Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Atletiese Beskermende Kelkie deur Dosun Shin and Mark Littell

Die ontwerp Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Atletiese Beskermende Kelkie deur Dosun Shin and Mark Littell is 'n hoogs gewaardeerde wenner van die baie prestigieuese 2017 A' Design Award in Yster in die Veiligheidskleding en Persoonlike Beskermingstoerusting Ontwerp-kompetisiekategorie.

YsterBeskermingstoerusting· 2017

Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Atletiese Beskermende Kelkie

deur Dosun Shin and Mark Littell

Kliënt: Battle Sports Science

Wenner van die A' Design Award in Yster in die Beskermingstoerusting-kategorie

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Die Ontwerp

Oor Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Atletiese Beskermende Kelkie

Die Nutty Buddy Flex is 'n atletiese beskermende kelkie vir manlike atlete. Die kelkie volg 'n anatomiese vorm en word vervaardig deur inspuitgieting, met 'n polikarbonaat-buitenste skulp en 'n termoplastiese elastomeer-oormouling. Die sagte elastomeerrand strek langs die syareas, sodat kontak met die vel gedemp word en 'n gemakliker pasvorm tydens aktiewe liggaamsbeweging moontlik gemaak word. Impakkragte word geabsorbeer en meer eweredig oor die skaambeen en sagte weefsels versprei. Drie groottes word aangebied, en die kelkie pas binne-in bestaande sportbroeke en atletiese onderstebroeke (jock straps).

Die Erkenning

Oor die A' Design Award in Yster

Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Atletiese Beskermende Kelkie is 'n wenner van die A' Design Award in Yster, 'n prestigieuse erkenning wat toegeken word aan goeie ontwerpe wat voldoen aan die professionele en industriële vereistes wat van goed ontwerpte skeppings verwag word. Wenners in Yster toon groot vaardigheid, hoë spesialisasie, kundige begrip en die kreatiewe vermoë van hul skeppers. Daar word verwag dat Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Atletiese Beskermende Kelkie 'n hoog aangeskrewe, bewonderde en gekoesterde skepping is wat prakties en innoverend is. Hierdie ontwerp wat die A' Design Award in Yster gewen het, integreer die beste praktyke in die bedryf en het bekwame tegniese kenmerke gekoppel aan kundigheid en talent. Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Atletiese Beskermende Kelkie word gerespekteer vir sy deeglikheid en is ontwerp om verbeterings in lewensgehalte te bied wat help om die wêreld 'n beter plek te maak.

Agter die Ontwerp

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Krediete, spanlede en tegniese besonderhede verskaf deur die ontwerper.

Unieke Eienskappe: The Nutty Buddy Flex is a redesign of the original, anatomically-shaped athletic cup design. The original polycarbonate cup had a thin co-molded soft polymer perimeter edge to cushion the contact between the cup and the skin. The new Flex cup increases the content of the soft polymer edge to include the side areas on the cup, permitting a more comfortable fit during dynamic body movements. This Flex cup redesign absorbs and more evenly distributes impact forces to the pubic bone and soft tissues
Afmetings & Verpakking: The cup comes with 3 different sizes.
Hog (small): 6.8x4x2.2 inch, Trophy (medium): 7x4.1x2.4inch, Mongo (large): 7.2x4.3x2.5inch
Etikette: Nutty Buddy, Anatomical Cup, Killer Whale Cup
Produksietegnologie: This cup was made by PC injection mold with TPE overmold.
Polycarbonate (Sabic 124R-701) for the cup and Thermoplastic Elastomer (GLS 1040X-1) overmolding for the flex side. OM 1040X-1 is a medical compliant overmolding TPE with very good adhesion to PC or ABS-based plastics.
Ontwerpuitdaging: After 5 years of use, feedback and surveys, we knew which areas needed improvement. Taking those areas – 1) added comfort 2) more flex 3) increased ventilation 4) greater security of location – and turning them into CAD design was one of the most challenging tasks. At the same time, we needed to maintain structural integrity and superior protection.

In addition, collecting human body data and defining different sizes of cup were a challenge. The head and tale part rubber were pilled off from the cup body after several months of use. The designer added some contacts and punched holes on the over molding part, so the inner and outer rubber were connected together. The tale part was broken by the high impact of water surface from a water ski jumper. The designer added 3 ribs inside of the tale part, and also added circle rings in the center of cup to increase the durability.
Navorsing: The difficult nature of observational research to get the measurements required the development of multiple sized vacuumed formed shells that were used to obtain user size and comfort feedback. Then, the designer collected and organized the human body data from the shell selections based on Large, Medium, and Small. Next, different sizes of prototype models were 3D-printed and tested by users. Again, feedback received from professional baseball players allowed the designer to modify the final shapes and sizes for each cup category.
Inspirasie: The redesigned Flex cup continues to follow the anatomically-correct shape of the human male’s anatomy using the design principle of Form Follows Function. The original Nutty Buddy design has been on the market for seven years. Inventor and pitching coach Mark Littell has received feedback from players about possible revisions to the original cup. The Flex redesign is in response to the users’ comments and feedback and to give athletes increased range of motion and added comfort.
Projekduur: The redesign process started in July of 2014 and finished in February of 2015 in Arizona. After the design work, it took 8 months from the start of manufacturing to reach the market.
Bedryfsvloei: The Flex cup high impact resistant polycarbonate material protects the male wearer’s genitals from external impact forces. The soft rubber wing provides cushioning comfort and absorbs any impacts. This cup can be easily installed into existing sport pants and jock straps.
Patente: Patented. Patent No: US 7,004,921. Mark Littell. 2006 & US 7,670,309. Mark Littell. 2010
Spanlede: Designer: Professor, Dosun Shin
Designer: Former MLB Player and Pitching Coach, Mark Littell
Beeldkrediete: Professor Dosun Shin, 2017