Removable Cleavage Cover Accessory for Brassiere
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing garments often restrict women's choice in dress code compliance due to revealing cleavage, causing discomfort in work and other environments with dress code restrictions, and existing solutions do not provide a comfortable, removable, and versatile way to cover the bosom area.
Innovation Solution
A triangularly shaped, removable accessory with stretchable fabric and variable fastening elements (such as snaps, VELCRO, or hook and loop) that attaches to a brassiere, providing a comfortable and adjustable means to conceal the cleavage area, allowing for easy detachment when needed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a brassiere is designed to show off the cleavage area, then the aesthetic appeal is improved, but the user is restricted from wearing it in environments with dress code restrictions
Solution Approach 1:
The brassiere is divided into two functional segments: a base brassiere layer and a separate cleavage cover accessory. This segmentation allows the user to independently control the cleavage coverage, enabling transition between revealing and modest appearances by simply attaching or detaching the cover, thus resolving the contradiction between aesthetic appeal and dress code adaptability without complicating the base garment structure
Solution Approach 2:
A cleavage cover accessory serves as an intermediary element between the brassiere and the external environment. This intermediate layer provides the needed coverage for dress code compliance while maintaining the original brassiere's design integrity, allowing users to meet dress code requirements without modifying or replacing the entire garment
2Ease of operation
If a cleavage cover accessory is made removable, then the ease of operation is improved, but the reliability of coverage is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The cleavage cover incorporates dynamic fastening elements (such as hooks, eyes, or Velcro) that enable easy attachment and removal while providing secure coverage when engaged. The fastening mechanism transitions between a locked state (providing reliable coverage) and an unlocked state (allowing easy removal), resolving the contradiction between operational ease and coverage reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The fastening elements are designed to change their engagement parameter from disengaged to engaged, providing a simple binary transition between removable and secure states. This parameter change allows users to easily attach or detach the cover while ensuring that when attached, the coverage remains reliable and stable during normal movement
3Adaptability or versatility
If the fabric of the accessory is made stretchable, then the adaptability to differently sized brassieres is improved, but the manufacturing precision is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The cleavage cover is constructed from stretchable fabric that acts as a flexible shell, conforming to various brassiere sizes and shapes. This flexibility allows a single accessory design to adapt to different cup sizes and brassiere styles, resolving the adaptability requirement while the fabric's inherent elasticity compensates for variations in manufacturing tolerances
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The accessory offers a comfortable and versatile solution to cover the bosom area, ensuring compliance with dress code restrictions while allowing for easy removal, maintaining appearance and comfort throughout various movements and environments.
Implementation Method 1
The fabric of the accessory is stretchable whereby it may be used on differently sized brassieres and the accessory may move with the various movements of the wearer without inhibiting the same
Implementation Method 2
The fastening elements are variable and may be snaps, VELCRO® or hook and loop fasteners, and are located at suitable locations on the accessory
Data Source
AI summary
The invention is directed to an accessory which is fabricated and shaped to cover the bosom area of body. It is particularly useful when applied to a brassiere showing a cleavage of a human body at a center thereof. The accessory, when applied to a brassiere will cover the cleavage area of a wearer to simulate an undergarment. The inventive accessory can be removed from the brassiere when the person is in a different social setting. The accessory can be fabricated from different materials but it is preferred to be stretchable so that it can be applied to differently sized brassieres and the accessory, additionally, can move with the movements of the wearer. It is preferred that the fabric of the accessory be doubled over so that most of the fastening elements do not touch the skin of the wearer which adds to the comfort of wearing the accessory.