Composite Click Fastener Structure That Avoids Garment Damage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing hook-and-loop fasteners are prone to damage garments, accumulate debris, lose effectiveness over time, and absorb moisture, leading to hygiene issues.
Innovation Solution
A composite fastener system comprising click elements with pins and recesses, where the pins have overhanging lips and the recesses have anchoring segments, allowing secure interlocking without damage and debris accumulation, with flexible materials and varying designs for adjustable connection strength.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If hook-and-loop fasteners are used, then connection efficiency is improved, but garment damage occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional hook-and-loop mechanical interlocking system with a magnetic connection system. Magnets embedded in the fastener components create attraction forces that secure items together without mechanical hooks that can snag and damage garments. This substitution maintains connection efficiency while eliminating the harmful mechanical gripping action that causes garment damage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the fundamental connection mechanism from mechanical interlocking (hooks and loops) to magnetic attraction. By altering the physical principle underlying the fastening system, the invention achieves secure connections without the shearing and snagging forces that traditional hook-and-loop systems exert on fabric, thereby preventing garment damage while maintaining connection strength.
2Strength
If hook-and-loop fasteners are used, then connection strength is improved, but debris accumulation occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The magnetic connection system replaces the hook-and-loop mechanical interlocking mechanism that traps debris between hooks and loops. Magnets provide connection strength through magnetic attraction forces that do not require mechanical interlocking, thereby preventing hair, dust, and fur from becoming embedded in the fastening surfaces while maintaining strong connections.
3Ease of operation
If hook-and-loop fasteners are used, then ease of operation is improved, but effectiveness is lost over time
Solution Approach 1:
The magnetic fastening system maintains ease of operation through simple magnetic attraction that requires no complex manipulation, while improving long-term effectiveness. Magnets do not wear, deform, or accumulate debris like hook-and-loop systems, ensuring consistent connection strength and reliability over extended periods of use.
Solution Approach 2:
By changing from mechanical interlocking to magnetic attraction, the patent creates a system where connection effectiveness does not degrade over time. Magnetic forces remain consistent without the wear and debris accumulation that cause hook-and-loop fasteners to lose effectiveness, while maintaining the simplicity and ease of operation characteristic of quick-closure fasteners.
4Speed
If hook-and-loop fasteners are used, then connection speed is improved, but moisture absorption occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The magnetic connection system provides rapid attachment and detachment speeds comparable to hook-and-loop fasteners, while eliminating the fabric-like structures that absorb moisture and perspiration. Magnets and their mounting surfaces do not absorb bodily fluids, preventing the hygiene issues associated with traditional hook-and-loop fasteners worn on skin.
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 composite fastener provides a durable, hygienic, and efficient attachment solution that maintains effectiveness over time, reducing wear and tear on garments and minimizing debris accumulation.
Implementation Method 1
The first click element comprises a coupling surface that is provided with pins that have a number of overhanging lips that extend laterally from the pin and are undercut below the lips, and an opposite second click element that comprises a coupling surface with recesses, and wherein the two click elements can click together
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AI summary
An improved means of joining two different kinds of anchoring elements, at least one of which is flexible, each equipped with anchoring means in such a way that when the two surfaces are positioned against each other, they grip and clamp together.