Dual Entry Garment Pocket with Shared Middle Panel

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current sports apparel often fails to provide a secure and comfortable fit around the legs, with pockets that inadequately secure personal items and sporting equipment during athletic activities.

Innovation Solution

A dual entry or double pocket design is integrated into the garment, featuring a first pocket bag with a forward-facing opening and a second pocket bag with a rearward-facing opening, both sharing a middle panel for secure item storage and easy access.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a single pocket design is used in sportswear, then the garment structure remains simple, but the pocket cannot adequately secure personal items and sporting equipment during athletic activities

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesecurity of personal itemsVSAvoidpocket structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The pocket is divided into two separate pocket bags (first pocket bag and second pocket bag) that share a middle panel. Each pocket bag can independently store different items, providing enhanced security and organization for personal items and sporting equipment during athletic activities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If sportswear is designed to be snug for high performance, then athletic performance is enhanced, but the garment does not provide adequate room for holding items

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveathletic performanceVSAvoidstorage capacity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The dual entry pocket system is integrated within the garment structure, with pocket bags nested within the garment body. This nested design provides adequate storage room for items while maintaining the snug fit required for high-performance athletic activities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

3Productivity

If sportswear is designed to be snug for high performance, then athletic performance is enhanced, but the garment requires frequent adjustment

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveathletic performanceVSAvoidadjustment frequency

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of making the garment loose to accommodate items, the invention inverts the approach by creating dedicated pocket spaces within the snug garment structure. The dual entry pocket system provides secure item storage without compromising the tight fit, eliminating the need for frequent adjustments.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

4Ease of operation

If a dual entry pocket system is implemented, then item storage and access is improved, but the pocket structure complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveitem access convenienceVSAvoidpocket structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The first pocket bag and second pocket bag share a common middle panel, merging two pocket structures into a unified design. This combining approach enables dual entry functionality and improved item access convenience while minimizing the increase in structural complexity through shared components.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS12285064B2Pocket for a garment

Publication Date: 2025.04.29 LULULEMON ATHLETICA CANADA INC

AI summary

Examples of a pocket for a garment are described. The pocket for a garment, such as sport apparel, comprises a first pocket bag having a first pocket opening and a second pocket bag having a second pocket opening, wherein the first and second pocket bags share a middle panel therebetween forming a dual entry pocket or double pocket.