Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Atletisk beskyttelseskopp av Dosun Shin and Mark Littell

Designet Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Atletisk beskyttelseskopp av Dosun Shin and Mark Littell er en høyt verdsatt vinner av den svært prestisjetunge 2017 A' Design Award i Jern i konkurransekategorien Sikkerhetsklær og personlig verneutstyrdesign.

JernVerneutstyr· 2017

Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Atletisk beskyttelseskopp

av Dosun Shin and Mark Littell

Klient: Battle Sports Science

Vinner av A' Design Award i Jern i kategorien Verneutstyr

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Om Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Atletisk beskyttelseskopp

Nutty Buddy Flex er en atletisk beskyttelseskopp for mannlige idrettsutøvere. Koppen følger en anatomisk form og er laget ved sprøytestøping, med et polykarbonatskall og en overstøpning av termoplastisk elastomer. Den myke elastomerkanten strekker seg langs sideområdene, slik at kontakt med huden dempes og en mer komfortabel passform muliggjøres under aktiv kroppsbevegelse. Slagkrefter absorberes og fordeles jevnere over blygbenet og bløtvevet. Koppen tilbys i tre størrelser og passer inn i eksisterende sportsbukser og suspensorier.

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Om A' Design Award i Jern

Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Atletisk beskyttelseskopp er vinner av A' Design Award i Jern, en prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles gode design som oppfyller de profesjonelle og industrielle kravene man forventer av veldesignede skaperverk. Jernvinnere viser stor dyktighet, høy spesialisering, ekspertforståelse og kreativ kapasitet hos skaperne. Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Atletisk beskyttelseskopp forventes å være et høyt ansett, beundret og verdsatt skaperverk som er praktisk og nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Jern, integrerer bransjens beste praksis og har kompetente tekniske egenskaper knyttet til kunnskap og talent. Nutty Buddy Flex Athletic Cup Atletisk beskyttelseskopp respekteres for sin grundighet og er utformet for å gi forbedringer i livskvalitet som bidrar til å gjøre verden til et bedre sted.

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Krediteringer, teammedlemmer og tekniske detaljer levert av designeren.

Unike egenskaper: 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
Dimensjoner og emballasje: The cup comes with 3 different sizes.
Hog (small): 6.8x4x2.2 inch, Trophy (medium): 7x4.1x2.4inch, Mongo (large): 7.2x4.3x2.5inch
Stikkord: Nutty Buddy, Anatomical Cup, Killer Whale Cup
Produksjonsteknologi: 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.
Designutfordring: 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.
Forskning: 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.
Inspirasjon: 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.
Prosjektvarighet: 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.
Driftsflyt: 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.
Patenter: Patented. Patent No: US 7,004,921. Mark Littell. 2006 & US 7,670,309. Mark Littell. 2010
Teammedlemmer: Designer: Professor, Dosun Shin
Designer: Former MLB Player and Pitching Coach, Mark Littell
Bildekreditering: Professor Dosun Shin, 2017