Segmented Bib Overalls with Side Fasteners for Footwear Insertion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Bib overalls are difficult to put on without balancing or sitting, require removing footwear or inserting it into the garment, leading to potential soiling and dragging on the ground.
Innovation Solution
The design features a garment with a trouser portion and bib portion, including gaps between the trunk side sections and bib sections, and fasteners that allow the legs to be completely separated, enabling easy insertion and avoiding the need to remove footwear or balance, with straps that can be fastened over the shoulder without unfastening the legs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional bib overalls are designed with continuous fabric from trunk to legs, then the garment provides complete coverage and protection, but the user must balance on one leg or sit down to put on the overalls
Solution Approach 1:
The garment is divided into separate components: a trouser portion with legs and a bib portion that can be independently assembled. The fastening system is segmented into multiple fasteners distributed along the sides of the legs, allowing incremental fastening rather than requiring complete disassembly or balancing maneuvers
2Ease of operation
If traditional bib overalls require pulling footwear through the leg openings, then the garment achieves proper fit, but footwear may introduce dirt and debris into the garment
Solution Approach 1:
The leg portions are preliminarily separated from the trunk portion via unfastened fasteners, creating open spaces before the user inserts their feet. This preliminary separation allows footwear to be inserted without dragging across the ground or requiring removal, preventing dirt and debris from entering the garment interior
3Ease of operation
If traditional bib overalls are designed as a single continuous piece, then the garment provides full coverage, but the user must drag the overalls on the ground while putting them on
Solution Approach 1:
The garment is segmented into separable components with unfastened connections between the trunk and legs. This segmentation allows the legs to be independently positioned and inserted into footwear without dragging the entire garment across the ground, eliminating ground contact soiling
Data Source
AI summary
A garment includes a trouser portion including first and second legs, a bib portion having a bib front section connected to a front portion of the trouser portion and a bib rear section connected to a rear portion of the trouser portion, wherein first and second gaps having no material are formed adjacent two opposing sides of the trouser portion between the bib front and rear sections, and a first fastener extending between an end of the first leg opposite the bib portion and an edge of the trouser portion forming one of the first and second gaps.