Flattenable Hood Stowage Without Bulk
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional hood stowage systems in outdoor garments bulk up the garment, compromising comfort and aesthetics, and often require special pockets or collars.
Innovation Solution
A flattenable hood design that allows for non-bulky stowage without folding, rolling, or crumpling, anchored along a back perimetrical edge and stored in an interstitial space between garment panels, eliminating the need for special pockets or collars.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the hood is folded, rolled up, or stuffed in conventional stowage systems, then the hood can be stowed in a small area, but it adds bulk to the garment and compromises comfort and aesthetics
Solution Approach 1:
The hood is divided into multiple panels (front panel, back panel, side panels) that can be independently manipulated and flattened. This segmentation allows the hood to be collapsed into a thin profile without creating bulk, as each panel lays flat against the others rather than forming a three-dimensional stuffed mass.
Solution Approach 2:
The hood stowage transitions from three-dimensional stuffing to two-dimensional flat storage. The panels are configured to lay flat against each other, reducing the hood from a volumetric object to a planar configuration that occupies minimal space without creating bulk protrusions.
2Ease of operation
If conventional stowage systems are used, then the hood can be stowed, but it requires special pockets or collars that complicate garment construction
Solution Approach 1:
The garment panels serve dual functions: they provide the primary garment structure and simultaneously create the stowage space for the hood. The back panel and collar structure are designed to accommodate the flattened hood panels without requiring separate dedicated pockets or specialized collar constructions.
Solution Approach 2:
The stowage system is merged with the garment's existing panel structure. The hood panels are stored within the spatial relationship between the back panel and collar, integrating the stowage function into the garment's basic construction rather than adding separate stowage components.
3Shape
If the hood is flattened without folding or rolling, then bulk is eliminated and aesthetics are preserved, but the hood must be configured with specific panel arrangements
Solution Approach 1:
The hood is segmented into multiple flat panels (front panel, back panel, side panels) that can be independently arranged. This segmentation enables the hood to be flattened without folding or rolling by allowing each panel to lay planar against the others, eliminating bulk while maintaining structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The panel configurations incorporate curved edges and contoured shapes that allow the panels to nest together efficiently when flattened. The curved geometries enable the panels to conform to each other's surfaces, creating a compact flat profile without sharp folds or creases.
Data Source
AI summary
A hood for a garment. As assembled, the garment includes a covering for a torso portion of an intended user. The torso portion includes a back section that includes at least two panels defining an interstitial space for stowing a flattened hood. The hood assembled to the garment includes one or more panels of drapable sheet material configured to cover an intended user's head. The hood has a body having one or more perimetrical edges defining a facial area 11 configured to expose a predetermined portion of an intended user's face. The hood has a top section, with downwardly extending back and side sections. The hood is flattenable, without folding, rolling, creasing, crumpling, etc. so as to either not (1) reduce the length or width of the hood relative to an intended donned state or (2) substantially overlap materials in the flattened state. The hood is anchored to the torso portion along a back perimetrical edge of the hood to at least one of the torso portion panels. The panels include an opening for receiving the hood into the interstitial space, the interstitial space being configured to receive and stow the hood in the flattened state.