Multi-Wing Crotch Gusset Structure for Mobility and Chafing Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional lower-body garments with crotch gussets often restrict motion and fail to provide a form fit, leading to shifting and chafing during physical activity.
Innovation Solution
A multi-wing crotch gusset design with an elongated trunk and panel wings that extend from the pelvic portion to the leg openings, providing a seamless, form-fitting construction that minimizes shifting and chafing by allowing for enhanced range of motion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional crotch gusset is used in a lower-body garment, then the garment structure is simple, but the garment restricts motion and fails to provide a form fit
Solution Approach 1:
The crotch gusset is divided into multiple functional segments: an elongated trunk portion extending vertically, panel wings extending laterally to the leg openings, and gusset wings extending along the inner thighs. This segmentation allows each portion to independently accommodate different body movements and contours, providing form fit while maintaining structural manageability
Solution Approach 2:
The crotch gusset extends into multiple spatial dimensions by incorporating panel wings that reach toward the leg openings and gusset wings that extend along the inner thighs. This multi-dimensional configuration allows the gusset to conform to the three-dimensional contours of the body during various movements, enhancing adaptability without excessive complexity
2Reliability
If a conventional crotch gusset is used in a lower-body garment, then the manufacturing process is simple, but the garment shifts and causes chafing during physical activity
Solution Approach 1:
The elongated trunk of the crotch gusset is seamlessly integrated with both the front and back panels of the lower-body garment, creating a continuous structural connection. This merging eliminates potential shift points and ensures the gusset moves synchronously with the garment during physical activity, preventing chafing and maintaining stability
Solution Approach 2:
Different portions of the crotch gusset are configured with specific qualities: the elongated trunk provides vertical support and stability, the panel wings provide lateral coverage and prevent side shifting, and the gusset wings provide inner thigh coverage and prevent chafing. This localized optimization of structural qualities enhances overall garment reliability
3Shape
If a multi-wing crotch gusset with extended panel wings is used, then the garment provides a form fit and reduces shifting, but the crotch gusset structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The panel wings are configured to dynamically extend and retract with wearer movement. When the wearer moves their torso forward relative to their hips or legs, the panel wings stretch in the vertical direction and then become less stretched but remain in a stretched state, maintaining form fit throughout the range of motion without requiring complex adjustment mechanisms
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The multi-wing crotch gusset ensures a form-fitting, comfortable fit that reduces the likelihood of the garment shifting during activity, enhancing wearer mobility and comfort.
Implementation Method 1
lower-body garments can be constructed of elastomeric textiles that allow the garment to fit the wearer more closely and stretch and recover with wearer movement
Data Source
AI summary
A lower-body garment includes a multi-wing crotch gusset. The crotch gusset includes an elongated trunk having an elongated front portion and an elongated back portion where the elongated trunk continuously extends from a front side of a pelvic portion of the lower-body garment adjacent a waist opening to a back side of the pelvic portion of the lower-body garment adjacent the waist opening. The crotch gusset further includes a first wing that extends along an inner thigh portion of a first leg portion of the lower-body garment, and a second wing that extends along an inner thigh portion of a second leg portion of the lower-body garment.