Adam's Leaf 亞當之葉 by Michael Jones and Sadie Mestman

Adam's Leaf 亞當之葉 by Michael Jones and Sadie Mestman is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 衞生潔具設計 Competition Category.

鐵衞生潔具· 2020

Adam's Leaf 亞當之葉

by Michael Jones and Sadie Mestman

Client: Custom Hygienics, LLC.

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 衞生潔具 Category

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The Design

About Adam's Leaf 亞當之葉

亞當之葉係為男士洗手間設計嘅小便斗擋板。葉形設計中央有高凸脊，加上傾斜邊緣，可以將尿液沖擊分流，避免濺返出嚟弄濕使用者同地面。由於尿液唔會積留喺擋板上，所以毋須額外添加香味劑。亞當之葉幾乎適用於任何尺寸嘅小便斗，效用可持續長達六個月，有效降低物料同清潔人工成本。呢款擋板採用高壓注塑成型技術製造，物料為回收塑膠，並加入特殊添加劑，令產品喺使用後可以生物降解。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Adam's Leaf 亞當之葉是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計Adam's Leaf 亞當之葉將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。Adam's Leaf 亞當之葉因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

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.