Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Poculum Protectivum Athleticum ab Dosun Shin and Mark Littell

Opus Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Poculum Protectivum Athleticum a designatore Dosun Shin and Mark Littell est victor maxime honoratus praemii praestigiosissimi 2017 Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum in Categoria Certaminis Instrumentum Protectivum.

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Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Poculum Protectivum Athleticum

a Dosun Shin and Mark Littell

Cliens: Battle Sports Science

Victor praemii Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum in Categoria Instrumentum Protectivum

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De Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Poculum Protectivum Athleticum

Nutty Buddy Flex poculum protectivum athleticum est pro athletis virilibus. Poculum formam anatomicam sequitur et per moldationem iniectionis efficitur, testa e polycarbonato et superfusione e thermoplastico elastomero constans. Margo mollis elastomericus per partes laterales extenditur, ita ut contactus cum cute molliatur et aptatio commodior praebeatur durante motu corporis activo. Vires impactus absorbentur et aequabilius per os pubis et tela mollia distribuuntur. Tres magnitudines offeruntur, et poculum in bracas sportivas et fascias inguinales iam exsistentes bene convenit.

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De Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum

Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Poculum Protectivum Athleticum victor est Praemii A' Design Award Ferreum, honoris amplissimi formis bonis dati, quae postulatis professionalibus et industrialibus ab creationibus bene formatis exspectatis satisfaciunt. Victores Ferrei magnam peritiam, altam specializationem, intellectum periti et facultatem creandi auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Poculum Protectivum Athleticum creationem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, practicam et novam fore. Haec forma Ferreo victa optimas industriae consuetudines integrat et proprietates technicas idoneas, cum scientia et talento coniunctas, habet. Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Poculum Protectivum Athleticum ob diligentiam suam honoratur et ad vitae qualitatem emendandam formatum est, ut mundum meliorem reddere iuvet.

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Merita, sodales gregis et singula technica a designatore praebita.

Proprietates Singulares: 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
Dimensiones et Involucrum: The cup comes with 3 different sizes.
Hog (small): 6.8x4x2.2 inch, Trophy (medium): 7x4.1x2.4inch, Mongo (large): 7.2x4.3x2.5inch
Notulae: Nutty Buddy, Anatomical Cup, Killer Whale Cup
Technologia Productionis: 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.
Provocatio Designandi: 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.
Investigatio: 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.
Inspiratio: 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.
Duratio Operis: 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.
Cursus Operationis: 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
Membra Turmae: Designer: Professor, Dosun Shin
Designer: Former MLB Player and Pitching Coach, Mark Littell
Agnitiones Imaginum: Professor Dosun Shin, 2017