Removable Illuminating Assemblies for Customizable Undergarment Lighting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing garments with integrated lighting are limited by a fixed arrangement of illuminating elements, restricting their application and customization for various occasions and garments.
Innovation Solution
An undergarment with removable illuminating device attachment elements, such as pockets and retention straps, allowing for customizable placement and pattern arrangement of illuminating assemblies, including LED strips and other light sources, to illuminate outer garments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If illuminating elements are permanently attached to the interior of a garment in a fixed arrangement, then the garment provides consistent illumination, but the application and customization for various occasions and garments is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The illumination system is divided into separate modular components: an undergarment body with attachment elements and removable illuminating assemblies. This segmentation allows the illuminating elements to be detached and reattached to different garments or positions, providing both consistent illumination when attached and versatility when reconfigurable.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment elements enable dynamic reconfiguration of the illumination system. Users can attach, detach, and reposition illuminating assemblies according to different occasions, garment types, or desired lighting patterns, transforming a static fixed arrangement into a dynamic adaptable system.
2Stability of the object's composition
If illuminating elements are permanently attached to a specific garment, then the illumination pattern is fixed, but the ability to create various lighting patterns and effects on different garments is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The undergarment body with attachment elements serves as a universal base that can accommodate multiple different illuminating assemblies. This multi-functional design allows a single undergarment to create various lighting patterns and effects by attaching different assemblies to different positions or configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
Attachment elements are distributed at multiple specific locations on the undergarment body, allowing selective attachment of illuminating elements at different positions. This enables customization of illumination patterns while maintaining stable attachment at each specific location.
3Device complexity
If illuminating elements are fixed in a specific arrangement, then the garment structure is simple, but customization and reconfiguration capability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The garment system is segmented into a simple undergarment body with attachment elements and separate illuminating assemblies. This segmentation keeps the base garment structure simple while enabling reconfiguration through the removable assemblies, avoiding the complexity of integrated fixed arrangements.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to create various lighting patterns and effects on different garments, enhancing visual impact and versatility without permanent modifications, accommodating diverse occasions and styles.
Implementation Method 1
at least one illuminating assembly comprising at least one illuminating element in electrical communication with a portable power supply
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AI summary
An illuminating undergarment carries a series of illuminating devices for emitting light and presenting a glow from underneath an outer garment. The undergarment can be tailored in any suitable form factor, such as a slip for placement under a skirt or skirt portion of a dress or other form factors for use under dresses, blouses, pants, etc. The undergarment comprises a series of illuminating device retention members affixed to a surface of the undergarment body. The undergarment body can be sectioned into segments, enabling changes in length and/or shape. The illuminating devices are removably attached to the undergarment by the retention members. The illuminating devices can be arranged in a random pattern, a pattern representing an object, a pattern representing text, etc. and any combination thereof. The illuminating devices can be powered by a portable power supply and controlled by a circuit and/or a switch.