Reversible Compression Garment with Moveable Straps
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional low-elastic wrapped compression garments with bands or straps face challenges in providing a gapless fit and matching with clothing, often requiring multiple purchases for different colors or patterns, and can be difficult to don due to high working pressure and tubular shape.
Innovation Solution
A low-elastic wrapped compression garment with a main body and moveable straps that extend from a central portion, featuring a connecting portion with slits or notches for overlap and reversibility, allowing for adjustable tension and two alternative looks by switching the external layer between two different colored or patterned woven fabric layers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If low-elastic wrapped compression garments with bands or straps are used, then compression can be adjusted and the garment is easier to don, but significant gaps may exist between straps causing poor fit and fluid accumulation
Solution Approach 1:
The garment is divided into multiple functional segments: a tubular body portion providing the compression surface, and separate strap elements that can be independently positioned and secured. This segmentation allows the straps to be adjusted to eliminate gaps while maintaining ease of donning, as each strap can be independently positioned to achieve continuous coverage around the limb.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional compression garments in single color or pattern are used, then manufacturing is simple, but users must purchase multiple garments to match different clothing
Solution Approach 1:
The garment incorporates multiple color or patterned fabric layers (first and second fabric layers with different appearances) that can be selectively positioned to provide different aesthetic appearances. This multi-functionality allows a single garment to serve multiple styling purposes, enabling users to match different clothing outfits without purchasing multiple garments, while the manufacturing process remains relatively simple through layered construction.
3Reliability
If high working pressure is provided by low-elastic garments, then vascular flow and edema containment are improved, but the garment becomes more difficult to don
Solution Approach 1:
The garment employs dynamic fastening mechanisms (such as hook-and-loop fasteners or adjustable closures) on the straps that allow the compression level to be adjusted during donning and wear. This enables the user to initially don the garment with reduced tension to overcome the high elastic resistance, then progressively adjust the straps to achieve the desired therapeutic compression level, making the donning process feasible while maintaining reliable vascular flow improvement.
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AI summary
A compression garment includes a main body including a central portion and a plurality of straps that extend from the central portion. The central portion has a lateral edge having first regions from which the straps extend from the central portion, and second regions from which the straps do not extend. A connecting portion is fixed to the main body and is fixed to at least a portion of the second regions. The straps are moveable to reverse the compression garment between a first state and a second state. The straps may be moveable around the connecting portion, or may be feedable through the connecting portion, to reverse the compression garment between the first state and the second state. The connecting portion and the main body may define a plurality of slits through which the straps are insertable to reverse the compression garment.