Stretchable Textile With Gradient Members And Compressible Interconnect
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional stretchable textile articles lack the ability to provide customizable and multi-modulus stretch properties, which limits their application in various textile products and garments, and do not effectively utilize the properties of discrete textile members to achieve compression and auxeticity.
Innovation Solution
A stretchable textile article comprising discrete textile members with opposing stretch properties, where the first textile member has an increasing stretch property towards one end and the second textile member has an increasing stretch property towards the other end, interconnected by a compressible textile member that compresses when the article is stretched, allowing for customizable stretch properties and auxetic behavior.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional stretchable textile articles are used, then basic stretch properties are provided, but the ability to provide customizable and multi-modulus stretch properties is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The textile article is divided into multiple discrete textile members (first textile members and second textile members) with different stretch properties. Each member can be independently configured with varying stretch characteristics, allowing customization of overall article performance without requiring a completely new unified structure.
Solution Approach 2:
Different textile members are assigned different stretch properties (first textile members with one stretch characteristic, second textile members with another). This local differentiation of properties within the homogeneous structure of discrete members enables multi-modulus stretch behavior while maintaining structural simplicity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If discrete textile members with opposing stretch properties are used, then multi-modulus stretch properties are achieved, but the structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The article configuration separates textile members into distinct groups (first and second textile members) with different stretch properties. This segmentation allows each group to contribute differently to overall stretch behavior, achieving multi-modulus properties through simple additive combination rather than complex integrated design.
Solution Approach 2:
The article functions as a composite structure combining different textile members with contrasting stretch characteristics. This composite approach enables the system to exhibit multiple stretch moduli by leveraging the properties of individual members, avoiding the need for complex single-material solutions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a compressible textile member is incorporated to interconnect first and second textile members, then compression and auxeticity are achieved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A compressible textile member is introduced as an intermediary element between the first and second textile members. This intermediary component translates the stretching action into compression of the compressible member, enabling auxetic behavior without requiring direct complex interaction between the opposing textile members.
Solution Approach 2:
The compressible textile member undergoes parameter changes (compression and expansion) in response to stretching forces. This dynamic parameter change enables the article to exhibit auxetic properties and provide compression functionality, achieving enhanced adaptability through simple elastic deformation rather than complex mechanical mechanisms.
4Adaptability or versatility
If textile zones with increasing stretch property are configured in opposite directions, then relative stretch between members is achieved, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Textile zones within each member are configured with gradient stretch properties that increase in opposite directions (first member from one end, second member from the other end). This local quality differentiation enables controlled relative stretch between members while the gradient nature provides self-regulating behavior that reduces sensitivity to manufacturing variations.
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
This configuration enables the stretchable textile article to provide enhanced structural support, comfort, and impact protection by customizing stretch properties and incorporating auxeticity, allowing for wider support areas and reduced pressure on the user.
Implementation Method 1
the stretch of the stretchable textile article in the orientation extending between the joined first ends and the joined second ends to compress the compressible textile member causes expansion of the compressible textile member in an orientation that is perpendicular, or substantially perpendicular, to the orientation extending between the joined first ends and the joined second ends
Data Source
AI summary
A stretchable textile article (20) comprises a plurality of discrete textile members (22,24), each textile member (22,24) extending between a first end (26) and a second end (28), the first ends (26) of the textile members (22,24) being joined together, the second ends (28) of the textile members (22,24) being joined together, wherein the plurality of textile members (22,24) includes at least one first textile member (22) and at least one second textile member (24), the or each first textile member (22) including a textile zone configured to have an increasing stretch property away from the first end (26) towards the second end (28), the or each second textile member (24) including a textile zone configured to have an increasing stretch property away from the second end (28) towards the first end (26), wherein the stretchable textile article (20) further includes a compressible textile member (100) arranged to interconnect the first and second textile members (22,24) so that, in use, stretch of the stretchable textile article (20) in an orientation extending between the joined first ends (26) and the joined second ends (28) causes compression of the compressible textile member (100).