Breast Support Elastic Connecting Member Dynamics
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing breast support arrangements, such as brassieres, fail to adapt to a wearer's movements, leading to suboptimal support and comfort throughout a range of activities due to their static configuration.
Innovation Solution
A breast support arrangement featuring a connecting member that is moveable relative to wing portions, allowing dynamic adjustment of the configuration to accommodate changes in body position, with wing guides to maintain orientation and distribute tensile force evenly for optimal support and security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a breast support arrangement uses a static connecting member to provide support in a desired configuration, then the support structure is simple and stable, but it cannot adapt to changes in the wearer's body position during movement
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting member is designed as an elastic member that can dynamically change its configuration and length in response to wearer movement. The elastic member passes through guide portions in the wing portions, allowing it to stretch and recoil as the wearer moves, thereby adapting the breast support arrangement to various body positions without requiring complex mechanical adjustment mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic connecting member changes its physical parameters (length, tension) in response to external forces generated by wearer movement. This passive parameter change allows the system to adapt to different body positions while maintaining structural simplicity, as the material properties of the elastic member inherently provide the adaptation mechanism
2Adaptability or versatility
If the connecting member is made moveable relative to wing portions to enable dynamic adjustment, then adaptability to movement is improved, but the structural stability and orientation control may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
Guide portions are provided in the wing portions that act as intermediaries between the movable elastic connecting member and the wing portions themselves. These guide portions constrain the elastic member to move along a predetermined path, ensuring that the relative orientation between components is maintained even as the connecting member dynamically adjusts its length and position in response to wearer movement
Solution Approach 2:
The system combines dynamic elements (movable elastic connecting member) with guided constraints (guide portions) to achieve controlled adaptability. The elastic member can change length and position dynamically, while the guide portions ensure that this movement occurs within boundaries that maintain proper relative orientation and structural stability
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 enables continuous adaptation of the breast support arrangement to provide optimal comfort and security by dynamically adjusting the configuration in response to movements, ensuring consistent support and minimizing the likelihood of the arrangement becoming dislodged.
Implementation Method 1
the connecting member being or including an elastic member to draw the first breast cup towards the second wing portion, the second breast cup towards the first wing portion
Implementation Method 2
the connecting member being or including an elastic member to draw the first breast cup towards the second wing portion, the second breast cup towards the first wing portion, and the first and second wing portions towards one another
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AI summary
In the field of breast support arrangements there is a need for an improved breast support arrangement which adapts as a wearer moves to provide optimal support and comfort through a range of a wearer's movements. A breast support arrangement (10) comprises a first breast cup (12) which is connected with a first wing portion (14), and a second breast cup (16) which is connected with a second wing portion (18). The first and second breast cups (12, 16) and wing portions (14, 18) are interconnected by a connecting member (20). The connecting member (20) passes from the first breast cup (12) to the second breast cup (16) via the second wing portion (18) then the first wing portion (14); is moveable relative to each of the first and second wing portions (14, 18); and is or includes an elastic member (22) to draw the first breast cup (12) towards the second wing portion (18), the second breast cup (16) towards the first wing portion (14), and the first and second wing portions (14, 18) towards one another.