Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Mosebetsi oa Sehlooho: Cup ea Ts'ireletso ea Boitšepo ka Dosun Shin and Mark Littell

Moralo oa Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Mosebetsi oa Sehlooho: Cup ea Ts'ireletso ea Boitšepo ka Dosun Shin and Mark Littell ke mohlodi oa khau e hlomphehang haholo ya 2017 Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award Mokhahleong oa Tlhodisano oa Moralo wa Diaparo tsa Polokeho le Thepa ya Tshireletso ya Motho.

TšepeThepa ya Tshireletso· 2017

Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Mosebetsi oa Sehlooho: Cup ea Ts'ireletso ea Boitšepo

ka Dosun Shin and Mark Littell

Moreki: Battle Sports Science

Mohlodi oa Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award Mokhahleong oa Thepa ya Tshireletso

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Mabapi le Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Mosebetsi oa Sehlooho: Cup ea Ts'ireletso ea Boitšepo

Mongolo oa Buka: Nutty Buddy Flex ke cup ea ts'ireletso ea boitšepo bakeng sa baithaopi ba banna. Cup ena e latela sebopeho sa 'mele mme e entsoe ka mokhoa oa ho tsentsa (injection molding), e na le sekhechana sa polycarbonate le sekoahelo sa thermoplastic elastomer. Moeli o bonolo oa elastomer o phatlalatsa ho theosa le mahlakoreng, e leng se etsang hore ho amana le letlalo ho be bonolo mme ho lumelle ho lekana hantle nakong ea metsamao e mafolofolo ea 'mele. Matla a khahlano a monyekoa le ho arolelanoa ka tekano ho pota-pota lesapo la pubic le lisele tse bonolo. Ho fanoa ka boholo bo boraro (sizes tse tharo), 'me cup ena e kena hantle liborokhong tsa tlholisano tse seng li le teng le li-jock strap.

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Mabapi le Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award

Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Mosebetsi oa Sehlooho: Cup ea Ts'ireletso ea Boitšepo ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang e fuoang meralo e metle e finyellang litlhoko tsa porofeshenale le tsa indasteri tse lebelletsoeng ho lintho tse hlahisitsoeng tse entsoeng hantle. Bahapi ba Tšepe ba bontša bokhoni bo boholo, bokhethehi bo phahameng, kutloisiso ea litsebi le bokhoni ba boqapi ba baqapi ba bona. Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Mosebetsi oa Sehlooho: Cup ea Ts'ireletso ea Boitšepo e lebelletsoe ho ba ntho e hlahisitsoeng e hlomphuoang haholo, e ratoang le e ratehang, e sebetsang le e nang le mehopolo e mecha. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award o kenyelletsa mekhoa e metle ka ho fetesisa ea indasteri mme o na le litšobotsi tsa theknoloji tse nang le bokhoni tse amanang le tsebo le talenta. Ka lebaka la botlalo ba eona, Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Mosebetsi oa Sehlooho: Cup ea Ts'ireletso ea Boitšepo e tšoanelehela tlhompho mme e entsoe ho fana ka ntlafatso ea bophelo e thusang ho etsa hore lefatše le be sebaka se molemo.

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Boleng bo Ikhethang: 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
Boholo le Phuthelo: The cup comes with 3 different sizes.
Hog (small): 6.8x4x2.2 inch, Trophy (medium): 7x4.1x2.4inch, Mongo (large): 7.2x4.3x2.5inch
Lithegi: Nutty Buddy, Anatomical Cup, Killer Whale Cup
Theknoloji ya Tlhahiso: 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.
Phephetso ya Moralo: 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.
Dipatlisiso: 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.
Kgothaletso: 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.
Nako ya Projeke: 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.
Tsamaiso ya Mosebetsi: 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.
Diphatente: Patented. Patent No: US 7,004,921. Mark Littell. 2006 & US 7,670,309. Mark Littell. 2010
Litho tsa Sehlopha: Designer: Professor, Dosun Shin
Designer: Former MLB Player and Pitching Coach, Mark Littell
Litlotla tsa Setshwantsho: Professor Dosun Shin, 2017