ABOUT US

We are 4 undergraduate students studying Industrial Engineering in the University of Illinois at Chicago. We were tasked to create a project/product that could fit inside the Human Factors and Ergonomics field. We designed this product in order to achieve the best ergonomic results that can be received from support braces. As students, our design is the best we could achieve with the usage of Solid Works, e-Drawings, and Wix! During this time, we hope our design will persuade and somewhat impress you as well as change your focus on something else rather than the so-obvious-monster going around the world.

about our design

Our design is actually very simple. We wanted to combine the most used support braces and create a product that can be bought once but used more than once and one occasion.

We combined:

Back Belt with removable straps that are used for Knee Support and Ankle Support.

When straps are removed, the Back Belt can be folded into a Neck Support.

about our design process & sketches

Our design process consisted of: researching how the current support braces function, creating a logical connection between certain braces, and drawing the basic designs on a sketchpad.

about our materials

We know that materials used in support braces differ depending on their usage:

Only elastics material, without any rigid support.
- Used for sports and
- Irregular strain and strain.
- Because flexibility is required in this applications.
Metal inside the elastic pocket, for rigid support.
- Used for post injuries and
- Regular pain due to strain and stress.
- Lifting/carrying higher load support.

What we have done is, we used stretchy, elastic material that has hook and loop tapes on the places where holding is necessary. The materials we used are all hypoallergenic as well as comfortable to help the user put it for a long period of time.

We have shown our materials from different examples and connected them to support braces.