Motorcycle Pant Cuff Retaining Strap With Removable Clips

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing pant leg cuff retaining devices for motorcycle riders are either costly due to the need for new devices for different decorative elements or difficult to remove and reattach quickly, often requiring modified clothing or footwear.

Innovation Solution

A pant cuff retaining device featuring a flexible strap with removable clip assemblies, including a snap buckle mechanism and pivotable jaw elements for easy attachment and detachment, allowing for interchangeable decorative elements and quick removal without full device disengagement from the pant leg.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a decorative element is integrated into the pant leg retaining device, then the device provides aesthetic functionality, but the user must purchase an entire new device to change decorative elements

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinterchangeable decorative elementsVSAvoidcost and inconvenience of purchasing new devices

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The device is divided into separate functional components: the strap with attachment means and the decorative element. The decorative element can be detached and replaced independently from the functional strap portion, allowing users to change aesthetics without replacing the entire device.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The decorative element is extracted as a separate removable component from the functional retaining mechanism. This allows the decorative element to be taken out and replaced while the functional strap and attachment means remain in use.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Reliability

If the attachment means is made secure to retain pant legs effectively, then the device provides reliable retention, but the device becomes difficult to remove or disengage from pant cuffs

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveretention securityVSAvoiddifficulty to remove and reattach

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The attachment means employs a dynamic mechanism with movable components such as spring-loaded clips or snap fasteners that transition between engaged and disengaged states. This allows the attachment to be secure during use but easily released when needed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The attachment means is designed to be self-latching during use but self-releasing with simple user action. The mechanism automatically maintains secure attachment while allowing quick removal without complex manipulation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Adaptability or versatility

If the device is designed to accommodate different footwear sizes and decorative elements, then the device provides versatility, but the device structure becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccommodation of different footwear sizes and decorative elementsVSAvoidstructural complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The strap portion is designed as a universal component that can accommodate various footwear sizes through adjustable length or elastic properties. The same strap can work with different decorative elements, providing multi-functionality without requiring separate devices for each configuration.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS8839494B1Motorcycle boot strap

Publication Date: 2014.09.23 SCREENS MICHAEL D

AI summary

The present invention is a pant leg cuff retaining device for maintaining a pant leg cuff relative to a user's footwear, having a strap with clips assemblies removable attached to each end for providing a means of removing the strap while not removing the attachment devices.