Hooded Garment with Transparent Lateral Vision Zones
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Solution Overview
Problem
Hooded garments restrict the wearer's field of vision when the hood is deployed, posing discomfort and safety risks, especially in athletic or sports training wear, due to their opaque design.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating laterally disposed transparent portions within the hood, positioned at eye level, which provide enhanced peripheral vision without compromising protection or styling, using a mesh pattern or material with apertures that allow the wearer to see through while maintaining the hood's structural integrity and protective function.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If the hood is made opaque to provide protection and styling, then the protective and stylistic functions are improved, but the field of vision is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The hood incorporates transparent portions at specific locations (laterally disposed at eye level) while maintaining opaque material in other areas. This local differentiation allows the hood to provide protection where needed while enabling peripheral vision through strategically positioned transparent sections with mesh patterns or apertures.
2Loss of information
If the hood is made entirely transparent to improve field of vision, then the field of vision is improved, but the protective function and styling are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than making the entire hood transparent, the invention applies transparency only to specific lateral portions at eye level where peripheral vision is needed. The remainder of the hood maintains its opaque protective and stylistic properties, achieving a balanced solution that addresses both visibility and protection requirements.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the hood encloses the head entirely to provide complete cover, then the protective function is improved, but the field of vision is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The transparent portions of the hood incorporate mesh patterns or apertures that create a porous structure. This allows the hood material to remain substantially enclosed and protective while permitting light transmission and peripheral vision through the mesh or aperture openings, effectively combining enclosure with visibility.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enhances the wearer's field of vision by allowing greater transparency at eye level, reducing discomfort and safety risks while maintaining the protective and stylistic features of traditional hooded garments.
Implementation Method 1
using a mesh pattern or material with apertures that allow the wearer to see through while maintaining the hood's structural integrity and protective function
Data Source
AI summary
Exemplary garments and methods of making the same are disclosed. An exemplary garment may include a body, and a hood extending from an upper portion of the body to provide an enclosure. The hood may include a main portion and at least one laterally disposed portion having a greater transparency than the main portion. An exemplary method of making a garment may include providing a body, and forming a hood extending from an upper portion of the body to provide an enclosure, with the hood including a main portion and at least one laterally disposed portion. The method may further include establishing the at least one laterally disposed portion as having a greater transparency than the main portion.