Adam's Leaf 小便池防溅垫 by Michael Jones and Sadie Mestman

Adam's Leaf 小便池防溅垫 by Michael Jones and Sadie Mestman is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 浴室家具与卫浴设计 Competition Category.

铁卫浴· 2020

Adam's Leaf 小便池防溅垫

by Michael Jones and Sadie Mestman

Client: Custom Hygienics, LLC.

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 卫浴 Category

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The Design

About Adam's Leaf 小便池防溅垫

「亚当之叶」(Adam's Leaf)是一款专为男士卫生间设计的小便池防溅垫。叶片造型中央设有高起的脊线,边缘呈倾斜角度,可有效导流尿液,防止溅回到使用者身上及地面。尿液不会滞留在垫面上,因此无需额外添加香氛。「亚当之叶」几乎适配所有尺寸的小便池,使用寿命长达六个月,从而降低了材料成本与清洁人工成本。该产品采用回收塑料经高压注塑成型,并添加助剂,使其在使用后可实现生物降解。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Adam's Leaf 小便池防溅垫是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Adam's Leaf 小便池防溅垫将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Adam's Leaf 小便池防溅垫因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

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.