Anti-Flap Placket Closure for High-Speed Riding Shirts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Motorcycle and speed-boat riders experience annoyance and distraction from their collared button-down shirts lifting and flapping, causing the collar and plackets to strike the rider's face and neck, especially when the shirt is not tucked in.
Innovation Solution
The introduction of an anti-flap placket closure device, which can be a button-snap, magnet, or hook-and-loop closure, positioned between ¼ inch and 2¼ inches below the collar-band for shirts with a collar-band, or between 1 inch and 3 inches below the neck-hole for shirts without a collar-band, to prevent the shirt collar and plackets from lifting and flapping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the shirt is worn untucked for comfort and style, then ease of operation is improved, but the collar and plackets strike the rider's face and neck, creating harmful effects
Solution Approach 1:
The closure device is divided into separate components: a first closure component attached to the front placket and a second closure component attached to the back placket. This segmentation allows the closure to function independently at different locations, preventing collar and placket flapping without restricting the wearer's ability to put on and remove the shirt easily.
Solution Approach 2:
The closure device acts as an intermediary mechanism between the front and back plackets, creating a connection that prevents the collar and plackets from flapping against the rider's face and neck while maintaining the untucked wear style. The closure device mediates the interaction between the shirt components and the rider's body.
2Reliability
If traditional button closures are used, then the collar can be secured, but the buttons are visible and do not provide effective prevention of shirt lifting at high speeds
Solution Approach 1:
The traditional mechanical button-and-buttonhole closure system is replaced with a closure device comprising a first closure component and a second closure component that can be engaged or disengaged. This substitution provides more reliable collar security while simplifying the overall closure mechanism, allowing for effective prevention of shirt lifting at high speeds without complex traditional button structures.
3Reliability
If the shirt hem is secured within pants and cinched with belt, then shirt lifting is prevented, but the rider loses comfort and convenience
Solution Approach 1:
The closure device is segmented into separate first and second closure components attached to different plackets, allowing the shirt to remain untucked and comfortable while still providing stability through the engagement of the closure components during high-speed riding.
Solution Approach 2:
The closure device changes the functional parameters of the shirt by providing a mechanism that maintains shirt stability during high-speed activities without requiring the shirt to be tucked in or cinched with a belt, thereby preserving comfort and convenience for the rider.
Data Source
AI summary
A motorcycle shirt or a speed boat shirt with anti-flap placket closure device to reduce flapping of the shirt plackets and shirt collar while the wearer is moving in the open at high speed, such as when piloting a motorcycle, a speed boat, and the like. The device reduces wearer annoyance and distraction and improves driver and rider comfort and safety.