Ice cube tray (semicircle shape)
Hi there! Apologies if this isn’t appropriate.
I have a recollection of a page from my geometry textbook from high school (2002-ish) where one of the thought exercises showcased a an ice cube tray where each “cube” had a semicircle curve. In other words, each cube was basically shaped like a short cylinder cut in half into a semicircle.
The prompt in the text book was “can you think of why this shape of ice cube tray would be easier to use for someone who only has one arm?
In my head at the time I thought “well I guess because of the shape you can press on one side of the semicircle to pop the ice cube out instead of needing to twist the tray which requires 2 hands”
I guess my question is a) are these types of trays actually around? Have you seen them or tried them? My keyword searches aren’t turning up anything that looks similar, and b) now that so many more ice tray products are available ie silicone material etc, maybe they’re not necessary? I guess c) would be that they were never that practical of a design in the first place.
Just curious!