Hooded garment hook

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional garment hooks for hoodies and similar garments are often bulky, insufficiently strong, unsightly, and occupy excessive space when mounted on walls or doors, lacking a compact and sturdy design.

Innovation Solution

A garment hook assembly featuring a mounting arm or clip with a body having multiple hooks, where the body and hooks can be made from durable materials like metal, plastic, or wood, and designed to resemble sports-themed shapes, with adjustable mounting options for easy installation and removal on walls or doors, and featuring various hook configurations for aesthetic appeal.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Area of stationary object

If conventional garment hooks are used, then they can hang garments, but they are bulky and occupy excessive space on walls or doors

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespace occupied on wallVSAvoidhook strength

Core Design Contradiction:

Area of stationary objectVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting arm nests within a slot in the wall behind the board, allowing the hook assembly to be mounted in a compact configuration that minimizes wall space while maintaining structural integrity and strength

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Strength

If conventional garment hooks are used, then they can hang garments, but they are insufficiently strong

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehook strengthVSAvoidhook structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The hook assembly is segmented into distinct components: a board with multiple hooks, a mounting arm, and a slot in the wall. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall strength without excessive complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The hook assembly combines different materials and structural elements (board, hooks, mounting arm, slot) to achieve superior strength and durability while maintaining a relatively simple overall design

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

3Strength

If conventional garment hooks are used, then they can hang garments, but they are bulky

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehook sturdinessVSAvoidhook volume

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSVolume of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting arm nests within a slot in the wall behind the board, creating a compact configuration that reduces the overall volume of the hook assembly while maintaining sturdiness and load-bearing capacity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

4Shape

If conventional garment hooks are used, then they can hang garments, but they are unsightly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehook appearanceVSAvoidmanufacturing simplicity

Core Design Contradiction:

ShapeVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The board is configured with specific aesthetic qualities (such as basketball theme with orange color and black lines) in the visible front area, while the mounting mechanism remains functional and concealed, allowing aesthetic customization without complicating the manufacturing of the functional components

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11291322B2Hooded garment hook

Publication Date: 2022.04.05 JONES PAM A

AI summary

A hook assembly for hanging hoodies and garments has a body including a plurality of hooks extending from the body thereby forming openings in the body. The hooks form cup-shaped portions for receiving a garment. The hooks and the body are configured to resemble balls or other items. One or more mounting arms are mounted to a rear portion of the body.