Shower Apparel with Mesh Panels for Modesty and Drainage

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for apparel that provides modesty for individuals using community showers, shielding sensitive body parts from view while allowing for water flow during showering.

Innovation Solution

The shower apparel consists of a loin wear and a navel cover, designed with textile structures and fasteners that allow for both water flow and privacy, featuring adjustable components like collars, cords, medallions, and hook-and-loop fasteners to secure the garment in place.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Object-affected harmful factors

If the shower apparel uses solid textile structures to shield sensitive body parts, then modesty and privacy are improved, but water flow and drainage are hindered

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevisibility of sensitive body partsVSAvoidwater flow

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The shower apparel incorporates mesh panels made of porous or open-weave textile material in strategic locations such as the back panel and leg openings. These mesh sections allow water to pass through freely while maintaining coverage and modesty, resolving the contradiction between privacy protection and water flow requirements

Inventive Principle:

Principle #31Porous materials

2Ease of operation

If the shower apparel uses adjustable components like cords and fasteners to secure the garment, then ease of operation and fit are improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadjustability and securing of garmentVSAvoidnumber of components

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The shower apparel combines multiple fastening mechanisms (drawstrings, hook-and-loop fasteners, and elastic components) into an integrated system where elements work together synergistically. The drawstrings provide coarse adjustment, while elastic bands and hook-and-loop fasteners provide fine-tuning, creating a unified securing system that manages complexity through functional integration

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Quantity of substance

If the shower apparel uses minimal textile coverage to allow water flow, then water drainage is improved, but modesty and privacy are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvewater flowVSAvoidvisibility of sensitive body parts

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The shower apparel applies different textile properties to different body regions: solid opaque fabric covers areas requiring maximum privacy (front torso, groin area), while mesh or open-weave panels are placed in areas where water flow is prioritized (back, thighs, calves). This spatial differentiation of material properties allows simultaneous achievement of modesty and water drainage

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11510443B1Shower apparel

Publication Date: 2022.11.29 RICHARDSON TYRA MONIQUE

AI summary

The shower apparel is a garment. The shower apparel is configured for use by a client. The shower apparel is configured for use with a community shower. The shower apparel is worn by the client when the client uses a community shower for cleaning. The shower apparel shields the sensitive parts of the client's body from the view of others in the community shower. The shower apparel incorporates a loin wear and a navel cover. The loin wear shields the loin of the client's body from the view of others in the community shower. The navel cover shields the navel of the client's body from the view of others in the community shower.