Convertible Garment Sleeves With Partial Attachment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing garments with detachable sleeves are inconvenient as the detached portions can be lost, soiled, or cumbersome to carry, especially for children and users without pockets or bags to store them.

Innovation Solution

Design of garments with convertible arm sleeves that are partially permanently attached to the garment body at specific locations around the arm openings, allowing for conversion between sleeves-on and sleeves-off configurations without complete detachment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If sleeves are completely detachable from the garment body, then the garment can be converted between sleeved and sleeveless configurations, but the detached sleeves become cumbersome to carry and store

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesleeve conversion capabilityVSAvoidconvenience of carrying detached sleeves

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The attachment structure is segmented into multiple attachment points distributed around the armhole perimeter, allowing the sleeve to be partially detached while remaining connected at other points. This enables the sleeve to be positioned in various configurations (fully attached, partially detached, fully detached) without requiring complete separation, thus solving the storage and carrying problem while maintaining conversion capability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If sleeves are completely detachable from the garment body, then the garment can be converted between sleeved and sleeveless configurations, but the detached sleeves risk being lost or soiled

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesleeve conversion capabilityVSAvoidretention of detached sleeves

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The garment is pre-equipped with multiple attachment points and corresponding detachment points before use. This preliminary configuration allows the sleeve to be securely reattached to any attachment point after detachment, ensuring the sleeve is never completely lost or separated from the garment system, thus improving reliability while maintaining conversion capability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple attachment points are provided around the armhole, then the sleeve can be partially detached while remaining connected, but the attachment structure becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepartial detachment capabilityVSAvoidattachment structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Different portions of the armhole perimeter are assigned different functional qualities: some areas have attachment points for securing the sleeve, while other areas have detachment points for releasing it. This local differentiation allows the sleeve to be partially detached while remaining connected at other locations, achieving partial detachment capability without requiring a uniformly complex attachment structure throughout.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11484074B2Garment with convertible arm sleeves

Publication Date: 2022.11.01 AUGUST SYLER LLC

AI summary

A garment worn on the upper body is disclosed wherein the garment has partially but permanently attached convertible arm sleeves allowing wearing of the garment in a sleeves-on configuration or in a sleeves-off configuration, said arm sleeves always remaining partially attached to a garment body of the garment, and wherein the arm sleeves in the sleeves-off configuration can be left loose, folded, tied or otherwise secured on the garment, or to one another.