Modular Support Belt Structure for Custom Fit and Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing support belts do not adequately address the need for versatility, adaptability, and customization for individual preferences and needs, particularly in providing effective support and storage solutions for users.
Innovation Solution
A wearable support belt with a compressible support surface featuring a ramp configuration, adjustable design, removable covers, and detachable trays, allowing for customization through various materials and configurations to fit different user requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a support belt uses a fixed, non-adjustable design, then it is simple to manufacture, but it cannot accommodate different waist sizes or provide customized support
Solution Approach 1:
The support belt is divided into multiple sections including a back section, side sections, and a front section, each potentially with different thicknesses and materials. This segmentation allows each section to be optimized independently for its specific function while accommodating various waist sizes and support requirements through selective adjustment of individual segments.
Solution Approach 2:
The support belt incorporates multiple functional elements including support surfaces, storage pockets, and adjustable fastening systems within a single device. This multi-functionality allows the belt to adapt to different user needs and waist sizes without requiring multiple separate products, resolving the contradiction between versatility and complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the support belt includes multiple materials and configurations for customization, then it can meet individual user needs, but it increases manufacturing complexity
Solution Approach 1:
Different sections of the support belt utilize different materials and thicknesses tailored to their specific functions - softer materials at contact points for comfort, firmer materials in structural sections for support. This local differentiation provides customization for individual needs while maintaining manufacturing efficiency by applying material variety only where required rather than throughout the entire device.
3Ease of operation
If the support surface is made compressible for comfort, then it enhances user comfort, but it may reduce structural support effectiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The support belt employs composite construction combining compressible materials for comfort with firmer structural elements for support. The back section, side sections, and front section may each contain different material compositions and thicknesses that work together - the compressible portions conform to the body for comfort while the firmer sections maintain structural integrity and support effectiveness.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The wearable support belt provides enhanced comfort and functionality by accommodating different waist sizes, supporting objects, and offering adjustable and modular solutions for storage and support, enhancing usability and adaptability.
Implementation Method 1
the support surface composed of a compressible material, the support surface having a ramp configuration causing an object resting on the support surface to be coerced toward the opening
Data Source
AI summary
A wearable support belt is provided. The wearable support belt includes a support surface having a first end and a second end, the first end and the second end configured to fasten to each other, the support surface composed of a first material disposed over a second material. The wearable support belt includes a section coupling the first end and the second end, the section coupling the first end and the second end having a thickness and a height that is different than a thickness and a height of a front section of the structure. The wearable support belt includes a removable cover disposed around the support belt, the removable cover having an outer surface, the outer surface having a fastening mechanism affixed thereto, the fastening mechanism proximate to the first end and the second end.