Silicone Privacy Inserts With Tapered Edges for Garment Contour Concealment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing privacy inserts and storage apparatuses for garments fail to provide sufficient privacy, durability, and permeability, especially in active wear and swimwear, leading to uncomfortable and embarrassing contours due to clingy fabrics.
Innovation Solution
A privacy insert apparatus made of silicone with a smooth surface and tapered edges, combined with a storage apparatus of durable materials like nylon and polyester, designed to minimize friction and conceal body contours while allowing for easy use in various garments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If adhesive backing is used to attach privacy inserts, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to wear and moisture contact
Solution Approach 1:
The privacy insert is pre-attached to the storage apparatus during manufacturing, so the user does not need to apply adhesive or perform attachment operations. The insert is already in its final position when the garment is worn, eliminating the reliability issues of adhesive degradation while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The adhesive backing is removed from the system entirely. Instead of using adhesive to attach the privacy insert to the garment, the insert is integrated into a storage apparatus that is mechanically attached to the garment, eliminating the reliability problem of adhesive wear and moisture contact.
2Reliability
If thick padded liners are used, then privacy is improved, but harmful factors increase due to outline contours
Solution Approach 1:
The privacy insert is designed with non-uniform thickness, being thickest in the center region where privacy is most needed and tapering to thinner edges. This local variation in thickness provides effective privacy coverage while the thinner edges prevent the creation of visible outline contours on the garment exterior.
3Ease of manufacture
If cloth storage apparatuses are used, then ease of manufacture is improved, but durability deteriorates in active wear environments
Solution Approach 1:
The storage apparatus is constructed from mesh material combined with elastic components, creating a composite structure that provides both durability for active wear environments and ease of manufacture through standard athletic wear construction techniques. The mesh provides strength and longevity while the elastic components enable easy attachment to garments.
4Ease of manufacture
If non-permeable storage apparatuses are used, then ease of manufacture is improved, but harmful factors increase from trapped debris
Solution Approach 1:
The storage apparatus is made from mesh material with open pores that allow sand, snow, and other terrain debris to pass through rather than become trapped. This porous construction maintains ease of manufacture using standard mesh fabrics while eliminating the harmful effect of debris accumulation that would occur with solid non-permeable materials.
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AI summary
This invention discloses a privacy insert apparatus and a storage apparatus to be used in tandem with the privacy insert apparatus. The intended application of such apparatuses is to improve the privacy features of garments. The insert privacy apparatus may be comprised of a silicone, which is produced by pouring a liquid silicone into a pre-made mold. The material of the storage apparatus may comprise the properties of durability, elasticity, quick-dry, ultraviolet resistance, or chlorine resistance and may be held together by polyester, nylon, or cotton thread. The aforementioned apparatuses provide improvements on durability and permeability.