Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Ergonomics (Product description and Idea Trigger)

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This is a brush as well as a scraper. As you can see, the product is used to brush the stoves. There is even a knife concealed in the handle of the brush. The bristles of the brush is made of copper, because the brush is used to scrub the stove, so it has to be hard. The knife is used to scrape the little holes in the stove where it is hard to reach. 
The product is elderly friendly as the handle is made to fit the person's hand. It has a curved shape, but big enough to fit the little blade in the brush. 
The developers of this brush took into consideration of the safety of the person who uses it, as he made the knife retractable so that the person would not cut him or herself when using the brush. 
The elderly would face some difficulties handling this product though. They would have problems trying to take the knife out of the base of the brush, as their fingers might have to dig deeper, therefore, their fingers would hurt. The part where the knife would have to be taken out, would hurt the elderly.
Improvements that could be made on this thing: I could replace the part of the knife connected to the base of the brush with a gear at the bottom, instead of the rectangular piece of plastic connecting it. I could just use a gear connecting the base to the brush to make things more simpler. 

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