Double-Layered Athletic Sleeve with Integrated Storage Space
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Solution Overview
Problem
Athletic sleeves lack integrated storage and support features, failing to provide both functional support and storage capabilities effectively.
Innovation Solution
A garment design featuring a double-layered knit tube with a fold between inner and outer sleeve portions, creating a space for object storage, secured by permanent or detachable attachments, allowing for targeted support and storage integration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If athletic sleeves are designed as simple compression garments, then they provide muscle support and reduce vibrations, but they lack storage capabilities for carrying objects
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a double-layered sleeve construction where an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve are nested together, creating an intermediate storage space between the layers. This nesting approach allows the garment to provide both compression support and object storage without significantly increasing overall structural complexity, as the storage function is integrated within the existing sleeve layers rather than adding separate external components
2Reliability
If attachments are added to secure the outer sleeve portion, then storage space is preserved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment system is divided into multiple discrete attachment points distributed along the sleeve length, with each point using simple fastening mechanisms. This segmentation allows the attachment function to be implemented through repeated, standardized operations rather than a single complex assembly step, improving both reliability of securing the storage space and ease of manufacture through modular construction
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces detachable fasteners as intermediary elements between the inner and outer sleeve portions. These fasteners serve as mediators that simplify the attachment process by providing standardized connection points, making both the manufacturing and subsequent assembly operations more straightforward while ensuring reliable securing of the storage space
3Volume of stationary object
If the outer sleeve portion is folded over the inner sleeve portion, then a double-layered structure with storage space is created, but the garment becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes the radial dimension by folding the outer sleeve portion over the inner sleeve portion, creating a concentric double-layered structure. This dimensional approach generates storage space in the radial gap between layers without extending the sleeve length or circumference, thereby creating volume efficiently while maintaining a relatively simple construction that leverages the existing tubular geometry of the sleeve
Data Source
AI summary
According to an aspect, there is provided a snug-fit garment covering at least a portion of a wearer's body and methods of making same. The garment includes a double-layered sleeve having a width and length. The double-layered sleeve including an inner sleeve layer and an outer sleeve layer. The outer sleeve layer at least partially overlaps with the inner sleeve layer. At least one of the outer sleeve layer and the inner sleeve layer is compressive. A space is defined between the inner and outer sleeve layers. The garment also includes one or more permanent or detachable attachments between the inner and outer sleeve layers for securing the outer sleeve layer over the inner sleeve layer thereby preserving the space between the inner and outer sleeve layers. The space includes at least one pocket for storing an object.