Crumple Zone Garment Panels for Posture Fit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional garments are designed to fit properly in a single posture, leading to inadequate fit when the wearer assumes different postures, and the use of stretchable fabrics often results in restrictive and aesthetically unpleasing designs.
Innovation Solution
A garment constructed with primary and secondary textile panels of varying crumplability, where seams join the panels along the edges to form a crumpleable structure that extends or folds as needed to maintain coverage and fit across multiple postures, with secondary panels having greater crumplability to support extended positions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a garment is designed to fit properly when the wearer's arms are by their side, then the fit is proper in a non-extended posture, but the sleeves no longer terminate at the wrist when the wearer extends their arms
Solution Approach 1:
The garment is divided into multiple textile panels (primary panels and secondary crumpleable panels) that can independently extend or fold. This segmentation allows different parts of the garment to adapt to different body postures, maintaining proper fit both when arms are by the side and when extended.
Solution Approach 2:
The garment incorporates dynamic crumpleable panels that can change their extension state based on wearer movement. These panels transition from a folded state (when arms are by side) to an extended state (when arms are extended), enabling the garment to adapt dynamically to different postures.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a garment is designed to fit properly when the wearer's arms are extended, then the sleeves terminate at the wrist in extended position, but the fit becomes improper when the wearer's arms are by their side
Solution Approach 1:
The garment structure separates the sleeve into primary panels and secondary crumpleable panels. This allows the primary panels to provide the base fit while the secondary panels dynamically adjust to maintain proper sleeve termination at the wrist regardless of arm position.
Solution Approach 2:
The crumpleable panels are pre-configured in a folded state that can be rapidly extended when needed. This preliminary folding allows the garment to maintain proper fit in the default position while being ready to extend immediately when the wearer extends their arms.
3Adaptability or versatility
If stretchable fabrics are used to improve garment fit across multiple postures, then the garment can accommodate movement, but the garment feels restrictive and is difficult to fabricate
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of making the entire garment from stretchable fabric, only specific secondary panels are made crumpleable while the rest of the garment uses standard non-stretchable fabric. This localized approach provides the necessary adaptability only where needed while maintaining ease of fabrication for the majority of the garment.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the physical state of specific panels from non-extended (folded) to extended through mechanical crumpling rather than relying on fabric elasticity. This parameter change approach allows movement accommodation without requiring stretchable materials, simplifying fabrication.
4Adaptability or versatility
If the entire garment is made from stretchable fabrics to accommodate movement, then the garment can fit across multiple postures, but the garment feels restrictive and is aesthetically unpleasing
Solution Approach 1:
The garment uses standard non-stretchable fabric for the majority of the structure, providing a crisp, aesthetically pleasing appearance. Only specific secondary panels are made crumpleable, providing necessary adaptability while maintaining the overall aesthetic quality of the garment.
Solution Approach 2:
By segmenting the garment into primary and secondary panels with different properties, the invention isolates the crumpleable functionality to specific areas. This allows the rest of the garment to maintain its traditional, aesthetically pleasing appearance while still providing adaptability where needed.
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AI summary
A garment constructed of textile panels that provides proper fit across a variety of postures is provided. A plurality of primary textile panels have a first crumplability. At least one secondary textile panel has a second crumplability, the second crumplability being greater than the first crumplability. A plurality of seams joins the plurality of primary textile panels and the at least one secondary textile panel substantially along the edges of the panels to form a garment that when worn by a person in a non-extended posture covers intended portions of the person fully with only the plurality of primary textile panels extended and the at least one secondary textile panel non-extended. When the garment is worn by a person in an extended posture, the garment covers the intended portions of the person fully with both the plurality of primary textile panels and the at least one secondary textile panel extended.