Pull ‘n’ Pour

Instructions:1. Open tab on side of lid2. Pull ring to tear open Foil cover and release air pressure3. Twist Lid to open

This Product is specifially designed to assist the eldery and physically handicapped to open Jars with no problems and little effort.

Refrigerate after opening.

Heating instructions:Microwave:1. Emoty contents into microwavable safe dish2. Cover and microwave on high 3 munites3. Stir and serve over favorite pasta

Stovetop:1. Empty contents into saucepan2. Simmer over meduim heat until hot3. Add pasta and serve NET WT. 750g

NutritionFactsServing Size150gServings: 5

per serving: Calories: 70gFat: 40g

Amount/serving %DI

Total Fat 3.5g 5% Sat. Fat 0.5g 3% Trans Fat 0gCholest. 0mg 0%Sodium 40mg 16%Total Carb. 8g 4% Fiber 3g 7% Sugar 4g Protein 2g

Vitamin A 10% - Vitamin C 10% - Calcium 10%

ingredients: Tomatoes, Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), OnionsRoasted Red Bell Peppers, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Garlic, Salt, SPices, Sugar, Citrid Acid.

A SPICY BLEND OF HERBS AND

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pasta sauce Pull ‘n’ Pour

Brief B

The Problem at hand:

Jar lids (Any jar that requires a twist-o� to open)

Elderly and people with hand diseases (Arthritis, damaged joints, etc.) are having a very hard, and often very painful, time opening jar lids. Whether they are simply not strong enough anymore or they physically can not do it.

So what is the problem with lids?Most of the time, they are sealed so tight that you need to be a professional body-builder to open them. How can companies expect an elderly person or someone with a hand disease (or both!) to open a jar of pasta sauce by themselves to prepare a meal. The way for example pasta sauce jars are fabricated is simple. The sauce is heated to a very hot temperature and �lled into the jar. As the jar cools o�, a vacuum seal is created (source: http://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-cur-ing/299981-how-vacuum-seal-jars.html). This pressure inside the jar results in the almost impossible mission of opening them. Is not just the pressure of the jar that gives us problems, it is also the lid, which provides no grip or decent enough size to get a good hold of it. The average jar lid is about 1cm high. This means we will need to use our entire �nger and forearm strength to open it by pressing our hand and �ngers on the lid from the top and sides. This Jar lid redesign takes these various aspects into account and tries to provide a simpler, easier solution. As the redesign requires and existing product to be re-created, an appropriate brand needs to be associated. For this purpose the chosen branding is called Pull ‘n’ Pour.

Pull’n’Pour

Open and pull

Plastic Ring, pulled out to release air pressure and reduce com-pression to twist open lid easier.Little strength is required since the foil rips open very easily

Foil cover/protec-tion with attached *string*

Elderly/Handicap friendly pull open tab, fingers to not need to be bend to open tab

Glass Jar 19cm

9cm

8cm

3cm2cm

Design:Putting it together

rubber grips around lid to ensure save and stable finger hold

How does it work?

To understand the how and why, we need to understand the problems that older people and people with hand diseases/problems endure.The most common hand problems are Arthritis and Carpol tunnel syndrome (source: http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/health_experts/hand_surgery/Common_Hand_Problems).Arthritis causes joint in�ammation and targets the hand and wrist. This prevents the ability to bend �ngers to a certain degree and su�ciently decreases hand and �nger strength. This is a very common issue for elderly people. Carpol Tunnel syndrome has very similar symptoms. Di�culty making a �st, grip-ping objects and pain in �ngers and wrist are the main issues people have to deal with.

Opening glass jars with little �nger/hand strength is next to impossible for these people. Vacuum sealed jars have an immense amount of pressure in them which makes them so hard to open. The pressure created by the vacuum seal causes the lid to sit extremley tight on the jar to preserve �avour and consistency which is crucial for e.g. pasta sauce.

So how can we get around that pressure with little e�ort and strength?This solution mainly targets the lids of the common glass jar. The average jar lid is about 1cm high whereas this redesigned versions lid is about 3cm high. This allows us to include a built in tab into the lid itself. Underneath the lid covering the top of the jar we �nd an aluminium foil pressed onto it, that preserves �avour (e.g. like a Nutella jar). Attached to the top of the foil is a string made out of the same alumini-um material that further has a ring attached to it which sits directly behind the tab. To open the tab on the lid, no strength or intense �nger bend is required.

To open the tab and grip the ring a slight bend may be required which the majority of people with arthritis and CTS are able to perform. This bent is enough to get place middle �nger and thumb around the rubber elements on the jar and twist it open with little e�ort, preventing the tendons in the hand to furtehr swell up and cause pain.

Even just placing the inside of the �nger tips around the lid and twisting it o� should su�ce for people with a more servere condi-tion.

After opening the lid and softly grabbing hold of the ring it is then pulled out, ripping open the aluminium foil and releasing air pressure through the lid. This way, we have eliminated the vacuum inside the jar and can now close the tab again and easily open the jar lid. To further ensure a simple and easy lid twist, the redesigned lid has rubber elements attached around it allowing a solid grip further reduces strength required to twist the lid. Since the current jars are made of mainly glass and plastic they are already 100% recyclable so sticking to materials the provide the same bene�t is very important.

Materials:Jar - Glass - 100% recylcableLid - Plastic with rubber elements - 100% recyclableLid foil - Aluminium - 100% recyclable

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Design Concerns, issues and conclusion

What could be a problem?A fact worth mentioning is that this solution may result in a higher manufacturing cost which would a�ect the customer. On the other hand this potentially added cost is outweighed by the fact that it solves and issue that concerns a large amount of people.

Overall, this Pull ’n’ Pour will bene�t a majority of people with hand issues and provide a much easier way to enjoy whatever is provided in the desired jar.It is made of fully recycable material that provides the same quality as before but is accessable by signi�cantly more users.

Final Design Example

Pull’n’Pour

Pull ‘n’ Pour

Instructions:1. Open tab on side of lid2. Pull ring to tear open Foil cover and release air pressure3. Twist Lid to open

This Product is specifially designed to assist the eldery and physically handicapped to open Jars with no problems and little effort.

Refrigerate after opening.

Heating instructions:Microwave:1. Emoty contents into microwavable safe dish2. Cover and microwave on high 3 munites3. Stir and serve over favorite pasta

Stovetop:1. Empty contents into saucepan2. Simmer over meduim heat until hot3. Add pasta and serve NET WT. 750g

NutritionFactsServing Size150gServings: 5

per serving: Calories: 70gFat: 40g

Amount/serving %DI

Total Fat 3.5g 5% Sat. Fat 0.5g 3% Trans Fat 0gCholest. 0mg 0%Sodium 40mg 16%Total Carb. 8g 4% Fiber 3g 7% Sugar 4g Protein 2g

Vitamin A 10% - Vitamin C 10% - Calcium 10%

ingredients: Tomatoes, Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), OnionsRoasted Red Bell Peppers, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Garlic, Salt, SPices, Sugar, Citrid Acid.

A SPICY BLEND OF HERBS AND

SEASONINGS

pasta sauce