Nursing Garment Panel Structure for Stable Breastfeeding Openings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Nursing garments with openings for breastfeeding or pumping milk often deform easily, affecting structural strength and privacy, and require frequent clothing removal, consuming time and energy.
Innovation Solution
A nursing garment with a functional panel formed by spliced first and second panels, featuring seams extending to the underarm edge and optionally to the lower hem edge, reinforced by strips, and a detachable outer panel for support and alignment with the breast pump or breast, allowing breastfeeding without complete removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If openings are arranged in the nursing garment for breastfeeding or pumping, then ease of operation is improved, but structural strength deteriorates causing easy deformation
Solution Approach 1:
The nursing garment is divided into multiple panels (first panel, second panel, third panel) that are spliced together to form the functional panel. This segmentation allows the garment to maintain structural integrity through distributed seams while providing necessary openings for breastfeeding and pumping operations.
Solution Approach 2:
Reinforcing strips are strategically placed at specific locations where seams are formed (such as at the armpit region and along the opening edges) to provide localized structural support. This local reinforcement strengthens vulnerable areas without adding unnecessary weight or complexity to the entire garment, effectively preventing deformation at critical points while maintaining ease of operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple panels are spliced to form functional panel with openings, then adaptability is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to reduced structural stability
Solution Approach 1:
The functional panel is constructed by splicing multiple panels together with reinforcing strips integrated at seam locations. This composite structure combines the flexibility needed for adaptability with the strength provided by reinforcing elements, creating a reliable garment that can accommodate both breastfeeding and pumping functions while maintaining structural stability.
Solution Approach 2:
Reinforcing strips are pre-positioned at locations where seams will be formed before the final assembly is completed. This preliminary placement ensures that structural support is built into the garment design itself, preventing potential deformation issues before they occur during use and ensuring reliable performance across different breastfeeding and pumping scenarios.
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AI summary
A nursing garment is provided. The nursing garment includes a functional panel, which have a neckline edge extending around a wearer's neck when the nursing garment is worn, an underarm edge extending along a wearer's armpit when the nursing garment is worn, and a lower hem edge extending around a circumference of a wearer's torso when the nursing garment is worn. The functional panel includes a first panel and a second panel, the first panel and the second panel are spliced together to form the functional panel, and seams are formed at a position where the first panel and the second panel are spliced together, and an opening is formed at a position where the first panel and the second panel are not spliced, the seams include a first seam extending from the opening to the underarm edge.