Interior Garment Badge Holder with Transparent Flap
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional badge holders sewn, glued, or clipped to garment exteriors can bulge and snag, leading to damage and premature failure, especially when storing additional items, and are costly to replace in large quantities.
Innovation Solution
A badge holder attached to the interior of a garment with a flap portion forming a hole, allowing the badge to be accessible and visible from the exterior, using a transparent pocket with a fastener for secure attachment, and optionally a protective cover for comfort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the badge holder pocket is disposed on the exterior of the garment, then the badge is visible from the exterior, but the pocket bulges out and snags on items causing damage
Solution Approach 1:
The badge holder is repositioned from the traditional exterior surface to the interior surface of the garment, utilizing the third dimension (depth/layering) to resolve the contradiction. The pocket remains accessible and visible through the garment material while being protected from external snagging forces.
Solution Approach 2:
The garment material at the badge holder location is made transparent or translucent, creating a local quality change that allows visual access to the badge on the interior while maintaining structural protection. This selective transparency enables both visibility and durability.
2Quantity of substance
If additional items are stored in the exterior pocket, then the pocket capacity increases, but the pocket becomes more prone to snagging and damage
Solution Approach 1:
The pocket is relocated to the interior dimension of the garment, allowing it to maintain storage capacity while being shielded from external mechanical stresses that cause snagging and damage.
3Reliability
If the badge holder is attached to the interior of the garment, then the pocket is protected from snagging, but the badge must be visible through the garment material
Solution Approach 1:
The garment material is modified locally at the badge holder position to be transparent or translucent, enabling optical transmission while maintaining the protective interior positioning of the badge holder.
4Ease of operation
If the pocket extends from the exterior of the garment, then the badge is easily accessible, but the pocket bulges out and creates a higher propensity to snag
Solution Approach 1:
The badge holder is positioned in the interior dimension of the garment, allowing accessibility through the garment material while eliminating the bulging effect that creates snagging hazards on external surfaces.
Data Source
AI summary
A garment generally includes a badge that can accessible from an interior of the garment and visible from an exterior of the garment. The garment includes a flap portion formed from a portion of the garment. The flap portion is folded over to form an edge that defines at least a portion of a hole formed in the garment. The garment also includes a generally transparent badge holder having a pocket operable to receive the badge. A fastener attaches the badge holder to the interior of the garment. The badge holder is attached to an interior surface of the garment so that the hole in the garment is disposed on a surface of the badge holder that is opposite the pocket.