Adam's Leaf ናይ ዩሪናል መከላኸሊ ስክሪን by Michael Jones and Sadie Mestman is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ኣቕሑ ሽንቲ ቤትን ናውቲ ጽሬትን Competition Category.
ሓጺንናውቲ ጽሬት· 2020
Adam's Leaf ናይ ዩሪናል መከላኸሊ ስክሪን
by Michael Jones and Sadie Mestman
Client: Custom Hygienics, LLC.
ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ናውቲ ጽሬት Category
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About Adam's Leaf ናይ ዩሪናል መከላኸሊ ስክሪን
ናይ ኣዳም ቆጠባ ንዉሽጣዊ ክፍልታት ደቂ ተባዕትዮ ዝተነደፈ ናይ ዩሪናል መከላኸሊ ስክሪን እዩ። እዚ ናይ ቆጠባ ቅርጺ ልዑል ማእከላይ ጫፍ ከምኡ’ውን ኣንፈት ዘለዎም ጫፋት ኣለዎ፣ እዚኦም ድማ ንፍሰት ሽንቲ የግልብጡን ናብቲ ተጠቃሚን ወይ መሬትን ከይምለስ ይከላኸሉ። ሽንቲ ኣብቲ ስክሪን ስለዘይተርፍ፡ ተወሳኺ ጨናት ምውሳኽ ኣየድልን። ናይ ኣዳም ቆጠባ ኣብ ኩሉ ዳርጋ ዓቐናት ዩሪናል ይሰማማዕ፣ ክሳብ ሽዱሽተ ኣዋርሕ ውጽኢታዊ ኮይኑ ይቕጽል፣ እዚ ድማ ወጻኢታት ንጥረ-ነገራትን ናይ ጽገና ጉልበትን ይንኪ። እቲ ስክሪን ካብ ዳግም ዝተፈብረኸ ፕላስቲክ ብኣገባብ ልዑል ጸቕጢ ኢንጀክሽን ሞልዲንግ ተሰሪሑ፣ ድሕሪ ኣገልግሎት ባዮዲግረደሽን ዘተባብዕ ተወሳኺ ንጥረ-ነገር ዝሓዘ እዩ።
The Recognition
About the ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award
Adam's Leaf ናይ ዩሪናል መከላኸሊ ስክሪን ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ካብ ጽቡቕ ዝተዳለዉ ፍጥረታት ዝጽበዩ ሞያውን ኢንዱስትሪኣውን ጠለባት ንዝመላኡ ጽቡቓት ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ሓጺን ዓቢ ክእለት፣ ልዑል ፍሉይነት፣ ክኢላዊ ርድኢትን ፈጠራዊ ዓቕምን ፈጣርዮም የርእዩ። Adam's Leaf ናይ ዩሪናል መከላኸሊ ስክሪን ብብዙሕ ዝተመነየ፣ ዝደነቐን ዝፈተዎን፣ ተግባራውን ሓድሽን ፍጥረት ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ንዝበለጹ ልምድታት ኢንዱስትሪ የጣምር፣ ምስ ፍልጠትን ተውህቦን ዝተኣሳሰሩ ብቑዓት ቴክኒካውያን ባህርያት ድማ ኣለዎ። Adam's Leaf ናይ ዩሪናል መከላኸሊ ስክሪን ብጥንቃቐኡ ይኽበር፣ ንዓለም ዝሓሸ ቦታ ክትኸውን ዝሕግዙ ምምሕያሻት መዓርግ ህይወት ንምቕራብ ድማ ዝተዳለወ እዩ።
Behind the Design
Press Kit
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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