Camouflage Webbing with Concealed Edges
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional webbings with printed patterns for military use often have visible edges due to light-colored base materials, which can compromise camouflage effectiveness, especially under night vision or infrared detection, and may not comply with military specifications for visibility reduction.
Innovation Solution
The webbing is designed with warp and weft yarns dyed a first color for visibility of the printed pattern, and edges dyed a darker second color to conceal them, aligning with military specifications like Mil-W-17337, allowing for standardized camouflage patterns across various clothing items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If light-colored base materials are used for webbing with printed patterns, then the printed pattern is visible and distinguishable from the body, but the edges become visible and compromise camouflage effectiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The webbing incorporates yarns of different colors in different locations: the body uses light-colored yarns to display the printed pattern, while the edges use dark-colored yarns to conceal them. This local differentiation resolves the contradiction by optimizing each region for its specific function - pattern visibility in the body area and edge concealment at the perimeter.
Solution Approach 2:
The webbing is segmented into distinct functional zones with different color properties. The body portion and edge portions are treated as separate segments with different color requirements. This segmentation allows the light-colored body to maintain pattern visibility while the dark-colored edges provide camouflage, eliminating the need to choose between the two conflicting requirements.
2Ease of manufacture
If uniform light-colored webbing is used, then the printed pattern can be applied effectively, but the edges remain visible and do not comply with military specifications for visibility reduction
Solution Approach 1:
The webbing structure incorporates dark-colored yarns specifically at the edges while maintaining light-colored yarns in the body. This local quality differentiation allows the body to remain suitable for printed pattern application while the edges automatically provide the camouflage required by military specifications, resolving the compliance issue without affecting manufacturing.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If dark-colored edges are added to light-colored webbing, then edge visibility is reduced and camouflage effectiveness is improved, but the webbing structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than fundamentally redesigning the entire webbing structure, the solution applies a localized modification using dark-colored yarns only at the edge regions. This maintains the simplicity of the overall woven structure while adding the necessary camouflage function through a straightforward structural variation that incorporates different colored yarns in specific locations.
Data Source
AI summary
An exemplary webbing is formed from a plurality of warp yarns woven together with a plurality of weft yarns. The webbing extends from an outside edge to a needled edge. The outside edge is formed by the weaving of the warp yarns and weft yarns, and the needled edge is formed by the weaving of the warp yarns, weft yarns, and at least one catch cord. The warp yarns and weft yarns are dyed a first color. At least one warp yarn proximate the outside edge is dyed a second color and the at least catch cord is dyed a third color, the second and third colors being darker than the first color.