Adjustable Support Garments with Dynamic Circumference Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional weightlifting garments are difficult to don due to their tautness and snugness, requiring significant effort and often assistance, and lack adjustability to accommodate varying physiques, making it challenging for wearers to achieve a snug fit and adequate support during lifting activities.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating first and second adjustable members, such as laces, zippers, hook and loop fasteners, or combinations thereof, along the waist and leg sections of the garments to increase or decrease circumference, allowing for easier donning and accommodating different body dimensions, while maintaining support during athletic activities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional weightlifting garments are made taut and snug to provide support during lifting, then support and safety are improved, but ease of donning deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by incorporating adjustable members (laces, zippers, hook and loop fasteners) that allow the garment circumference to be dynamically changed. During donning, the adjustable members are loosened to increase circumference, making it easier to put on. After donning, they are tightened to decrease circumference, providing the necessary snug support during lifting activities.
2Ease of manufacture
If conventional weightlifting garments are made with fixed sizing to accommodate varying physiques, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable members enable the garment to adapt to different body sizes and shapes without requiring multiple fixed sizes. The circumference can be increased or decreased to accommodate various physiques, providing versatility while maintaining a standardized manufacturing process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of garment circumference from a fixed value to an adjustable range. By incorporating adjustable members that can increase or decrease the circumference of waist, hips, and leg sections, the garment can be customized to fit different body dimensions while being manufactured as a single standard size.
3Power
If conventional weightlifting garments use tight fabric to store energy during lifting, then lifting performance is improved, but time required to don the garment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable members allow rapid adjustment of garment circumference. During donning, the adjustable members are in a loosened state, allowing quick insertion. After donning, they can be rapidly tightened to the snug position needed for energy storage and lifting performance, significantly reducing the time required compared to traditional tight garments that require manual stretching and positioning.
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AI summary
Adjustable support pants or briefs are provided which include one or more of a waist section, hip support section, or leg section with leg openings. The support pants or briefs include first and second adjustable members positioned on opposite sides of a sagittal plane of the support pants or briefs which extend generally longitudinally along the garment. The adjustable members are adapted to increase or decrease at least one of the waist, hip, or leg opening circumferences to reduce the time and effort needed to don (and take off) the garment. The adjustable features of the support pants or briefs also permit the wearer to tighten one or more sections of the garment to accommodate the different physiques of wearers while providing a snug fit and support during athletic or work activities.