Adjustable Waistband Compression for Tights Using Segmented Textile Layers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional compression garments, such as tights, often fail to provide a comfortable and customizable fit for wearers with larger buttocks and hip regions, as they can be difficult to put on and may gap at the waist, especially in the back area, due to inadequate waist compression and support.
Innovation Solution
A three-ply material construction for the waistband with varying modulus textiles, where the innermost layer has the strongest stretch, the middle layer slightly less stretch, and the outermost layer the lightest stretch, combined with adjustable textile pieces that can be anchored across the front of the body to provide compression and support across the lumbar and abdominal areas.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional compression garments are used, then compression effect is provided, but the garment is difficult to put on and gaps at the waist for wearers with larger buttocks and hip regions
Solution Approach 1:
The waistband is segmented into multiple functional layers (first waistband layer, second waistband layer with different modulus textiles) and adjustable components (textile pieces with fasteners), allowing each segment to perform specific functions: one layer provides baseline compression while the other provides adjustable compression, making the garment easier to don while maintaining reliable compression effect
Solution Approach 2:
The waistband incorporates adjustable textile pieces that can be dynamically configured by the wearer using fasteners, allowing the compression level to be adapted based on body shape and comfort needs, thus facilitating easier putting on for various body types while maintaining reliable compression
2Area of stationary object
If conventional tights are used, then coverage is provided, but the waistband is loose at the back region causing gapping and movement during exercise
Solution Approach 1:
The waistband applies different compression qualities to different regions: the first and second waistband layers provide differentiated modulus textiles for localized compression control, with the second layer offering stronger compression in specific areas to prevent gapping at the back while maintaining overall coverage
Solution Approach 2:
The waistband uses composite construction with multiple layers of textiles having different modulus values, combining materials with varying elasticity characteristics to provide both coverage and stable, gap-free fit at the waistband, particularly at the back region during movement
3Ease of operation
If uniform elasticity fabric is used, then comfort is provided, but adjustable compression and support cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The garment divides the waistband into multiple functional segments: base layers providing uniform comfort and adjustable textile pieces providing localized customizable compression, allowing the wearer to adjust compression levels at specific areas while maintaining overall comfort from the uniform elasticity base fabric
Solution Approach 2:
The waistband structure serves multiple functions simultaneously: the base layers provide uniform comfort and coverage, while the adjustable textile pieces with fasteners provide customizable compression and support, making the single garment adaptable to different body types and comfort preferences
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
The solution allows for adjustable compression and support around the waist, ensuring a comfortable fit and minimizing gapping at the waistband, particularly beneficial for wearers with larger hip and buttock areas, while providing support to the lumbar and abdominal regions.
Implementation Method 1
The waistband is formed of three-ply materials, each of which is of a different modulus or stretchable textile
Implementation Method 2
The compression effect for cinching around the waist and lower portion of the torso
Data Source
AI summary
A pair of tights specially designed for the wearer to self-adjust the waist for fit, adjust compression, adjust for waist training, adjust lower abdominal support, and adjust lower lumbar back support. The localized compression effect is configured and adjusted by a textile piece attached at the left side area of the back waistband that can cross the front of the abdomen to the left and a textile piece attached at the right-side area of the back waistband that can cross the front of the abdomen to the right. The two textile pieces that cross the body are anchored from the opposite side areas of the waistband creating a compression and opposite horizontal pull across the back and can be adjusted to attach across the front of the body. The configuration of the waistband and adjustable textile pieces allows a wearer to self-adjust the fit.