Reconfigurable Wearable Panels for Multi-Style Garment Versatility

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wearable items lack versatility in configuration and functionality, limiting their adaptability to various occasions and styles.

Innovation Solution

A wearable item comprising multiple components that can be positioned and attached in different directions and configurations, allowing for a variety of styles and uses, including strap, strapless, shoulder, neckline, sleeve, and asymmetrical designs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a wearable item is designed with fixed configuration, then manufacturing is simple, but adaptability to different occasions and styles is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadaptability to various occasions and stylesVSAvoidconfiguration complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The wearable item is divided into multiple detachable panels that can be separated and reconfigured independently. Each panel can be positioned and attached to different locations, enabling the creation of various configurations including strap, strapless, shoulder, neckline, sleeve, and asymmetrical designs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The wearable item incorporates dynamic reconfigurability through detachable and repositionable panels. The panels can be moved between different positions and orientations, allowing the item to transform from one configuration to another, providing adaptability to different occasions and styles.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple components are added to increase versatility, then adaptability improves, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenumber of configurationsVSAvoidnumber of components

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The panels are designed as universal components that can serve multiple functions and positions within the wearable item. Each panel can be attached to different locations and oriented in various directions, allowing a single panel to contribute to multiple configuration types including strap, shoulder, and sleeve designs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

Multiple functional capabilities are merged into a single wearable item structure. The same set of panels can create different configurations (strap, strapless, shoulder, neckline, sleeve, asymmetrical) by changing their arrangement rather than requiring separate items for each function.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS12557861B2Versatile wearable item and method of using a wearable item

Publication Date: 2026.02.24 WINEGAN RYAN A

AI summary

Some embodiments provide a method (903) of using a wearable item and some wearable items (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) that are versatile, used for a variety of configurations and have a plurality of garment components (9) at least included as being a plurality of components (6). At least two of the plurality of garment components (9) are a panel (12) and versatile and comprise at least one dimension (341), side (342), free end (313), edge (343) and opposed ends (344). In at least one configuration, the wearable item is adapted to be used as at least one versatile garment and has at least two of the plurality of garment components (9) at least (a) attached together at an intersecting area with at least one of the two garment components extending from a side edge of the attached other garment component and without having an opposite end of any of the at least two of the plurality of garment components (9) attached to any of the plurality of garment components (9), and (b) used in at least one direction (D).