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PRODUCT CASE STUDY
DUCK CALLS
CHALLENGE
Our customer, an inventor, and enthusiastic duck hunter, approached Midwest Rubber with an idea for hands-free duck calls. Rather than having to hold the duck call in one hand and his shotgun in the other, he wanted to invent a foot-operated duck call, allowing the hunter to keep both hands on his gun. The new design concept involved replacing the mouthpiece to accommodate a foot-operated bellows design.
SOLUTION
This concept required significant redesign of a standard call, but our innovative team was up to the challenge. Midwest Rubber designed, through trial and error, a unique bellows system to produce the appropriate volume of air via foot pressure to produce just the right call. Using our dip molded manufacturing process, the duck call was made of neoprene, a material that would work within a wide range of temperatures and weather conditions. The finalized duck call has been a great success.
Our customer had a concept for a foot-operated duck call, which required significant redesign of a standard call. Our engineers researched and tested and came up with a bellows system that could be used hands-free and produced just the right range of calls that any duck hunter would want.
We helped bring our customer’s innovative concept for a hockey training tool to fruition. We worked together to develop the ideal material and form for a hockey puck rebounder, which is now used around the world and even by the Detroit Red Wings!
We created a stadium cushion that was a “winner.” Not only affordable, its vinyl seal was durable, washable, comfortable and waterproof, and came in a wide range of colors. The result was an ideal promotional product for our customer.
After his decoy molds were destroyed, we helped our client re-purpose some older materials so they could be used to make new molds for more than 10 different waterfowl species. We saved our customer time and money and helped give his new business a fresh start.
WHY MIDWEST RUBBER?
Durability
We can promise that our products perform better and longer than our competition. How? We test each and every design in-house, making sure it can withstand daily wear and tear for years to come. We will also assist in the design process when needed, providing guidance so you receive the best solution possible. Quantifying and testing our solutions ensures that our customers are guaranteed the best results.
