Garment Sealing Arrangement with Segmented Connection and Seal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing garment sealing arrangements face challenges in providing a user-friendly and reliable fluid-tight connection between tubular portions while minimizing load-bearing requirements, often requiring strong seals to withstand external forces and maintain sealing properties.
Innovation Solution
A reclosable sealing arrangement featuring a releasable connection system with annular connection members and separate annular seal members that form a fluid-tight seal configuration, allowing for easy connection and disconnection of tubular portions, with the connection members being the primary load-bearing components and the seal members providing a reliable fluid-tight seal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a strong fluid-tight seal is used to withstand external forces, then sealing reliability is improved, but the load-bearing requirements on the seal increase and user-friendliness decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing arrangement is divided into two distinct functional components: a connection system for mechanical joining and a separate sealing system for fluid-tight connection. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently - the connection system handles mechanical loads while the seal handles fluid containment, reducing the load-bearing requirements on the seal and improving user-friendliness
2Reliability
If a strong fluid-tight seal is used to withstand external forces, then sealing reliability is improved, but the force needed to maintain the seal increases
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the load-bearing connection function from the fluid-tight sealing function, the seal only needs to provide a light fluid barrier rather than withstand external forces. The connection system absorbs all mechanical loads, allowing the use of weaker seal structures that require minimal force to maintain sealing integrity
3Reliability
If a strong fluid-tight seal is used to withstand external forces, then sealing reliability is improved, but the seal structure must be stronger and more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The connection system and sealing system are separated into independent components. The connection system is designed to withstand external forces and mechanical loads, while the sealing system only needs to provide a light fluid barrier. This allows the use of weaker, simpler seal structures that are easier to manufacture and operate
Solution Approach 2:
The load-bearing function is extracted from the sealing component and assigned to a separate connection system. This extraction allows the seal to be optimized purely for fluid-tightness without the complexity and strength requirements of withstanding external forces
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a reclosable sealing arrangement for a garment, comprising inter-connectable first tubular portion and second tubular portion for encircling a body portion of a user, a releasable connection system having a first annular connection member extending circumferentially around the first tubular portion and a second annular connection member extending circumferentially around the second tubular portion, whereby the releasable connection system is configured to interconnect said first tubular portion with said second tubular portion, and wherein the reclosable sealing arrangement further comprises a first annular seal member extending circumferentially around the first tubular portion and a second annular seal member extending circumferentially around the second tubular portion to form a fluid-tight seal configuration for the releasable connection system when said first annular connection member is inter-connected to said second annular connection member.