Non-Stretch Tape Garment Support Structure

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing garments with elastic support panels often lose their shaping and support function after repeated washing due to stretching or shrinkage, failing to maintain their initial fit and functionality.

Innovation Solution

A garment with a non-stretch tape support structure connected to the inside front, using 100% cotton twill tape or similar materials, which prevents stretching and maintains tension across the abdomen by securing to the waistband, side seams, and closure, ensuring a taut and stable support throughout the garment's wearable life.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If elastic components are used in support panels to provide initial shaping and support, then the garment offers desired support and shaping function, but the elastic components fail after repeated washing due to stretching and shrinkage

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesupport function durabilityVSAvoiddimensional stability

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the material parameter from elastic fabric to non-stretch cotton twill tape, fundamentally altering the physical properties of the support panel to eliminate stretching and shrinkage while maintaining support functionality through the rigid structure and strategic placement of the tape

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The support panel becomes a composite structure combining non-stretch cotton twill tape with garment fabric, creating a hybrid construction that leverages the dimensional stability of the tape while integrating it into the flexible garment structure

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

2Shape

If elastic support panels are used to provide shaping support, then the garment achieves initial flattering fit, but the support panel stretches after repeated washings and loses its shaping function

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesupport panel shapeVSAvoidsupport function duration

Core Design Contradiction:

ShapeVSDuration of action of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Stability of the object's composition

If non-stretch cotton twill tape is used in support structures, then the support structure prevents stretching in the lateral direction, but the garment requires tension at the back to maintain the taut state

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvelateral dimension stabilityVSAvoidsupport structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The support structure is segmented into multiple functional components: non-stretch tape for lateral stability, elastic garment fabric for comfort and movement, and back tension elements for maintaining the taut state, with each segment performing a specific function that collectively provides comprehensive support

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS8418268B2Garment having support

Publication Date: 2013.04.16 GLOBAL TRADEMARKS INC

AI summary

A garment including a body of fabric having a waistband and at least two seams that extend from the waistband and a support structure that is connected to the at least two seams and the waistband is provided. The support structure further includes a pocket and a tape connected to the pocket that prevents elongation of the support structure between said at least two seams during the wearable life of the body of fabric.