CHOMPr, the Hamburger Grasping Device

Posted by Robyn Lee, February 4, 2009 at 10:00 AM

If you've ever eaten a messy burger in a fancy pants restaurant and thought, "I really wish I could eat this burger without it tainting my beautiful hands," then CHOMPr is for you. CHOMPr is a "conceptual hamburger grasping device for high-end restaurants" that allows the user to grasp an ergonomically shaped wooden clamp instead of a...[shudders]...hamburger bun.

While the design by industrial design student Stephen Christ is aesthetically pleasing—he also used the same form for a chair—does anyone need one of these things? If the restaurant is so high-end, maybe they should just feed the burger to you. [via Gizmodo]

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7 Comments:

II already have a hamburger grasping device... it's called a hand.

dmcavanagh at 10:47AM on 02/04/09

One small flaw in the design, the sides are all open where the middle of the burger is. Where does the mess come from? The middle of the burger which will ooze juice and condiments all over the persons hand which is holding the device.

stewmeat at 10:51AM on 02/04/09

Talk about a solution looking for a problem. It is also flawed - how does one move the burger forward once you have consumed half of it? I guess you will have to use your hands.

Nick Solares at 10:51AM on 02/04/09

Really? Seriously?

BigWoollyMammoth at 11:01AM on 02/04/09

FAIL!!!

Lvn4life at 11:18AM on 02/04/09

That looks like it would cause quite a cramp. Just hands for me, thanks.

maxcriden at 2:30PM on 02/04/09

knife and fork?

alastor at 5:23PM on 02/04/09

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