bamboo cutting boards with non-slip corners

Issue

The TPR corner was too thin and flappy. It needed a full glue surface application to attach them to the cutting board. If applying too much glue, the glue would leak out and leave marks on the board; if applying too little glue, the TPR piece would not stick to the board permanently. (see 2nd image on this section)

Solution

Added a snap-fit construction to connect the TPR pieces and the board, thickened the TPR pieces to increase the rigidity, and make the TPR piece slightly smaller than the board corner geometry, to ensure a tight fit. (see 3rd image on this section)

juicer

Issue

On the original drawing, the area above the upper handle had significant undercut. Also, the drawing asked for two TPR parts to permanently attach to the lower handle, however this construction could not allow this, and it created a potential area for bacteria to dwell.

Solution

Requested the factory to add a slider on the tooling for the upper handle, to solve the undercut issue without changing the original geometry. Changed the design of the soft pad on the lower handle, so it could be overmolded directly onto the clear handle.

colander

Issue

The client wanted to add soft handles to an existing 5 Qt. colander without changing the existing design. But because the soft part of the new handle covered almost the entire handle, it resulted in a very low success rate of the overmold process.

Solution

Modified the handle geometry and dimensions based on the overmold tooling requirements. Added some additional structure to increase the core handle strength, to withhold the high pressure during the overmold process.

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