Magnetic Hood Positioning System for Outerwear
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing outdoor garments with hoods require complex hand movements to control the positioning of the hood and other appendages, lacking simplicity and convenience for the wearer.
Innovation Solution
A garment design featuring a hood with drawstring passageways that meander concavely over the wearer's shoulders, allowing the hood to be easily raised and lowered by pulling on both drawstring ends, and incorporating magnetic sliders to secure the drawstrings to catch plates on the jacket.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional hood control methods are used, then the hood can be positioned, but both hands or complicated hand movements are required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical drawstring control with a magnetic field-based system. Magnets embedded in the hood interact with magnetic attractors on the garment body, creating automatic positioning and holding forces that eliminate the need for complex hand manipulations of drawstrings.
Solution Approach 2:
The magnetic hood positioning system operates automatically without requiring active user intervention. The magnetic attraction between the hood and garment body self-regulates the hood's position, allowing it to maintain its state without continuous manual adjustment.
2Ease of operation
If magnetic sliders are used to secure drawstrings, then hood positioning is simplified, but additional components are added to the garment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical drawstring systems with magnetic coupling. Magnets in the hood interact with magnetic attractors on the garment, eliminating the need for drawstrings, sliders, and other mechanical fastening components while achieving the same hood positioning function.
3Ease of operation
If drawstring passageways meander over shoulders, then hood control is improved, but the passageway structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and eliminates the drawstring passageway structure entirely by replacing the mechanical drawstring system with magnetic coupling. This removes the complex meandering passageways while achieving superior hood control through magnetic attraction between the hood and garment body.
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
Enables the wearer to effortlessly manage the hood's position without using both hands, providing improved convenience and comfort while preventing wind obstruction and maintaining visibility.
Implementation Method 1
the first and second sliders configured to magnetically secure the first and second drawstring ends to the first set of catch plates
Data Source
AI summary
The present application provides a garment that includes: a sleeve, a cuff, a retainer, and a sleeve lining attached at one end thereof at a proximal end of the sleeve, the sleeve lining extendible outward sufficient to cover at least a portion of a wearer's hand and retractable inward at a distal end of the sleeve; the retainer having a first end attached at the distal end of the sleeve to the sleeve and the sleeve lining, wherein the retainer is configured to limit at least the retractable inward movement of the sleeve lining; the cuff is located at the distal end of the sleeve lining and comprises a padding removably coupled to the cuff at a location proximate to the wearer's palm.