Convertible Garment with Loop Fasteners for Pants-Skirt Transition

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional garments lack versatility, as they are designed to be worn as either pants or skirts without the option to convert between the two styles seamlessly.

Innovation Solution

A garment design featuring a waist region with loops and pant leg fasteners that allow the garment to be converted between a pair of pants and a skirt by coupling and detaching loop fasteners with pant leg fasteners, utilizing snap fasteners or zippers for adjustable attachment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a garment is designed as conventional pants or skirt, then it provides a single fixed function, but it lacks versatility to convert between styles

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconvertibility between pants and skirtVSAvoidstructure with loops and fasteners

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The garment is designed with universal fastening elements (loops and snap fasteners) that enable the same piece of clothing to function as both pants and skirt, allowing one garment to serve multiple purposes and styles

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If fastening mechanisms are added to enable conversion, then versatility is improved, but ease of operation is reduced due to additional coupling and detaching steps

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconvertibility between pants and skirtVSAvoidoperation to couple and detach fasteners

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The garment is segmented into functional components (loops positioned at waist and pant legs, snap fasteners) that can be independently coupled and detached, allowing the wearer to convert between styles by simply connecting or separating these discrete elements

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11503867B2Pants convertible to skirt, and vice versa

Publication Date: 2022.11.22 PEREZ RODRIGUEZ YERAY

AI summary

A garment convertible between a pair of pants and a skirt is described. The garment comprises a waist region; a pants region positioned below the waist region, the pants region comprising a first pant leg and a second pant leg; a plurality of loops coupled to the waist region, individual ones of the plurality of loops comprising a loop fastener positioned thereon; and a plurality of pant leg fasteners positioned in the pants region on at least one of the first pant leg and the second pant leg, wherein, when the loop fastener of the plurality of loops are coupled to a respective one of the pant leg fasteners, the garment is operable to be worn as a skirt and, when the loop fastener of the plurality of loops is detached from the respective one of the pant leg fasteners, the garment is operable to be worn as a pair of pants.