Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Copa Protectora Deportiva de Dosun Shin and Mark Littell

O deseño Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Copa Protectora Deportiva de Dosun Shin and Mark Littell é un estimado gañador do moi prestixioso 2017 A' Design Award de Ferro na Categoría de Competición Deseño de Roupa de Seguridade e Equipos de Protección Persoal.

FerroEquipo de Protección· 2017

Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Copa Protectora Deportiva

de Dosun Shin and Mark Littell

Cliente: Battle Sports Science

Gañador do A' Design Award de Ferro na Categoría Equipo de Protección

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O Deseño

Sobre Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Copa Protectora Deportiva

O Nutty Buddy Flex é unha copa protectora deportiva para deportistas masculinos. A copa segue unha forma anatómica e está fabricada mediante moldaxe por inxección, cunha carcasa de policarbonato e un sobremoldeado de elastómero termoplástico. O bordo brando de elastómero esténdese polas zonas laterais, de xeito que o contacto coa pel queda amortecido e se permite un axuste máis cómodo durante o movemento corporal activo. As forzas de impacto absórbense e distribúense de forma máis uniforme polo óso pubiano e os tecidos brandos. Ofrécense tres tamaños, e a copa encaixa nos pantalóns deportivos e suspensorios xa existentes.

O Recoñecemento

Sobre o A' Design Award de Ferro

Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Copa Protectora Deportiva gañou o A' Design Award de Ferro, un recoñecemento prestixioso outorgado a bos deseños que cumpren os requisitos profesionais e industriais esperados de creacións ben deseñadas. Os gañadores Ferro demostran a gran habilidade, a alta especialización, a comprensión experta e a capacidade creativa dos seus creadores. Espérase que Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Copa Protectora Deportiva sexa unha creación moi apreciada, admirada e querida que é práctica e innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as mellores prácticas do sector e ten características técnicas competentes ligadas ao saber facer e ao talento. Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Copa Protectora Deportiva é respectado pola súa minuciosidade e está deseñado para proporcionar melloras na calidade de vida que axudan a facer do mundo un lugar mellor.

Detrás do deseño

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Créditos, membros do equipo e detalles técnicos proporcionados polo deseñador.

Propiedades Únicas: 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
Dimensións e Embalaxe: The cup comes with 3 different sizes.
Hog (small): 6.8x4x2.2 inch, Trophy (medium): 7x4.1x2.4inch, Mongo (large): 7.2x4.3x2.5inch
Etiquetas: Nutty Buddy, Anatomical Cup, Killer Whale Cup
Tecnoloxía de Produción: 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.
Reto de Deseño: 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.
Investigación: 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.
Inspiración: 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.
Duración do Proxecto: 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.
Fluxo de Operacións: 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.
Patentes: Patented. Patent No: US 7,004,921. Mark Littell. 2006 & US 7,670,309. Mark Littell. 2010
Membros do Equipo: Designer: Professor, Dosun Shin
Designer: Former MLB Player and Pitching Coach, Mark Littell
Créditos das Imaxes: Professor Dosun Shin, 2017