Garment Volume Reduction Arrangement for Bulk Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional jackets fail to adapt to different body types and clothing layers, leading to excess fabric that interferes with outdoor activities like hunting and golfing, requiring inconvenient and time-consuming solutions to manage bulkiness.

Innovation Solution

A garment with integrated volume reduction arrangements, including straps and adjustment members on the torso and sleeves, allowing users to draw excess fabric towards their body without assistance, and a harness passage for secure equipment attachment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a jacket is designed with a fixed size, then manufacturing and inventory management are simplified, but it cannot adapt to different body types and clothing layers, resulting in excess fabric that interferes with outdoor activities

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadaptability to different body types and clothing layersVSAvoidcomplexity of volume reduction arrangement

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The jacket is divided into multiple adjustable segments including torso volume reduction arrangements with separate straps and adjustment members, sleeve volume reduction arrangements with independent straps, and waist adjustment features. This segmentation allows each region to be adjusted independently to fit different body types and clothing layers while maintaining overall jacket functionality.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The jacket incorporates dynamic adjustment mechanisms including multiple strap adjustment members with buckles that allow the wearer to modify the fit in real-time. The volume reduction arrangements can be adjusted or removed based on activity requirements, transforming the jacket from a static garment to a dynamically adaptable piece of equipment.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Object-affected harmful factors

If conventional volume reduction methods like arm guards are used, then excess fabric bulk is reduced, but the hunter must carry additional equipment and spend significant time retrieving and installing it

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveexcess fabric bulk interfering with activitiesVSAvoidtime to retrieve and install arm guard

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The volume reduction arrangements are pre-installed and integrated into the jacket structure during manufacturing, with straps and adjustment members positioned for immediate use. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for hunters to carry separate arm guards or spend time retrieving and installing volume reduction equipment during field activities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The volume reduction functionality is merged directly into the jacket structure by integrating straps, adjustment members, and crisscrossing arrangements into the garment itself. This consolidation eliminates the need for separate arm guard equipment, reducing the total gear a hunter must carry and manage.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Ease of operation

If multiple adjustment members and straps are integrated into the jacket, then the jacket can be adjusted by the wearer without assistance, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveability to adjust fit without assistanceVSAvoidnumber of straps and adjustment members

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The jacket is designed with self-adjusting features including multiple strap adjustment members with buckles that can be easily manipulated by the wearer alone. The volume reduction arrangements are positioned and configured to allow independent adjustment of torso, waist, and sleeve fit without requiring assistance from another person, empowering the wearer to adapt the jacket to different conditions autonomously.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS10111474B2Sportman's garment with volume reduction arrangement

Publication Date: 2018.10.30 UNDER ARMOUR INC

AI summary

A garment comprises a torso portion including a volume reduction arrangement. The volume reduction arrangement includes a first strap that crosses a second strap, a first strap adjustment member, and a second strap adjustment member. The first strap adjustment member is coupled to a right side of the torso portion. A first portion of the first strap is coupled to a left side of the torso portion, and a second portion of the first strap engages the first strap adjustment member on the right side of the torso portion. The second strap adjustment member is coupled to the shell on the left side of the torso portion. A first portion of the second strap is coupled to the right side of the torso portion, and a second portion of the second strap engages the second strap adjustment member on the left side of the torso portion.