Dbgripper Mânerul Cu Gantere by Chungsheng Chen and Hungchi Hu

Dbgripper Mânerul Cu Gantere by Chungsheng Chen and Hungchi Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Argint in Articole Sportive Competition Category.

ArgintArticole Sportive· 2021

Dbgripper Mânerul Cu Gantere

by Chungsheng Chen and Hungchi Hu

Client: Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Deparment

A' Design Award de Argint Winner in Articole Sportive Category

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The Design

About Dbgripper Mânerul Cu Gantere

Acesta este un instrument de fitness sigur și bun pentru toate vârstele. Acoperire moale la atingere pe suprafață, oferind o senzație mătăsoasă. Fabricat din silicon 100% reciclabil, cu o formulă de material specială care produce 6 niveluri diferite de duritate, cu dimensiuni și greutate diferite, oferă antrenament opțional al forței de prindere. De asemenea, prinderea de mână se poate potrivi pe crestătura rotunjită de pe ambele părți ale barei de gantere, adăugând greutate pentru antrenarea mușchilor brațelor până la 60 de tipuri de combinații diferite de forță. Culorile atrăgătoare de la deschis la întuneric, indică puterea și greutatea de la ușor la greu.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Argint

Dbgripper Mânerul Cu Gantere a câștigat A' Design Award de Argint, o recunoaștere extraordinar de prestigioasă acordată designurilor de top, superbe și impresionante. Câștigătorii Argintului sunt lucrări extraordinar de strălucite și extrem de creative, care ilustrează expertiza, talentul și perspicacitatea remarcabile ale designerilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Dbgripper Mânerul Cu Gantere să fie o lucrare minunată, de referință, remarcabil de profesionistă și profund inovatoare. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Argint este o invenție foarte notabilă și admirată, care aduce beneficii și împinge limitele artei, științei, designului și tehnologiei. Dbgripper Mânerul Cu Gantere este o creație extrem de invidiată, care trezește dorințe, aduce sentimente pozitive și stârnește uimire și mirare.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: A set of 6 hand grippers with different weight and grip strength, combine with a dumbbell bar with rounded notch at both end, adding weight to it. Made by 100 % recyclable silicone with special material formula producing 6 different levels of hardness. They are smooth, soft appearance design with eye-catching colors from light to dark, indicates the strength and weight from light to heavy. The soft touch surface coating provides silky feel, good hold and grip.
Dimensions & Packaging: Size:
(Dumbbell bar) Diameter 60mm L2250mm x 1 pc
(Hand gripper) Diameter 85mm(L) x 3pcs, Diameter 75mm(M) x 3 pcs
Net Weight: 2kg/set
Hand gripper weight:
(85mm)130g, 185g, 221g.
(75mm) 105g, 145g, 185g
Material: Food grade silicone, metal bar, metal ball.
Patent no:M602454. (2020)Taiwan.
Patent holder: ChungSheng Chen.
Tags: Silicone, Weight Adjustable, Dumbbell, Handgripper.
Production Technology: Material: LGB Silicone, Metal Bar, Metal Ball.
Production Tech: Silicone fully cover over metal technology.
Surface Touching: Silky Soft Touch Coating, enhance the touch of the surface.
Design Challenge: In order to achieve several grip strength and weight in one single product, the hand gripper dimension has to accommodate the majority palm size of the family members from young to elderly, children and woman, 75mm and 85mm diameter conform to the requirement. Different numbers of metal balls were placed into the grippers, adding more weight yet still can be grip and squeeze, this is the toughest part in molding. Rounded notch at both sides on the dumbbell bar, designed to perfect fit for the 2 different sizes of hand grippers, allowing all family members to adjust the weight easily.
Research: Grip strength and weight training have a very important relationship with health or rehabilitation. Presently most of the dumbbells or grippers are emphasize on functionality and were made of metal and spring, looks tough but rough, may not suitable to all age member in the family, even may cause accidental injuries. This design it’s a weight adjustable dumbbell plus gripper, the very first fitness tool for hand and arm muscle training that integrated dumbbell and gripper in a single fitness product to be made in silicone material with different grip strength and weight.
Inspiration: The trend of home fitness training is becoming more and more popular. Dumbbells and hand grippers are very common basic muscle training equipment at home. However, most of the products currently on the market are made of metal, looks tough but rough, and each of the dumbbell or hand gripper comes only a single weight or grip strength, this caused a single product cannot meet the needs of the whole family, especially the elderly, women and young children.
Project Duration: The project started in August,2019 finished in April,2020 in Tainan, ready to go test production by early 2021.
Operation Flow: Is a safe and good hold fitness tools for all ages. Soft touch coating on the surface, providing a silky feel. The different size and weight of the hand gripper provide optional grip force training, hand gripper also can fit onto the dumbbell bar for arm muscle training up to 60 types of different strength combination.
Patents: Patented, Patent no:M602454. Patent holder: Chungsheng Chen. 2020.Taiwan.
Team Members: Designer: ChungSheng Chen
Designer: SiYu Wu
Engineer: HungChi Hu
Tainan University of Technology Product Design Dept
Acdesign Associates International Co.,Ltd.
Jin Hui Co.,Ltd.
Image Credits: Image credit:ChungSheng Chen, SiYu Wu