Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Sportinis apsauginis kriauklė – autorius Dosun Shin and Mark Littell

Darbas Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Sportinis apsauginis kriauklė, kurio autorius Dosun Shin and Mark Littell, yra itin vertinamas prestižinio 2017 Geležinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award laimėtojas konkurso kategorijoje Apsauginių drabužių ir asmeninės apsaugos priemonių dizainas.

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Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Sportinis apsauginis kriauklė

Dizaineris: Dosun Shin and Mark Littell

Klientas: Battle Sports Science

Kategorijos Apsaugos priemonės laimėtojas – Geležinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award

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Apie Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Sportinis apsauginis kriauklė

„Nutty Buddy Flex“ – tai sportinė apsauginė kriauklė, skirta vyrams sportininkams. Kriauklė sukurta pagal anatominę formą ir gaminama liejimo į formas būdu, naudojant polikarbonato korpusą ir termoplastinio elastomero antdėklą. Minkštas elastomero kraštas tęsiasi šoninėse srityse, todėl kontaktas su oda yra amortizuojamas, o aktyvaus kūno judėjimo metu užtikrinamas patogesnis prigludimas. Smūgio jėgos yra sugeriamos ir tolygiau paskirstomos gaktikaulio srityje bei minkštuosiuose audiniuose. Siūlomi trys dydžiai, o kriauklė tinka esamoms sportinėms kelnėms ir apsauginiams diržams.

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Apie Geležinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award

Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Sportinis apsauginis kriauklė laimėjo Geležinį apdovanojimą A' Design Award, prestižinį pripažinimą, skiriamą geriems dizainams, atitinkantiems profesinius ir pramoninius reikalavimus, kurių tikimasi iš gerai suprojektuotų kūrinių. Geležies laureatai rodo didelius kūrėjų įgūdžius, aukštą specializaciją, ekspertinį supratimą ir kūrybinį gebėjimą. Tikimasi, kad Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Sportinis apsauginis kriauklė bus aukštai vertinamas, žavimas ir brangus kūrinys, praktiškas ir novatoriškas. Šis Geležiniu apdovanojimu įvertintas dizainas integruoja geriausias pramonės praktikas ir turi kompetentingas technines savybes, susietas su patirtimi ir talentu. Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Sportinis apsauginis kriauklė gerbiamas už kruopštumą ir sukurtas taip, kad gerintų gyvenimo kokybę ir padėtų padaryti pasaulį geresne vieta.

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Unikalios savybės: 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
Matmenys ir pakuotė: The cup comes with 3 different sizes.
Hog (small): 6.8x4x2.2 inch, Trophy (medium): 7x4.1x2.4inch, Mongo (large): 7.2x4.3x2.5inch
Žymos: Nutty Buddy, Anatomical Cup, Killer Whale Cup
Gamybos technologija: 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.
Dizaino iššūkis: 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.
Tyrimas: 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.
Įkvėpimas: 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.
Projekto trukmė: 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.
Veikimo eiga: 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.
Patentai: Patented. Patent No: US 7,004,921. Mark Littell. 2006 & US 7,670,309. Mark Littell. 2010
Komandos nariai: Designer: Professor, Dosun Shin
Designer: Former MLB Player and Pitching Coach, Mark Littell
Nuotraukų autoriai: Professor Dosun Shin, 2017