Attachable Jacket Pockets with Tube Passage for Hand Warming
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Solution Overview
Problem
Ordinary jackets fail to effectively warm hands in cold weather, especially during outdoor activities like golf or mountain climbing, due to their thin design and limited pocket size, which restricts hand warming and overall body warmth.
Innovation Solution
A jacket design featuring attachable and detachable warm pockets with a tube-like passage connecting both sides, allowing a heating element to be accommodated within the pockets and passage, enhancing hand and body warming by forming a continuous pocket system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If a jacket is designed with thin clothes for aesthetic appearance and convenience, then the aesthetic appearance and convenience are improved, but the warming performance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The heating system is segmented into multiple independent heating elements positioned at different body parts (hands, abdomen, chest, thighs), allowing selective activation and localized warming without requiring thick insulation throughout the entire garment
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from traditional volumetric insulation (thickness) to a distributed heating approach using multiple heating zones, effectively adding a spatial dimension to thermal management by positioning heating elements at specific anatomical locations
2Shape
If a jacket has small size pockets for simplicity and aesthetic appearance, then the aesthetic appearance is improved, but the hand warming capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the pocket function with the heating system by integrating heating elements directly into the pocket structures, allowing the pockets to serve dual purposes of storage and thermal warming without increasing overall garment bulk
Solution Approach 2:
The pocket heating system is segmented into left and right pocket heating elements that can be independently activated, providing targeted hand warming while maintaining the aesthetic appearance of slim-fit pockets
3Ease of operation
If a jacket has separate left and right pockets, then the ease of access is improved, but the overall warming effect deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the separate left and right pockets into a connected pocket system through a communication passage, allowing thermal energy to distribute across both pockets while maintaining independent access to each pocket
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 jacket provides enhanced hand and body warming while maintaining a thin, aesthetically pleasing design, allowing for improved comfort and performance during outdoor activities in cold conditions.
Implementation Method 1
a heating element to be accommodated in each pocket
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a jacket having warm pockets with both pockets being attachable and detachable which is characterized in that in an ordinary jacket which can be opened and closed by a certain engaging element such as a zipper and buttons and has a pocket at left and right sides formed about the engaging element, respectively, for a user to insert his hands into the left and right pockets, both the separated pockets can communicate like one longitudinal pocket, and a tube-like passage is formed from both the pockets and the backside of a jacket, and a warming element is accommodated in both the pockets or the tube-like passage for the purpose of effectively warming the hands of a user as well as a user's body.