This lever action bottle opener has some of the greatest usability innovations in bottle opening technologies in the past century:
The levering and screw design moves the interaction from twisting with the wrist to a much more joint friendly and satisfying lever motion that requires now turning. The two handles are curved on the outside affording grasping and easily squeeze towards the center to clasp around the neck of the bottle. The unenclosed mechanisms allows the user to identify the physics of the process providing a reflective component to the emtional design of the device. When one grabs the handle shaped lever and starts pulling down, the screw mechanism turns the corkscrew skewering the cork. To remove the cork, all one needs to do is lift up on the lever and it comes out with a satisfying plunk. The difficulty in use still lies in removing the cork from the screw which must be done manually, but all of the turning and leveraging of the old corkscrew is improved with one swift up and down motion of the user's hand.
Not only is this product useful, it looks cool and serves as a great conversation piece at dinner parties and socials.
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