Configurable Athletic Bra Strap Attachment Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Athletic bras often lack customization options for both aesthetic and functional preferences, limiting user adaptability during exercise activities.
Innovation Solution
The athletic bra features configurable straps with a strap attachment mechanism that allows for multiple attachment and removal points on the back portion, enabling various configurations and styles based on user preference, including slots, slits, or other fastening devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If athletic bras are designed with fixed strap configurations, then manufacturing is simple and cost-effective, but user adaptability and customization options are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The bra is divided into modular components with multiple attachment points distributed across the bodice. Straps can be independently attached and detached at various locations, allowing users to segment and reconfigure the strap system according to their preferences without complicating the overall manufacturing process.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment mechanism is designed as a universal system that can accommodate different strap configurations and styles. The same attachment points and mechanisms serve multiple functions: securing straps, allowing reconfiguration, and supporting various wear styles, thereby increasing adaptability without proportionally increasing device complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple attachment points are added to allow strap reconfiguration, then customization options increase, but manufacturing complexity and production time increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple attachment points are pre-positioned and integrated into the bra construction during manufacturing. This preliminary action allows the attachment infrastructure to be built once during production, after which users can freely reconfigure straps without requiring additional manufacturing steps or complex assembly processes.
Solution Approach 2:
A standardized attachment mechanism serves as an intermediary element between the bodice and straps. This mediator component simplifies manufacturing by providing a consistent interface that can be repeatedly produced and attached, enabling multiple configuration options without requiring complex custom manufacturing for each variant.
3Ease of operation
If straps are made permanently fixed, then structural stability is maintained, but user comfort and aesthetic preferences cannot be optimized
Solution Approach 1:
The strap system transitions from a static, fixed configuration to a dynamic, adjustable system. Users can modify strap positions and configurations based on their comfort needs and aesthetic preferences, while the attachment mechanism ensures stable securing at each selected position. This dynamic capability allows optimization of both comfort and stability according to user requirements.
Data Source
AI summary
An article of clothing for exercise or leisure activities is described herein. The article of clothing includes multiple, configurable straps. The article of clothing, via the configurable straps, can be adapted, converted, or configured into a variety of patterns, positions, or styles, based on the support and/or aesthetic choices of a wearer. For example, an athletic bra may include a back portion having a strap attachment mechanism, which facilitates the attachment/removal of the straps from one of multiple different locations of the back portion of the bra. The strap attachment mechanism can include slots, slits, holes, or other fasteners or attachment devices that facilitate the fixing of a strap to and/or the removal of a strap from the strap attachment mechanism.