Inflatable Garment Air-Chamber Layout for Tube-Free Air Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional functional clothing methods face challenges in evenly distributing air across multiple areas due to the complexity of embedding air tubes, user inconvenience, and foreign body sensation, with air injection devices requiring significant effort and being cumbersome to carry.
Innovation Solution
The functional clothing incorporates a garment with air accommodation parts between fabrics, connected by an air injection device that uses a polymer film coating layer for air transfer, allowing easy distribution of air through film areas of varying widths and permeability, and includes a detachable air injection device for convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If multiple air tubes are embedded in clothing to provide cushioning across wide areas, then air distribution coverage is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to complicated air flow control processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple air tubes into a single integrated air injection device that can simultaneously or sequentially supply air to multiple air accommodation parts. The device includes a unified air inlet and internal distribution channels that replace the need for separate air tubes, simplifying the overall structure while maintaining wide-area coverage capability
Solution Approach 2:
The air injection device is designed as a universal component that can serve multiple air accommodation parts simultaneously. It functions as both a single air source and a multi-path distribution system, eliminating the need for separate air tubes for each cushioning zone while providing comprehensive air distribution across the entire garment
2Area of stationary object
If multiple air tubes are embedded in clothing to provide cushioning across wide areas, then air distribution coverage is improved, but ease of operation worsens due to complicated air flow control processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple air tube operations into a single air injection device with one air inlet. Users only need to operate one device to inflate multiple air accommodation parts, eliminating the need to manually control multiple separate air tubes and significantly improving ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
The air injection device automatically distributes air to multiple air accommodation parts through its internal structure. Once air is introduced through the single inlet, the device's internal channels and pressure distribution mechanism automatically allocate air to the appropriate chambers without requiring user intervention for each individual tube
3Reliability
If air tubes are embedded in clothing to provide cushioning, then functional performance is improved, but ease of manufacture and wearability worsen due to foreign body sensation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces rigid air tubes with flexible air accommodation parts made from fabric layers and sealing films. These thin-film structures are integrated directly into the garment layers, eliminating the need for separate tube embedding processes and reducing manufacturing complexity while maintaining cushioning functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The air accommodation parts are constructed using composite materials including fabric layers and polymer sealing films that are bonded together. This composite structure allows the air chambers to be formed as integral parts of the garment during manufacturing, eliminating post-assembly tube embedding steps and reducing foreign body sensation
4Reliability
If conventional air injection device is used to introduce air into functional clothing, then cushioning is achieved, but productivity and time efficiency worsen due to considerable effort and time required for full inflation
Solution Approach 1:
The air injection device incorporates multiple independent air inlet ports that can simultaneously receive air flow. This segmentation of the air intake system allows parallel air supply to multiple chambers, significantly reducing the time required for full inflation compared to single-inlet devices that must inflate chambers sequentially
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 enables efficient air distribution across multiple areas with reduced effort, enhances user comfort by eliminating foreign body sensation, and simplifies manufacturing, while allowing easy portability and rapid inflation.
Implementation Method 1
the film includes air permeable means between the air accommodation part and another adjacent air accommodation part to allow air to flow
Implementation Method 2
when a user presses the main body part, the volume of the main body part decreases and the air accommodated in the main body part is transferred to the air accommodation parts
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AI summary
Provided is functional clothing. The function clothing includes: a garment which includes a plurality of air accommodation parts formed between a first fabric and a second fabric arranged to face each other to accommodate air inside; and an air injection device which is connected to at least one of the plurality of air accommodation parts to inject air into the air accommodation parts, wherein around the periphery of the air accommodation parts, formed are at least one first area which is formed by bonding the first fabric and the second fabric with each other and divides one air accommodation part from another adjacent air accommodation part and at least one second area which is formed by non-bonding the first fabric and the second fabric with each other and communicates one air accommodation part with another adjacent air accommodation part, and when air is injected into the garment through the air injection device, the air is transferred to the plurality of air accommodation parts through the second area.