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"Drinking Bird" Napkin Strip Dispenser

The Problem: An employee with poor fine motor skills works at a local Italian restaurant rolling flatware in napkins. He has difficulty separating the sticky backed strips of paper which are wrapped around paper napkins to hold the bundles together.

The Solution: Inspired by a napkin dispenser, a spring loaded box was made from Plexiglas with a hole cut in the top the same width but shorter than the napkin bands. A makeshift spring made from a coat hanger holds the bands against the top of the box. A counterweighted rod with a ball of stick tack is pressed down though the opening to pull out one strip at a time. For more designs and information please visit http://rehabengineer.homestead.com/ .

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