Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Idrottsskydd av Dosun Shin and Mark Littell

Designen Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Idrottsskydd av Dosun Shin and Mark Littell är en högt ansedd vinnare av den mycket prestigefyllda 2017 A' Design Award i Järn i tävlingskategorin Skyddskläder och Personlig Skyddsutrustningsdesign.

JärnSkyddsutrustning· 2017

Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Idrottsskydd

av Dosun Shin and Mark Littell

Klient: Battle Sports Science

Vinnare av A' Design Award i Järn i kategorin Skyddsutrustning

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Designen

Om Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Idrottsskydd

Nutty Buddy Flex är ett idrottsskydd för manliga idrottare. Skyddet följer en anatomisk form och tillverkas genom formsprutning, med ett skal av polykarbonat och en övergjutning av termoplastisk elastomer. Den mjuka elastomerkanten sträcker sig längs sidorna, så att kontakten med huden dämpas och en mer bekväm passform möjliggörs vid aktiv kroppsrörelse. Stötkrafter absorberas och fördelas jämnare över blygdbenet och den mjuka vävnaden. Skyddet finns i tre storlekar och passar i befintliga sportbyxor och suspensoarer.

Erkännandet

Om A' Design Award i Järn

Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Idrottsskydd är vinnare av A' Design Award i Järn, ett prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas bra designverk som uppfyller de professionella och industriella krav som förväntas av välgjorda skapelser. Järnvinnare visar stor skicklighet, hög specialisering, expertförståelse och skaparnas kreativa förmåga. Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Idrottsskydd förväntas vara en högt skattad, beundrad och älskad skapelse som är praktisk och innovativ. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Järn integrerar branschens bästa praxis och har kompetenta tekniska egenskaper kopplade till kunnande och talang. Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Idrottsskydd respekteras för sin grundlighet och är utformat för att åstadkomma förbättringar av livskvaliteten som hjälper till att göra världen till en bättre plats.

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Erkännanden, teammedlemmar och tekniska detaljer tillhandahållna av designern.

Unika egenskaper: 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
Dimensioner & förpackning: The cup comes with 3 different sizes.
Hog (small): 6.8x4x2.2 inch, Trophy (medium): 7x4.1x2.4inch, Mongo (large): 7.2x4.3x2.5inch
Taggar: Nutty Buddy, Anatomical Cup, Killer Whale Cup
Produktionsteknik: 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.
Designutmaning: 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.
Forskning: 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.
Inspiration: 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.
Projektlängd: 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.
Arbetsflöde: 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.
Patent: Patented. Patent No: US 7,004,921. Mark Littell. 2006 & US 7,670,309. Mark Littell. 2010
Teammedlemmar: Designer: Professor, Dosun Shin
Designer: Former MLB Player and Pitching Coach, Mark Littell
Bildkrediteringar: Professor Dosun Shin, 2017