Convertible multi-use garment and cushion with stowable storage pouch
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Solution Overview
Problem
Convertible garments that serve as both seating cushions and ponchos or rain covers often require separate pouches or have exposed pouches during use, limiting their functionality and usability.
Innovation Solution
A multilayered textile garment with a central opening, featuring a hood, hand-warming and security pockets, and an attached storage pouch that can be stowed in a yoke recess, allowing it to transform into various forms such as a poncho, blanket, ground cloth, and cushion without an exposed pouch, providing both insulation and water resistance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a separate pouch is carried with the garment, then storage functionality is provided, but device complexity and portability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The storage pouch is integrated into the garment body, merging two separate components (garment and pouch) into a single unified structure. The pouch is positioned within the garment's interior space, eliminating the need for a separate carried pouch while maintaining storage functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The garment serves multiple functions: it provides storage through the integrated pouch, maintains insulation properties, and offers weather protection. The single garment structure combines storage, insulation, and protection functions that would otherwise require separate items.
2Device complexity
If an integrated pouch is provided in the garment, then portability is improved, but the pouch remains exposed during use affecting appearance
Solution Approach 1:
The storage pouch is nested within the garment's interior structure, specifically positioned within the body panel's interior space. This nesting arrangement keeps the pouch concealed within the garment's folds and structure during wear, preventing exposure while maintaining accessibility.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the garment is designed for multiple uses, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The garment is designed to serve multiple functions including weather protection, insulation, storage through the integrated pouch, and convertible configurations. The hood can be positioned in different ways, and the garment can be worn or stored in various arrangements, providing versatility without requiring multiple separate items.
Solution Approach 2:
The garment features dynamic elements such as a movable hood that can be positioned in different configurations, and a convertible structure that allows transformation between different wear styles. The central opening and panel arrangements enable flexible reconfiguration for different uses.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The garment offers enhanced usability for outdoor enthusiasts by providing multiple functions like a seating cushion, jacket, blanket, and protective cover, maintaining a sleek appearance while preventing pouch loss, and ensuring securement in different configurations.
Implementation Method 1
multilayered construction can provide for both an insulated garment and a groundcloth that is both waterproof and soft for contacting a user
Implementation Method 2
multilayered construction can provide for both an insulated garment and a groundcloth that is both waterproof and soft for contacting a user
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatus, systems and methods related to convertible garments for multiple uses. In one illustrative embodiment, one exemplary convertible garment may include a multilayered textile body having a central opening, which can be arranged in a first conformation to serve as an insulated jacket or poncho that features a hood disposed at the central opening, and, may include hand-warming and security pockets and a yoke with a closeable recess. Such a convertible garment can be arranged in a second conformation to serve as an insulated ground cloth and reversed to serve as a protective cover or blanket. The garment may feature an attached storage pouch that is stowed in the yoke recess in the first and second conformations. In a third conformation, the garment may be folded and stowed in the storage pouch to serve as a vented cushion.