Interchangeable Garment Adjustment for Nonmetallic Resizing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing garments often require permanent alterations or impractical temporary resizing solutions that do not accommodate fluctuations in body size, and metallic components are unsuitable for certain environments.
Innovation Solution
A garment adjustment system using removable fasteners and flexible connective elements with a linking component that allows for adjustable sizing without permanent changes, utilizing non-metallic materials for compatibility in various settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If permanent resizing methods (creating new seams or adjusting existing seams) are used, then garment size can be adjusted, but the process becomes difficult, expensive, and does not allow for range of adjustments for fluctuations in body size
Solution Approach 1:
The garment is divided into modular components with multiple fastener locations that can be independently adjusted. The resizing system uses separate adjustability mechanisms (fasteners, connective elements, linking components) that can be manipulated without affecting the entire garment structure, allowing localized adjustments for different body size fluctuations.
Solution Approach 2:
The garment transitions from a static, fixed-size structure to a dynamic, adjustable system. Multiple fastener locations and movable connective elements enable the garment to adapt its configuration continuously, allowing the wearer to adjust the garment size dynamically in response to body size changes without permanent alterations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If magnetic fasteners or temporary adhesives are used for temporary resizing, then garment size can be adjusted temporarily, but the fasteners move with heavy activity causing the need for ongoing adjustments
Solution Approach 1:
The connective elements are designed with flexible, curved configurations that can bend and conform to body movements. This flexibility allows the connecting components to maintain their attachment between fastener locations while accommodating the dynamic motion of the wearer's body during heavy activity, preventing dislodgment and reducing the need for frequent adjustments.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses flexible connective elements rather than rigid connectors. These flexible components can deform and adapt to body movements, maintaining secure attachment between fastener locations while allowing the garment to move with the wearer during heavy activity, thereby improving fastener stability and reducing ongoing adjustment needs.
3Ease of operation
If metallic components are added to garments for resizing, then fastening functionality is achieved, but the garments become impractical for wearers in certain settings (e.g., medical settings)
Solution Approach 1:
The material composition parameter of the fastening system is changed from metallic to non-metallic materials. This substitution maintains the fastening functionality through alternative mechanisms (friction-based, interlocking, or adhesive non-metallic fasteners) while eliminating the environmental incompatibility issues associated with metallic components in settings like medical facilities where metal detectors or MRI machines are present.
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AI summary
A garment adjustment system includes a first connective element removably fastened to a garment by at least a first fastener affixed to the garment in a first location. A second connective element is removably fastened to the garment by at least a second fastener affixed to the garment in a second location. A linking component is linked to the first connective element and the second connective element such that adjustment of the linking component changes a distance between the first location and the second location of the garment.