Suction Saver
This idea has been brought to life
Leading the design team is Creative Design Directing Manager Steve Elliott. Steve has been a “maker” since he was little and likes being able to use his imagination each day at PTI and describes himself as having a “DIY Mindset” especially when something does not exist! The design team brings years of education and experience to the product design board and are excited to help bring Little Inventors’ visions to life!
Blog entries
On May 28th the Little Inventors WILD IDEAS celebration was held to showcase all of the MISD Little Inventors and their WILD IDEAS! It was awesome to see the final SUCTION SAVOR suit and Jaxon's reaction to seeing his invention brought to life. There were 2400 entries in Macomb County, Congratulations to all of this year's Little Inventors!
The last few days have been a flurry of activity and a few setbacks for the Suction Suit Construction. Steve has had to sew, take apart, resew and take apart again....but that is all part of the creative process! And if you take a closer look in one of the pictures there is a small plaque that Steve keeps on his desk that reads " It's kind of fun to do the Impossible" !
Designer Steve worked through several design concepts to come up with a pattern and process for creating the suction saver's critical feature, the suction cups!
Steve has laid out all the patterns for the Suction Saver suit and is beginning to sew component pieces together, the suit is coming to life!
Our team members Steve and Brian visited our inventor Jaxon at his school to take measurements for the suction suit and talked to Jaxon and his class about the design process!
Steve is working on the initial designs for the Suction Saver Suit, gathering supplies for construction and working out a pattern and measurement plan, stay tuned!
Steve Elliott, Creative Design Director, and the Team at PTI held a kickoff meeting with Little Inventor Jaxon and his teacher Sarah today. Jaxon shared what inspired the design, and the features it has, and how it can help people. Steve created an inspiration board to share with Jaxon and reviewed design features of the suit. Next steps will be to get measurements from Jaxon so that a pattern can be developed for constructing the suit!