Dosun Shin and Mark Littell diseinatzailearen Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Funtzio Nagusia: Kikara Babesle Atletikoa

Dosun Shin and Mark Littell diseinatzailearen Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Funtzio Nagusia: Kikara Babesle Atletikoa lana 2017 Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award sari ospetsuaren irabazle bikaina da Segurtasun Arropa eta Babes Ekipamendu Pertsonalaren Diseinua Lehiaketa Kategorian.

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Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Funtzio Nagusia: Kikara Babesle Atletikoa

diseinatzailea: Dosun Shin and Mark Littell

Bezeroa: Battle Sports Science

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Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Funtzio Nagusia: Kikara Babesle Atletikoa Diseinuari Buruz

Testu Liburua: Nutty Buddy Flex kirolari gizonezkoentzako kikara babesle atletikoa da. Kikarak forma anatomikoa jarraitzen du eta injekzio bidezko moldaketaz egina dago, polikarbonatozko kaskarekin eta elastomero termoplastikozko gainmoldaketarekin. Elastomero ertz leuna alboko eremuetan zehar hedatzen da, azalarekiko kontaktua kuxinatuta gera dadin eta doikuntza erosoagoa ahalbidetu dadin gorputzaren mugimendu aktiboan zehar. Inpaktu-indarrak xurgatu egiten dira eta modu orekatuagoan banatzen dira pubis-hezurrean eta ehun bigunetan zehar. Hiru neurritan eskaintzen da, eta kikara existitzen diren kirol-galtzetan eta babesgarrietan (jock strap) egokitzen da.

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Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Funtzio Nagusia: Kikara Babesle Atletikoa Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, ondo diseinatutako sorkuntzetatik espero diren eskakizun profesional eta industrialak betetzen dituzten diseinu onei ematen zaien aitorpen prestijiotsua. Burdin-mailako irabazleek beren sortzaileen trebetasun handia, espezializazio handia, adituen ulermena eta sormen-gaitasuna erakusten dituzte. Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Funtzio Nagusia: Kikara Babesle Atletikoa oso estimatua, miretsia eta maitea den sorkuntza izatea espero da, praktikoa eta berritzailea dena. Burdinazko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu honek sektoreko praktika onenak integratzen ditu eta know-how-ari eta talentuari lotutako ezaugarri tekniko gaituak ditu. Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Funtzio Nagusia: Kikara Babesle Atletikoa zehaztasunagatik errespetatua den lana da, eta mundua leku hobea egiten laguntzen duten bizi-kalitatearen hobekuntzak eskaintzeko diseinatua dagoena.

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Propietate Bereziak: 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
Neurriak eta Ontziratzea: The cup comes with 3 different sizes.
Hog (small): 6.8x4x2.2 inch, Trophy (medium): 7x4.1x2.4inch, Mongo (large): 7.2x4.3x2.5inch
Etiketak: Nutty Buddy, Anatomical Cup, Killer Whale Cup
Produkzio Teknologia: 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.
Diseinu Erronka: 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.
Ikerketa: 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.
Inspirazioa: 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.
Proiektuaren Iraupena: 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.
Eragiketa Fluxua: 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.
Patenteak: Patented. Patent No: US 7,004,921. Mark Littell. 2006 & US 7,670,309. Mark Littell. 2010
Taldekideak: Designer: Professor, Dosun Shin
Designer: Former MLB Player and Pitching Coach, Mark Littell
Irudi Kredituak: Professor Dosun Shin, 2017