Adam's Leaf Funcție Primară: Grătar pentru Pisoar by Michael Jones and Sadie Mestman

Adam's Leaf Funcție Primară: Grătar pentru Pisoar by Michael Jones and Sadie Mestman is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Fier in Obiecte Sanitare Competition Category.

FierObiecte Sanitare· 2020

Adam's Leaf Funcție Primară: Grătar pentru Pisoar

by Michael Jones and Sadie Mestman

Client: Custom Hygienics, LLC.

A' Design Award de Fier Winner in Obiecte Sanitare Category

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The Design

About Adam's Leaf Funcție Primară: Grătar pentru Pisoar

Text Carte: Adam's Leaf este un grătar pentru pisoar conceput pentru toaletele bărbaților. Forma de frunză are o creastă centrală înaltă și margini înclinate care deviază jetul de urină și previn stropirea pe utilizator și pe podea. Urina nu este reținută pe grătar, astfel încât nu sunt necesare arome adăugate. Adam's Leaf se potrivește aproape oricărei dimensiuni de pisoar și rămâne eficient timp de până la șase luni, ceea ce reduce costurile de material și de curățare. Grătarul este fabricat prin injecție la presiune înaltă din plastic reciclat, cu un aditiv care favorizează biodegradarea după utilizare.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Fier

Adam's Leaf Funcție Primară: Grătar pentru Pisoar a câștigat A' Design Award de Fier, o recunoaștere prestigioasă acordată designurilor bune care îndeplinesc cerințele profesionale și industriale așteptate de la creații bine concepute. Câștigătorii Fierului demonstrează mare pricepere, înaltă specializare, înțelegere de specialitate și capacitate creativă din partea creatorilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Adam's Leaf Funcție Primară: Grătar pentru Pisoar să fie o creație foarte apreciată, admirată și prețuită, practică și inovatoare. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Fier integrează cele mai bune practici din industrie și are caracteristici tehnice competente îmbinate cu know-how și talent. Pentru acuratețea sa, Adam's Leaf Funcție Primară: Grătar pentru Pisoar merită respect și este conceput pentru a aduce îmbunătățiri ale calității vieții care ajută la facerea lumii un loc mai bun.

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.