Garment Panel and Leg Portions for Secure Menstrual Pad Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing garments for positioning menstruation pads lack leg portions that securely cover the user's legs, leading to potential displacement and reduced comfort.
Innovation Solution
A garment design featuring a hip portion, crotch portion, and leg portions that extend around the hips and legs, with a panel in the hip portion for attaching the pad, ensuring secure positioning and enhanced comfort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a garment has only a raised crotch portion with free edges for pad positioning, then the garment structure is simple, but the pad positioning security is insufficient and comfort is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The garment is divided into distinct functional segments: a hip portion for waist/hip coverage, a crotch portion for pad positioning, and leg portions for leg coverage. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function optimally while maintaining overall structural clarity and simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the hip portion and leg portions into a single integrated garment structure that works together to secure the pad. The leg portions extend from the hip portion to create a continuous covering that secures the pad against displacement, merging multiple positioning functions into one unified garment design.
2Ease of operation
If leg portions are added to extend around the legs, then pad positioning security and comfort are improved, but the garment covers more body area increasing complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The leg portions are designed to extend only to the necessary degree to cover the upper legs and secure the pad, rather than covering the entire leg. This local extension provides sufficient comfort and security while minimizing unnecessary body area coverage and garment complexity.
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AI summary
A garment for positioning a menstruation pad below a crotch of a user includes a hip portion, a crotch portion, and a pair of leg portions for covering hips, the crotch, and the legs respectively of the user. A panel is mounted in the hip portion and has a pair of free lateral edges which allow wings of the menstruation pad to fold around the panel to connect the menstruation pad to the panel.