Lazy Dog’s Can
EF 152 Spring, 2017
March 4th, 2017
Team 15
Spencer Mapes, Trent Payne, Abby Newberry, Ellie Jelinek
Marketing Video
Customer Requirements/
Product Selection
u TargetAudience
u 2-6yearolds
u Requirements
u
Tocreateatoythatisentertaining,informative,andnot
dangerous.
u Why?
u AstheSTEMcareershaveanincreasingdemand,children
haveaneedtolearnaboutenergyearlierintheirlives.
u How?
u Wethoughtabouthowtoreverseawinduptoy.
ConceptualDesign
u
Why?
u TeachChildrenaboutPotentialvs.
KineticEnergy.
u Materials
u 3DPrintCasing
u Spring
u Weight
Actual Design
u Why?
u 3Dcasingwasnotanoption
u Rubberbandwasmoreversatile.
u How?
u Canister(approximatelysamesize
ascaddesign).
u Suspendedweightsfromarubber
band.
u Stabilizedrubberbandfromeither
sideofcanister.
Customer Feedback
u Parent
Feedback
u
The younger the child the more enjoyable it is. This is
because they are easily distracted and would find
something to play with before they went to get it.
u
This toy creates less stress for a parent because they
are not worried about the cleaning since it is low
maintenance.
u Children
u
Feedback
The tend to enjoy it because the toy comes back to
them and they never had to chase it. You could see
the children really provoked on the mechanics of
the Lazy Dog’s Can
Customer has four children:
10 year old girl
8 year old girl
4 year old boy
3 year old boy
Cost Estimates
TotalCost
Weight
Quantityof
Item
$0.045(2)=$0. 2000
09
$1.00
1000
Casing
$2.50
1000
$2,500.00
TotalPerUnit
$3.59
1000Units
$3590.00
Item
Rubberbands
CostPerItem
$90.00
$1,000.00
Time Estimates
Time
(mins)
Devising
185
Developing
195
Report
ØA total of 380 mins were
spent on devising and
developing our toy, this
does not include time for
the presentation
ØRetail price will be set at
$10.00 to create a large
profit margin to offset the
initial $3.59 and man
hours.
Brief Summary/
Conclusion
u Summary
u Althoughwehadtechnicalerrors,wewereabletoproduce
asuccessfulprototypethatreachesover30feetinlength!
u Conclusion
u Ifgiventhepropertimeandmaterial,wewouldhave
foundawaytobetterproduceamorereliablecanister.
u Thisprototypehasthepotentialtoinspiretoycompanies
tobuildtoycarswithaaxelmechanism.