Services Provided
Ethnographic Research • Market Research • Science and Technology Research • Novel Material Selection • Ideation • Mechanical Engineering • Industrial Design • Prototype Fabrication and Testing
Client
Masterack
UNMET NEED
Create an updated, practical, efficient, and cost-effective storage system for utility vehicles.
Scope
Slingshot was approached by Leggett & Platt to overhaul their cargo system inside the utility vehicles.
Accomplishments
System solution meets design and cost goals.
IDEA Award winner, 2015.
Platform compatible with multiple service industries.
Comprising structural foam and aluminum, these lightweight materials reduced weight and noise, while holding as much weight as comparable steel systems.
The Masterack Smartspace® design helped Masterack reestablish themselves as an innovation-led company and leaders in their industry.
Breakthrough
Identification and selection of strong and durable lightweight materials
Helping a vertically integrated company move towards an alternative production platform
Quiet design
Reduction in installation time
Modular cargo management design
Updating an Antiquated Design
After completing ethnographic and competitive product studies, Slingshot identified that customers needed a lightweight, easy to install, versatile, and modular system to adapt to different vehicles, tools, and user habits for multiple service industries.
