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First Semester Presentation

First Semester Presentation. By: Jacob Yarwood, Lauren Cannici, and Teryl O’Brien. Agenda. Define a problem Problem Statement Statement of Purpose Executive Summary Research & Generate Ideas Pre-existing Patents Competition Users and Buyers Gantt Chart Surveys. Problem Statement.

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First Semester Presentation

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  1. First Semester Presentation By: Jacob Yarwood, Lauren Cannici, and Teryl O’Brien

  2. Agenda • Define a problem • Problem Statement • Statement of Purpose • Executive Summary • Research & Generate Ideas • Pre-existing Patents • Competition • Users and Buyers • Gantt Chart • Surveys

  3. Problem Statement In the 20th century, toilets with hinged seats became a common household utility. As a result, women have had an issue with men leaving the toilet seat up after use. According to Robby Casteel, an online statistician, 54% of all men do not put the toliet seat down after use in the household, and women claim to find it up more than that statistic suggests.

  4. Statement of Purpose Create a device that will lower toilet seats in common households when the toilet is flushed, so that men do not have to remember to lower it.

  5. Executive Summary • Men leave toilet seat up • Unisex bathrooms (household) • Causes • Unsanitary habits • Burdance to Women • Danger to children and pets

  6. Pre-Existing Patents • Flush activation • Eliminates contact with the seat and cover • Discrete design • System can not be implimented to pre-existing toilets • Lifting toilet seat vs. lowering toilet seat • Flush is activated when seat is lowered • System is noisy and causes potential for injury Positive Resolutions Negative Resolutions

  7. Competition

  8. Users & Buyers

  9. Gantt Chart • Unit 2: Define A Problem • Unit 3: Research • Unit 4: Decision Process • Unit 5: Design • Unit 6: Build • Unit 7: Test • Unit 8: Presentation

  10. Survey

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