Elastane Riding Breeches Adaptability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional riding trousers struggle to accommodate the diverse anatomical shapes and sizes of women, particularly failing to adapt to natural body changes over time, leading to ill-fitting garments that constrict or become too wide.
Innovation Solution
Designing riding breeches with elastic textile material containing at least 10% elastane, combined with polyester or polyamide, and a knitted structure, which allows for high stretchability and adaptability across various sizes, including 34-46, with a waistband featuring a rubber-like element for enhanced fit and comfort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional riding trousers are designed with fixed sizing, then manufacturing and inventory management is simplified, but the trousers cannot accommodate diverse anatomical shapes and sizes of women
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by using elastic textile material with at least 10% elastane content, which fundamentally changes the physical properties of the fabric to enable stretching and adapting to different body shapes. This allows a single garment design to accommodate multiple sizes and anatomical variations without requiring multiple size variants.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention makes the trouser leg universally adaptable to different body types through the elastic material composition. The same garment structure serves multiple functions: it fits various anatomical shapes, accommodates body changes over time, and provides consistent comfort and support across different wearers, eliminating the need for size-specific designs.
2Ease of operation
If riding trousers are made from non-elastic material for durability, then structural integrity is maintained, but they constrict the wearer during sporting activities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses composite textile material combining elastane (at least 10%) with other fibers to create a material that simultaneously provides elasticity for freedom of movement and sufficient strength for structural integrity. This composite approach allows the fabric to stretch during physical activity while maintaining durability and shape retention.
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic material enables the trousers to dynamically adapt to the wearer's movements during sporting activities. The fabric stretches when needed during physical exertion and returns to its original shape, providing both freedom of movement and structural support throughout the activity cycle.
3Reliability
If riding trousers are designed to fit snugly on the body, then support function is improved, but they become too tight and constricting
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic material composition (at least 10% elastane) changes the mechanical parameters of the fabric, allowing it to provide snug support while accommodating body movements without becoming constricting. The material's elasticity enables it to exert gentle supporting pressure that adapts to the wearer's anatomy and movements.
4Adaptability or versatility
If riding trousers are made with standard material composition, then manufacturing cost is controlled, but they do not adapt to natural changes in body shape over time
Solution Approach 1:
By setting the elastane content at a minimum of 10%, the patent optimizes the material parameters to provide sufficient elasticity for adapting to body changes over time while maintaining reasonable manufacturing costs. This parameter threshold ensures the fabric has enough stretch and recovery capability to accommodate natural body variations.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution ensures a snug, comfortable fit across different anatomies and sizes, maintaining adaptability as body shapes change, preventing constriction and ensuring optimal performance during sporting activities.
Implementation Method 1
Each trouser leg has a first trouser leg section and a second trouser leg section, which are connected to one another (at least indirectly and preferably directly) by means of at least one seam. At least the trouser legs are made of an elastic textile material which contains elastane and at least one other component, the proportion of elastane being at least 10%.
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AI summary
Sports clothing (1), in particular riding breeches with a first leg (2) and with a second leg (4) and with a waistband (6) connecting the legs (2, 4), wherein each leg (2, 4) has a first leg section (22, 42) and a second leg section (24, 44) which are connected to each other by means of at least one seam (26, 46), characterized in that at least the legs (2, 4) are made of an elastic textile material which contains elastane and at least one other component, wherein the proportion of elastane is at least 10%.