bottom
panel are provided with a grease-repellent coating.
To this effect, plastics of the silicone type are
particularly suited which do not only avoid
penetrating of the cake mixture into the ring and
bottom panel material, but which, upon the final
preparation of the cake, avoid sticking of the cake
to the ring and to the bottom panel.
Brief Description of Drawings
In the drawings:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred
eight-sided embodiment of the collapsible polygonal
ring with integral flaps foldable to the center.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bottom
panel (eight sided) and the collapsible polygonal
ring showing placement of bottom panel within the
expanded polygonal ring.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the assembled
no-bake cake mold illustrating the rip flap.
Best Mode for Carrying out the Invention
The polygonal ring (2) and the bottom panel (4)
may be made of strong paper, thin cardboard or
suitable plastics of sufficient rigidity and accepted

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by the Food Laws. The ring should be collapsible to
be flat and to permit its space-saving packing
together with the bottom panel.
The vertical rip flap (6) permits one to easily
05 tear open the ring about the final cake (not shown)
at a point at which the ring may be easily removed
from the cake.
The grease-repellent material of the bottom
panel (4) is preferably coated with a silicone
plastic which additionally permits an easy removal
of the final cake from the bottom panel so that the
cake or the pieces of cake can be easily served
attractively without showing whether they were
prepared in a conventional springform or in the
single purpose cake mold of the invention.
Prior to its use, the single purpose cake mold
of the invention is assembled in a very simple
manner. The integral flaps (8) are folded to the
inside to insert the bottom panel (4) into the ring.
Preferably, the flaps (8) are formed such as to
ensure that, in erected condition, they laterally
abut to be flush, thus contributing to the dimensional
stability of the mold. At the same time, the flaps
avoid running out (leakage) of the cake mixture
which at first (before setting) is relatively mobile.
The term polygonal, in the sense of the instant
invention, refers to shapes from the hexagonal to
the sixteen-sided form, the octagonal shape (Figs. l
& 2) being preferred in practice. As a matter of
fact, the segment of a piece of cake from a hexagonal
mold is relatively large, while that from a sixteen-
sided form is very pointed and small. Cakes prepared
in the conventional manner are preferably cut into
eigh~ or twelve pieces. The pieces of no-bake cake
prepared with the baking mold of the invention have

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a substantially smooth peripheral surface rather
than a round shape, so that they are practically
indistinguishable, when cut, from slices of cake
prepared in the usual manner with springforms.
05 Several advantages are obtained with the baking
mold of the invention. The foldable feature of the
ring permits space-saving packaging of the mold and
particularly, permits packaging of the economical
mold with a no-bake cake mixture. The single-use
mold eliminates the need for subsequent cleaning and
also has the possibility of being an advertisement
display medium.