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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, August 20 2012 @ 09:41 AM EDT |
| Think of all the credit cards out there with rounded corners. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: tknarr on Monday, August 20 2012 @ 11:38 AM EDT |
I know my HP-48GX calculator has rounded corners on the case. Oddly they're
asymmetric: the bottom corners (the end that goes first when inserting the
calculator into a pocket or case) are more rounded than the top. The earliest
calculator I had, a Radio Shack 4-function one w/memory from way back in the
mid-70s, had the edges rounded on the ends. I'd always thought both came from
the same motivation: sharp pointed corners catch and snag when trying to put
something into a shirt pocket or sleeve, rounding the corners makes them slide
smoothly. Given that I'm not even in industrial design and I was able to come to
that conclusion back in elementary school, that makes a strong argument for
obviousness on top of prior art. I'm fairly sure if you went to companies like
Fluke (hand-held meters) or HP (calculators) or Nokia (cel phones) you can
probably find records of case-design decisions going back forever saying
basically "If it'll go in a pocket, round the edges/corners to avoid
snagging/catching.". [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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