Quick Attachment Carrier Assembly for Hands-Free Garment Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Form-fitting garments lack adequate storage options for valuable items, restricting movement and safety during activities, as traditional carriers like backpacks and waist-packs are bulky, unsightly, and may damage the clothing, while carrying items by hand risks loss or damage.
Innovation Solution
A quick attachment carrier assembly using an elongated flap and elastic bands that can be securely positioned on a waistband or limb, allowing hands-free mobility and instant access to stored items without damaging the garment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If traditional carriers like backpacks and waist-packs are used to carry valuable items, then storage capacity is improved, but the garment becomes bulky, unsightly, and may be damaged
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the carrier assembly from the garment body, making it a separate, detachable component that can be attached only when needed. This eliminates the bulkiness and appearance issues of traditional carriers while maintaining storage capacity, as the carrier can be removed and stored separately when not in use.
Solution Approach 2:
The carrier system is divided into separate functional components: the garment with attachment points, the detachable carrier assembly, and the elastic bands. This segmentation allows the storage function to be separated from the garment structure, avoiding the bulkiness problem while preserving storage capacity when needed.
2Quantity of substance
If pockets are added to form-fitting garments to carry items, then storage capability is improved, but movement freedom is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier assembly is designed to be dynamically attachable and detachable, allowing the wearer to adjust its presence based on activity needs. When attached, it provides storage; when detached, it allows complete movement freedom. This dynamic capability resolves the contradiction between storage and movement freedom.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of integrating storage into the garment fabric (2D integration), the patent uses elastic bands that extend into 3D space, allowing the carrier to be positioned away from the body when not in use. This dimensional approach maintains movement freedom while providing storage capability when needed.
3Ease of operation
If valuable items are carried by hand while wearing form-fitting garments, then storage accessibility is improved, but risk of loss, damage, or theft increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the carrier assembly with the garment through attachment points and elastic bands, creating an integrated system that secures valuable items to the wearer's body. This combination provides both easy accessibility (items are always with the wearer) and security (items cannot be easily lost, damaged, or stolen).
4Reliability
If a secure attachment mechanism is used to prevent item loss, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic bands are designed to automatically secure the carrier assembly to the garment through their elastic properties. The attachment mechanism uses the natural elasticity of the bands to self-adjust and self-secure, eliminating the need for complex fasteners, buckles, or adjustment mechanisms while maintaining high reliability of attachment.
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
Enables safe, hands-free carrying of valuable items during activities without restricting movement or damaging the garment, providing secure and convenient access to stored items.
Implementation Method 1
The number of elastic bands extends across and over the rigid assembly to enable positioning of the carrier attachment assembly coupled with the pouch section on a limb of the wearer. The number of elastic bands extends across and under the rigid assembly to enable positioning of the carrier attachment assembly coupled with the pouch section on the waistband of the garment of the wearer.
Data Source
AI summary
A carrier pouch includes a pouch section, and a carrier attachment assembly coupled with the pouch section. The carrier attachment assembly enables a wearer to carry the carrier pouch with hands-free mobility, and includes a rigid assembly and a number of elastic bands, with the rigid assembly being elongated and having a proximal end and a distal end as extremities thereof. The distal end of the rigid assembly comfortably tucks in an inner side of a waistband of a garment worn by the wearer. The number of elastic bands extends across and over or under the rigid assembly to enable positioning of the carrier attachment assembly coupled with the pouch section on a limb of the wearer or the waistband of the garment. The rigid assembly is movable outside or inside the number of elastic bands to attach the carrier pouch on a waist or the limb of the wearer.