Smart Sweater Suit with Removable Epaulettes and Device Pockets
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing clothing combinations, such as sweaters and suits, lack integrated features that provide both comfort and formality, along with functional pockets for electronic devices and adaptability to various weather conditions, particularly rainproofing and Internet connectivity.
Innovation Solution
A smart sweater suit made from materials like cotton, wool, or polyester, featuring removable epaulettes with straight, rigid fringes attached by hook and loop fasteners, incorporating pockets for electronic devices and laptops, with optional Internet connectivity and GPS capabilities, and adaptable designs for different weather conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional sweaters and suits are used separately, then comfort and formality are provided respectively, but integrated functionality and adaptability to various weather conditions are lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines sweater comfort with suit formality into a single integrated garment that provides both functionalities simultaneously. The smart sweater suit merges the soft, comfortable material of sweaters with the structured, formal appearance of suits, creating a unified garment that eliminates the need to choose between comfort and formality.
Solution Approach 2:
The smart sweater suit is designed to perform multiple functions: it provides thermal comfort like a sweater, maintains formal appearance like a suit, offers rainproofing capability, and includes electronic connectivity features. This multi-functional design allows a single garment to adapt to various weather conditions and social contexts.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If rainproofing features are added to the sweater suit, then protection from rain is improved, but the traditional sweater material and comfort may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs composite materials that combine the soft, comfortable properties of traditional sweater fabrics with rainproofing characteristics. This allows the garment to maintain its cozy, wearable comfort while providing effective protection from rain, resolving the contradiction between material comfort and weather protection.
3Adaptability or versatility
If pockets for electronic devices are incorporated, then functionality for modern devices is improved, but the traditional suit design and simplicity are altered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates dedicated pockets for electronic devices as distinct functional segments within the overall smart sweater suit design. These pockets are strategically positioned and designed to accommodate modern devices while maintaining the cohesive aesthetic and functional integrity of the traditional suit structure.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The smart sweater suit combines comfort and formality while providing functional pockets for electronic devices and real-time information, ensuring adaptability to various weather conditions, including rainproofing, and offering connectivity options.
Implementation Method 1
removable epaulettes (also spelled epaulets) on the shoulders, wherein said epaulettes have straight, rigid members
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AI summary
A smart sweater suit made of sweater material, such as cotton, wool, polyester, or any other suitable fabric. It can be rain-proofed or adapted for use in all weather. There are fringed epaulettes on the shoulders removably attached by hook and loop fasteners. There are pockets for an electronic device capable of interactive voice communication and answering questions posed by the wearer, which may be sold in combination with the suit, and for a laptop computer and a cell phone. In a first preferred embodiment, it has a conventional collar, with a button-down front. The waistband has belt loops. In a second preferred embodiment, the smart sweater suit is made of the same material, but the top is a pullover with no buttons, and a turtleneck. The ends of the sleeves can be elastic or an elastic and drawstring combination. The suit pants have an elastic waistband and drawstring.