Lower-Body Garment Pocket Access Without Lifting the Outer Shell
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional lower body garments with pockets require the wearer to lift the outer shell to access inner pockets, leading to modesty concerns and inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A lower body garment design featuring an inner liner with accessible pockets through the outer shell, allowing direct access without lifting the outer shell, using a pocket opening aligned with the outer shell's access point.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the outer shell is lifted to access the inner liner pocket, then the pocket becomes accessible, but modesty is compromised and the wearer's leg is exposed
Solution Approach 1:
The garment is divided into distinct functional zones: the outer shell with engagement opening, the inner liner with pocket, and the waistband with access opening. This segmentation allows the pocket access function to be separated from the modesty coverage function, enabling one to be accessed while the other is maintained.
Solution Approach 2:
The waistband acts as an intermediary element between the outer shell and inner liner. It provides a separate access path through its opening that leads directly to the pocket without requiring displacement of the outer shell, thus mediating between the need for access and the need for coverage.
2Ease of operation
If the outer shell is lifted to access the pocket, then the pocket becomes accessible, but the operation becomes inconvenient and awkward
Solution Approach 1:
The waistband opening is pre-configured to provide direct access to the pocket during garment construction. This preliminary arrangement of access paths eliminates the need for subsequent actions (lifting the shell) that would be required in conventional designs, allowing immediate and direct pocket access.
Solution Approach 2:
The waistband opening serves as an intermediary access point that provides a direct pathway to the pocket, eliminating the need to manipulate the outer shell. This intermediary access mechanism reduces the steps and time required for pocket access while maintaining garment integrity.
3Ease of operation
If the inner liner is made visible at the pocket opening, then the pocket becomes accessible, but the inner liner material may compromise modesty
Solution Approach 1:
The garment structure segments the visibility function from the access function. The outer shell maintains coverage except at the specifically designed waistband opening, while the pocket access is routed through this controlled opening. This segmentation ensures that only the necessary minimal area is visible for access purposes.
Solution Approach 2:
The waistband opening is strategically positioned and sized to provide just enough access to the pocket while minimizing visibility of the inner liner. This local quality adjustment at the critical access point allows functionality while maintaining overall modesty coverage of the garment.
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AI summary
Provided herein are garments with inner liner pocket access through the outer shell without the need to lift the shell to access the pocket. Provided herein is a lower body garment including an inner liner, a pocket, and an outer shell. A first pair of leg portions of the inner liner covering a pelvic portion and a leg portion of the wearer. The pocket having a pocket bag formed by attaching a pocket panel on the inner liner. The body of the outer shell includes a second pair of leg portions covering the pelvic portion and the leg portion of the wearer. A portion of the inner liner is visible through the outer shell at a pocket opening. The pocket panel is attached to a portion of the top edge of the outer shell, such that the pocket is accessible from the visible portion of the inner liner.