Compressible Garment Receptacle for Compact Storage and Quick Expansion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Reusable garments and bags are often bulky and difficult to store compactly, lacking a convenient means for quick detachment, expansion, and reattachment, especially when made from ultralight materials that can hold heavier items.
Innovation Solution
A compressible garment line featuring a receptacle with an expandable and retractable inner cavity, allowing easy storage and quick transition between compact and expanded states, integrated with various garments for convenient use and storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If reusable garments are made from fixed-size materials, then they provide durability and structure, but they become bulky and difficult to store compactly
Solution Approach 1:
The garment incorporates a dynamic receptacle structure with an expandable inner cavity that can transition between expanded and compressed states. This allows the garment to adapt its volume based on usage needs, providing full size when needed and compact form for storage, directly resolving the contradiction between maintaining garment functionality and reducing storage volume.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the physical state parameter of the garment by introducing an expandable/retractable cavity mechanism. This allows the garment to switch between two volume states (expanded for use, compressed for storage), effectively resolving the contradiction between needing large volume for garment functionality and small volume for compact storage.
2Weight of moving object
If reusable bags are made from ultralight materials, then they reduce weight, but they become slippery and difficult to handle and store
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the ultralight bag material with a structured receptacle framework and expansion mechanism. This combination maintains the weight advantage of ultralight materials while adding structural elements that provide handling grip and controlled expandability, resolving the contradiction between weight reduction and handling convenience.
3Adaptability or versatility
If reusable garments are made larger in size, then they provide more utility and comfort, but they become impractical to carry and store when not in use
Solution Approach 1:
The garment employs a dynamic expansion mechanism that allows it to transition from a compact transport state to a fully expanded utility state. When not in use, the garment remains in its compact form, minimizing transport volume. When needed, the inner cavity expands to provide full garment utility, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and transport volume.
4Ease of operation
If single-use plastic bags are used, then they are easily available and convenient, but they create environmental pollution
Solution Approach 1:
The reusable garment with its expandable receptacle serves itself by providing its own storage solution. The garment can be compressed into its own receptacle, eliminating the need for separate storage bags or containers. This self-service capability maintains convenience while being environmentally friendly, as it replaces single-use bags with a reusable system that requires no additional single-use materials for storage.
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AI summary
A compressible garment line includes a garment from a plurality of different sized garments. A receptacle fixed to the garment and providing a side wall and a base wall coupled to the side wall, the receptacle further having an inner cavity, the inner cavity expandable and retractable to permit the garment fluid entry and exit from the inner cavity.