Abstract: The purpose of creating a multifunctional laundry basket is for people to adjust to something that is more convenient when it comes to doing laundry. My team and I have done our research and discovered that most people that do laundry, either at home or a Laundromat, normally use the single laundry basket or bag to place their dirty clothes in, and then clean clothes after they are finished. D.T.S designs have come up with a solution to fix most people’s problems, by creating a laundry basket that will be designed for an all-in-one purpose.
Introduction: Our objective plan is to create and design a multifunctional laundry basket to fit everyone’s daily needs; from having a simple laundry basket which is used to place unclean/clean clothes into it; compared to something that is an all in one purpose. D.T.S Designs has come up with a great idea that can be more convenient for you! We have transformed a simple laundry basket, to a multifunctional laundry basket, which includes: wheels – better movement, one large hamper separating into two- it can hold your white and color clothes, a kangaroo sized pouch – to hold your detergents, a foldable axis – to simply place into small places, adjustable rods – to hang clothes, and a flat table top – for you to fold your clothes. Our product will blow your mind to know that you have an all-in-one basket to make your weekly routine laundry day much easier. We want to make sure that the design is fully tested and it is ready to be published on the market without any mechanical failures that could cause injuries. We also designed the front and back layers of the laundry basket to be made out of maple wood, and the bags are made from cotton.
Project Boundaries: To make sure it’s fast and safe to use. And that it’s able to support a large amount of clothes. We also want to make sure that its environmental friendly by using 80% or recycled resources to have the designed mass produced.
Target Market: Anyone who does laundry in their- houses, apartments, laundromats, hospitals, dorms, hotels
Design: For our design, we want to primarily catch local Laundromats attentions because they would be the first set of companies to purchase and test the product out and ship them to the local laundromats. We figured it would be a great idea to let the local laundromats test them out first, therefore people in the neighborhoods could get a better hands on feel towards them.
By understanding our Design Evaluation, our first idea we tried was to release our product in the 5 boroughs in New York. As you can see Laundromats have a scale number of 17 which is good level. But when we released to the hospital they were a scale number of 11, they were the lowest counted some hospitals requested a better material and all attachable wheels for better movement. The last scale rating was local people, we found surprising that it was the highest among the rest. We knew that people would love the design because we were the first to create it. The way we evaluated our numbers was once we released the product, we attached a survey for feedback for us to create to satisfy you.
Final Assembly
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