Layered Mesh Bra Front Construction for Support and Quick Drying
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bras, particularly sports bras, often lack both sufficient support and breathability, as heavier fabrics provide support but are not quick-drying, while lighter fabrics are breathable but insufficiently supportive.
Innovation Solution
A bra constructed with multiple layers of different mesh materials, including spacer and non-spacer mesh, providing varying stretch properties and support levels, while maintaining breathability and quick-drying properties.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If heavy-weight materials are used for bra construction, then support is improved, but breathability and quick-drying properties deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies composite materials by combining mesh fabric with elastic bands and elastic panels to create a bra that provides support while maintaining breathability. The mesh fabric forms the base structure, while elastic components are strategically placed in high-stress areas to provide necessary support without using heavy-weight materials throughout the entire garment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements local quality by placing elastic bands and elastic panels only in specific high-stress areas such as the band, cups, and shoulder straps, rather than using elastic material throughout the entire bra. This allows support to be concentrated where needed while maintaining breathability and lightness in other areas.
2Strength
If heavy-weight materials are used for bra construction, then support is improved, but quick-drying properties deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses composite materials combining mesh fabric with elastic components to achieve support without heavy-weight materials. The mesh fabric provides quick-drying properties while elastic bands and panels provide the necessary structural support, eliminating the need for slow-drying heavy materials.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by concentrating elastic materials only in areas requiring support, allowing the majority of the bra to be constructed from lightweight, quick-drying mesh fabric. This selective approach maintains quick-drying properties while providing adequate support where needed.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If lighter-weight breathable fabrics are used, then breathability is improved, but support deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines mesh fabric with elastic bands and elastic panels to create a composite structure that provides support through the elastic components while the mesh fabric maintains breathability. This composite approach allows lightweight materials to provide adequate support when combined with strategic elastic reinforcement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements local quality by placing elastic bands and panels only in high-stress areas, allowing lighter-weight breathable mesh fabric to be used in areas where support is less critical. This selective reinforcement provides necessary support while maintaining overall breathability.
4Loss of time
If lighter-weight fabrics are used, then quick-drying properties are improved, but support deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses composite materials combining lightweight mesh fabric with elastic components to achieve both quick-drying properties and support. The mesh fabric provides rapid drying while elastic bands and panels provide structural support, eliminating the trade-off between weight and support functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by concentrating elastic materials in high-stress areas, allowing the majority of the bra to be made from lightweight, quick-drying mesh fabric. This selective approach provides adequate support where needed while maintaining quick-drying properties throughout the garment.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects herein are directed to a bra having a front portion formed with multiple layers of mesh to provide a supportive, modest bra that is breathable, lightweight, and quick drying. The front portion includes an interior support panel assembly having a first panel made of a mesh material and a second panel made of a spacer mesh material that is adjacent and external to the first panel. The front portion also includes an upper support panel made of a spacer mesh material and a lower support panel made of a mesh material that each are positioned adjacent and external to the interior support panel assembly. The upper support panel and the lower support panel are each defined by a top edge and a bottom edge, and at least a portion of the upper support panel bottom edge may be positioned superior to the lower support panel bottom edge.