Nursing Bra Attachment Member for Infant Latching Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Nursing bras often face interruptions during feeding due to the child becoming distracted and de-latching, leading to frustration and difficulty in re-latching, as there is a lack of effective visual and tactile stimulation to maintain the child's attention.
Innovation Solution
A nursing bra assembly with attachment members that provide tactile or visual stimulation, such as elongated extensions or sensory inserts, which can be grasped by the child to focus their attention and maintain latching during feeding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a detachable cup is provided to allow breastfeeding, then the feeding function is enabled, but the child becomes distracted and de-latches during the feeding process
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an attachment member with extension portion as an intermediary element between the nursing bra and the child. This extension portion provides visual and tactile stimulation that acts as a mediator to capture the child's attention and prevent distraction, thereby maintaining the latching relationship without interfering with the breastfeeding function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the purely mechanical latching system with a combined system that incorporates sensory stimulation. Instead of relying solely on the physical act of latching, the extension portion introduces visual and tactile elements that substitute for the need of constant mechanical adjustment and re-latching, reducing interruptions in the feeding process.
2Productivity
If the feeding process is interrupted by child distraction, then re-latching must be restarted, but this causes frustration and crying in the child
Solution Approach 1:
The extension portion is attached to the nursing bra before feeding begins,预先 providing the visual and tactile stimulation that the child needs. This preliminary setup ensures that the child's attention is captured from the start, preventing distraction and the need for re-latching, thereby avoiding frustration before it occurs.
Solution Approach 2:
The extension portion provides continuous visual and tactile feedback to the child during the feeding process. This ongoing stimulation acts as a feedback mechanism that keeps the child engaged and focused, preventing the negative feedback loop of distraction-de-latching-frustration-crying that occurs in traditional nursing bras.
3Reliability
If visual and tactile stimulation is added to maintain child attention, then latching stability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the nursing bra system into separate functional components: the bra body with detachable cup for feeding function, and the attachment member with extension portion for stimulation function. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, adding stimulation capability without complicating the core breastfeeding mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment member serves multiple functions: it provides visual stimulation through the extension portion, offers tactile stimulation that the child can grasp, and attaches to the existing nursing bra structure. This multi-functionality achieves latching stability enhancement without requiring separate devices or complex integrated systems.
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AI summary
A nursing bra assembly is adapted to be worn by a mother when nursing a child, and the nursing bra assembly includes a nursing bra portion having a bra body that includes a left cup portion and a right cup portion. The nursing bra portion includes a left strap extend from a first portion of the bra body to a second portion of the bra body and a right strap extending from a third portion of the bra body to a fourth portion of the bra body. The nursing bra assembly also includes a first attachment member having a securement portion adapted to couple the first attachment member to a portion of the nursing bra portion. The first attachment member also includes an extension portion coupled to the securement portion, the extension portion adapted to be grasped by the child when being nursed by the mother.