Hat With Hidden Interior Storage Compartments
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing headgear designs lack secure and concealed storage solutions for personal items, making it difficult to protect and store valuables while maintaining a normal appearance.
Innovation Solution
Integration of non-obtrusive compartments within the interior surface of hats, with concealed openings below the headband, utilizing zippers or other closure mechanisms to securely store items like credit cards, licenses, and small objects without visible external indications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If storage compartments are added to hats for securing personal items, then security and convenience are improved, but the hat's appearance and simplicity are worsened due to visible external indications
Solution Approach 1:
The opening mechanism is extracted from the external surface and relocated to the interior of the hat. The opening is positioned below the headband at the interior surface, allowing access to storage compartments without creating visible external features. This extraction resolves the contradiction by removing the visual indicator from the hat's exterior while maintaining the storage function.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage compartments are nested within the hat's interior structure, specifically within the crown portion. Multiple compartments can be arranged in different orientations and positions inside the hat, utilizing the internal volume efficiently. This nesting approach allows secure storage functionality to be embedded within the hat without altering its external appearance.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple storage compartments are integrated into the hat interior, then storage capacity and versatility are improved, but the internal structure and complexity are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is segmented into multiple independent compartments within the hat's interior. Each compartment can be individually accessed through openings positioned at the interior surface below the headband. The segments can be arranged in various configurations (front, rear, left, right sides of the crown) to provide versatile storage options while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The hat's interior structure is designed to accommodate multiple storage compartments with universal access mechanisms. The same basic compartment design can be replicated in different locations and orientations within the crown, providing multi-functional storage capability without requiring complex specialized structures for each compartment.
3Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If openings for compartments are concealed below the headband, then detectability of compartments is reduced, but the ease of access and operation is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The headband is designed to be movable relative to the crown, allowing it to be temporarily displaced to expose the concealed openings below it. This dynamic element enables users to access the compartments by simply moving the headband aside, providing ease of operation while maintaining the concealed appearance when the headband is in its normal position.
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AI summary
An interior surface storage structure for headgear is provided. The structure comprises a headgear, a plurality of contiguous panels disposed in a circular manner around an interior surface of the headgear, each panel separated from its immediately adjacent panel. The structure also comprises at least one pair of contiguous panels covered by fabric at panel edges to form a compartment, a panel edge along a circumference edge of the headgear open and providing access to the compartment. The structure also comprises a binding mechanism positioned at the panel edge along the circumference edge enabling compartment sealing, the binding mechanism concealed by a headband. The headgear alternatively does not have panels on the interior surface and the pocket enclosure is attached to the interior surface and to the circumference edge with binding mechanism concealed. Up to four pocket enclosures are installable on either side and in various configurations of the quadrants.