Garment Beverage Pocket With Integrated Cap-Opening Tab
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing garments lack the ability to conveniently retain and open beverage containers, particularly in social settings, leading to issues like misplacement, spillage, and difficulty in removing bottle caps.
Innovation Solution
A garment with a pocket and a tab configuration that allows for removably retaining a beverage container and facilitating its opening, featuring a pocket with an open upper edge and a tab positioned to assist in cap removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a garment is designed to retain beverage containers, then convenience and security of beverage storage are improved, but the garment's traditional functionality and simplicity are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The garment is segmented into functional zones: a pocket structure for beverage container storage and a separate tab structure for cap removal assistance. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently while maintaining overall garment simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The tab structure serves multiple functions: it acts as a structural element of the garment, provides a surface for cap removal, and can be positioned to assist with different types of beverage containers. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate components.
2Ease of operation
If a tab structure is added to facilitate cap removal, then ease of beverage opening is improved, but garment complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The tab structure is designed to be self-sufficient for cap removal without requiring external tools or complex mechanisms. The tab's positioning and structure inherently provide the necessary leverage and surface area for removing caps, making the system self-service oriented.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of providing a complex mechanical cap removal device, the invention inverts the approach by using a simple tab structure that relies on the user's hand and the natural geometry of the tab to facilitate cap removal. The complexity is inverted from mechanical to anatomical/geometric.
3Ease of operation
If the pocket has an open upper edge for easy access, then ease of beverage container insertion and removal is improved, but security of retention is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The pocket structure has different characteristics at different locations: the upper edge is open for easy access, while the lower and side edges are closed to provide retention. This local differentiation of openness and closure allows the pocket to simultaneously provide easy access and secure retention.
Solution Approach 2:
The pocket's open upper edge allows dynamic insertion and removal of containers while the closed edges provide static retention. The structure transitions from a fully enclosed static container to a dynamically accessible pocket that maintains retention through its asymmetric open/closed configuration.
Data Source
AI summary
A garment configured for retaining a beverage container and for use on the lower body of a user. The garment includes a pocket coupled to the garment, and a tab coupled to the garment at first and second locations. The pocket includes a lower closed edge, first and second closed side edges and an open upper edge. The pocket is sized to removably receive and retain the beverage container. The first and second locations are spaced apart from each other to define an unattached region of the tab between the first and second locations. The unattached region configured for facilitating the opening of the beverage container by the user.