Interchangeable Canvas Fastening for Washable Garment Personalization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for personalizing clothing and interior decoration items, such as embroidery, silk-screen printing, and heat transfer printing, are not interchangeable and can be difficult for users to implement without specialized equipment, and the decorations often become damaged or immovable after washing.
Innovation Solution
A double hooking and fastening system using soft materials like cloth or leather, with a clip-button mechanism that allows for easy attachment and removal of graphic representations on garments and decoration items, enabling interchangeable and washable personalized designs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If embroidery, silk-screen printing, or heat transfer printing is used to personalize clothing and decoration items, then the product can be personalized with graphic representations, but the decoration becomes immovable and difficult to remove after washing
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the personalized decoration into two separate components: a canvas containing the graphic representation and a frame with attachment means. This segmentation allows the canvas to be independently removed and replaced, enabling interchangeability while maintaining personalization. The canvas is detached from permanent fixtures, allowing it to be washed and replaced without affecting the underlying garment or decoration item.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transforms the static, permanent nature of traditional printing methods into a dynamic, reversible system. The clip-button fastening mechanism allows the canvas to be easily attached and detached, enabling the decoration to change from a fixed state to a movable state. This dynamic capability permits users to interchange canvases based on different occasions or preferences, and to remove them before washing the underlying item.
2Reliability
If traditional printing methods are used to apply graphic representations, then the design can be fixed on the item, but the process is difficult and laborious for final users without specialized equipment
Solution Approach 1:
The invention replaces complex printing mechanisms (embroidery machines, silk-screen equipment, heat transfer devices) with a simple mechanical fastening system. Instead of requiring specialized equipment to apply designs, users only need to attach pre-made canvases using clip-buttons or similar fasteners. This substitution dramatically simplifies the user operation while maintaining reliable design fixation through the mechanical attachment system.
Solution Approach 2:
The graphic representations are pre-applied to canvases during manufacturing, before reaching the end user. This preliminary action transfers the complex design application process to the production stage, where specialized equipment can be used efficiently. The final user then only needs to perform the simple task of attaching the completed canvas to their item, eliminating the need for them to have access to printing equipment.
3Adaptability or versatility
If decorations are applied directly to clothing or furnishings, then the personalization is integrated, but the item cannot be washed without damaging the decoration
Solution Approach 1:
The invention segments the decoration system into a removable canvas layer and the underlying item. The canvas containing the graphic representation is separated from the garment or furnishing through the use of a frame and fastening mechanism. This segmentation allows the underlying item to be washed without exposing the decoration to water, while the canvas can be removed and protected separately, eliminating washing damage to the graphic representation.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame and fastening system act as an intermediary between the canvas and the underlying item. This intermediate layer provides a mechanical connection that allows the canvas to be securely attached when needed but easily removed before washing. The intermediary mechanism protects the decoration from direct contact with water and washing processes, while still enabling integrated appearance during use.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention is a system and related device for an easy and simple hooking of graphic representations, for example paintings and prints. The representations are made on a support of thin and soft material, for example cloth or leather goods, which can be applied, in an interchangeable way, on any kind of clothes, fittings for clothes, furnishings and interior decorations.