Hamburger Templet Slicer with Segmented Cutting Slots
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Solution Overview
Problem
Consumers with physical limitations or age-related challenges face difficulties in handling and eating full-size hamburgers, leading to loss of contents and a compromised dining experience, as existing solutions are not portable or adaptable for fast-food settings.
Innovation Solution
A portable device with a round handle and curved leg extensions featuring conically shaped projections and cutting slots, allowing for easy cutting of hamburgers into uniform pieces, with optional toothpick notches to keep pieces together for easier handling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a full-size hamburger is served to consumers with physical limitations or age-related challenges, then the hamburger can be enjoyed as a complete meal, but it becomes difficult to handle and eat, resulting in loss of contents
Solution Approach 1:
The hamburger is divided into multiple smaller, manageable portions through the use of a portable cutting device with pre-formed slots. This segmentation allows consumers with physical limitations to handle and eat smaller pieces that are easier to manage while still receiving the full nutritional value of the complete hamburger.
2Ease of operation
If a hamburger is cut into smaller pieces in a restaurant setting, then it becomes easier to handle and eat, but this option is typically not available for fast-food style restaurants
Solution Approach 1:
The cutting device is designed to be portable and adaptable to different settings. It can be used both in fast-food restaurants where pre-cut options are unavailable and in traditional restaurant settings, allowing consumers to cut hamburgers into manageable pieces regardless of the dining environment.
3Ease of operation
If a portable cutting device is provided to consumers, then they can easily cut hamburgers into manageable pieces, but the device must be lightweight and easy to clean
Solution Approach 1:
The cutting device incorporates a disposable wrapper or container that holds the hamburger during cutting. This disposable component simplifies the overall device structure, making it lightweight and easy to use, while the disposal aspect eliminates complex cleaning requirements. The wrapper is designed to be discarded after a single use, maintaining hygiene without requiring cleaning mechanisms.
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AI summary
A device for cutting a hamburger into a variety of equal size pieces that is both light-weight, portable and easy to clean for use at home or away. The device is an article of manufacture that can be made by existing manufacturing methods using commonly used raw materials, including recycled materials. The device includes extensions connected to a handle by a column and is designed to fit on top of a hamburger with each extension containing a slot to guide the cutting of the hamburger. Notches are included to guide the placement of toothpicks that are inserted into the hamburger before cutting and are used to hold the individual cut pieces together after removing the device. The device addresses the needs of those consumers that may have difficulty eating a full-size hamburger and would benefit from eating smaller pieces, such as the elderly and children.