Adam's Leaf Tuduṛt n Adam by Michael Jones and Sadie Mestman is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Uzzal in Afeṣṣel n Iferrasen n Uxxam n Usired d Ifecka n Unadif Competition Category.
UzzalIfecka n Unadif· 2020
Adam's Leaf Tuduṛt n Adam
by Michael Jones and Sadie Mestman
Client: Custom Hygienics, LLC.
Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Uzzal Winner in Ifecka n Unadif Category
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About Adam's Leaf Tuduṛt n Adam
Isem: Adam's Leaf d yiwet n tuduṛt i d-yettwaxedmen i yiḥeǧǧamen n yergazen. Tuɣlin-is tettwaḍmm ɣef wudem n yiferr, s tsemmimt ilemmasen iɛlayen akked yimiren iznuzuyen i yessewjaden asḍann n uman iwakken ur d-yeɣli ara ɣef umseqdac neɣ ɣef uḍar. Aman ur ttwaṭṭfen ara deg tuduṛt, daymi ur yettusra ara ad tesɛu rriḥa ittwarnan. Adam's Leaf yezmer ad yessefk ɣer amḍan meqqren n tewsatin n yiḥeǧǧamen, yerna yeqqim yeqḍa lxedma alarmi d sețța n wagguren, ayen i d-yessufuɣen srid asuqel n lmawadd akked lxedma n uzewwiq. Tuduṛt-agi tettwaxdem s tarrayt n uɛessi n lḥila s tazyert taɛlayt seg umruzi asuf ittwarran ɣer lḥala, s tarna n usnerni ara ixeddmen ɣef useɣti n tefsantin seld useqdec-is.
The Recognition
About the Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Uzzal
Adam's Leaf Tuduṛt n Adam d amerbaḥ n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Uzzal, tagmat i yisnulfa yelhan i yemmalen ayen i d-ttrajun yimdanen seg yisnulfa yelhan. Imerbaḥen n Uzzal ttbanen d tmusni, tmahilt d tazmert n yimahilen-nsen. Adam's Leaf Tuduṛt n Adam ad yili d asnulfu yettwaɛezzen, yelhan, amaynut. Isnulfa-a ttwaɛezzen imi ɛawnen deg tudert, rran ddunit ugar n lxir.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Adam's Leaf is a uniquely designed men's urinal screen that effectively prevents urine splash-back for the user and keeps restroom floors clean to improve hygiene. It is biodegradable, and its design deflects the urine stream without splash or retention of urine in the urinal eliminating the need for added scents. It fits virtually any size urinal and its durability, up to six months, helps reduce material and janitorial labor costs.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Adam's Leaf has dimensions of: 180mm. length, 170mm. width, 80mm. height, and weighs 114.76 grams.
- Tags
- It is leaf-shaped with a narrow high center ridge designed to deflect fluid
- Production Technology
- Adam's Leaf is produced by high pressure injection molding using recycled plastic and EcoPure which facilitates its biodegration post-use.
- Design Challenge
- The project was time consuming as a variety of materials and shapes were trialed to achieve a workable and durable design that was both pleasing to the eye and effective. The cost of creating an injection mold and the various trial models were expensive along with the intellectual property legal costs.
- Research
- Numerous prototypes were made including clay models and early 3D printed models to achieve a successful design and also several plastic formulations were trialed to achieve the correct Shore hardness and composition to allow moderate flexibility but shape retention to remain effective. EcoPure was added to enhance biodegradation post-use.
- Inspiration
- Adam's Leaf was inspired by the need to improve men's bathroom hygiene and takes its shape from fig leaves strategically painted in Renaissance and Pre-Renaissance art. The high fin-like center and angled leaf edges facilitate the flow of fluid off the leaf without splash back onto the user and surrounding floor, and its unusual design helps the urinal user stay focused over the urinal longer to completely finish the process also improving restroom hygiene.
- Project Duration
- The project idea was conceived in 2006 and the design completed after numerous prototypes and patented in 2016.
- Operation Flow
- It will function in any position in a men's urinal except when inverted-(upside down) and weighs enough not be moved by water from urinal flushing.
- Patents
- US patent-US D773,016 S November 29, 2016, patent holder, Custom Hygienics, LLC., Inventor, Michael Jones Omaha, Nebraska, USA. US Trademark Registration No. 5,885,710, October 15, 2019 ADAM'S LEAF owned by Custom Hygienics, LLC.
- Team Members
- Michael Jones
Sadie Mestman - Image Credits
- Still photos of Adam's Leaf were taken by Andrew Lachance, Omaha, Nebraska. Videos were created by Michael Jones, Omaha, Nebraska.
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