Adhesive Snap Fastener for Temporary Fabric Joining Without Alteration
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fabric fastening methods are laborious, inconvenient, and often damage fabrics, as they require alteration or use of magnets that can be hazardous, and fail to provide flexible, discreet, and temporary solutions for securing fabrics or objects without penetrating the fabric.
Innovation Solution
A novel fabric fastener using paper-backed adhesive tape, either self-adhesive or heat fusible, attached to snap buttons or other fastening mechanisms, allowing for temporary and flexible attachment of fabrics or objects without altering the fabric and avoiding the use of magnets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If sewing or cutting is used to fasten fabric, then the fabric can be securely attached, but the process becomes laborious and permanent alteration is required
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the fastening function from permanent fabric alterations (sewing, cutting) and separates it into a removable adhesive tape component with a snap fastener, allowing secure attachment without permanent modification to the fabric
Solution Approach 2:
The fastening system is segmented into distinct components: adhesive tape for attachment to fabric and a snap fastener for securing. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, simplifying the overall attachment process
2Strength
If magnets are used to fasten fabric, then the fabric can be held together, but safety hazards and medical risks are introduced
Solution Approach 1:
The invention replaces expensive and hazardous magnets with an inexpensive adhesive tape and snap fastener system that achieves the same holding function without introducing safety risks or medical concerns
Solution Approach 2:
The adhesive tape acts as an intermediary between the snap fastener and the fabric, providing a safe and effective means of attachment that eliminates the need for direct magnetic contact with the fabric and wearer
3Strength
If rigid fasteners are used, then the fabric can be securely fastened, but the fabric must lie flat and no space can exist between pieces
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive tape provides a dynamic attachment that can accommodate movement and positioning adjustments, allowing the fabric to maintain secure fastening while permitting the necessary flexibility and space between fabric pieces that rigid fasteners would prevent
4Ease of operation
If existing fasteners (buttons, snaps) are used on garments, then the garment can be closed, but gapping occurs between fasteners and the garment cannot fit all shapes and sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive tape fastener system provides universal applicability that complements existing garment fasteners, allowing it to be used in various locations and configurations to accommodate different body shapes and sizes while eliminating gapping issues that limit the versatility of traditional buttons and snaps
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Provides a quick, inexpensive, and discreet method to secure fabrics or objects without sewing, cutting, or using hazardous magnets, offering a flexible and removable solution that suits various fabric types and constructions.
Implementation Method 1
a paper-backed adhesive tape (either self adhesive or heat fusible) with a method to fasten fabric
Implementation Method 2
a paper-backed adhesive tape (either self adhesive or heat fusible)
Data Source
AI summary
An adhesive fabric fastener for temporary securing two pieces of fabric or an object to a piece of fabric. In one embodiment, the fastener can be a snap assembly which can include ball and socket members each associated with adhesive for temporarily securing the ball and socket members to the fabric/objects. In one non-limiting use the fastener can be used to close or reduce the gap created between buttons on a buttoned shirt and such that the fastener is not seen in use. No modification or alteration to the piece of fabric or garment is required for securing the fastener. In another embodiment the fastener can be a cord secured at one end to adhesive tape and at its other end to another piece of adhesive tape.