Support Fabric With Integrated Pockets For Stiffener
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing textile-based lumbar support belts are costly to produce, inflexible in design, and inefficient in terms of space usage due to separate pocket creation and stitching, limiting customization and application range.
Innovation Solution
A support fabric with two woven layers joined by stitch bonding, allowing for the creation of profiled pockets during production that can accommodate stiffening means, enabling easier customization and a wider range of applications by integrating pockets within the fabric and allowing for adjustable insertion of means.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If pockets are separately fitted and attached to the belt by stitching or other means, then the belt can accommodate stiffening means, but the manufacturing cost increases and production time is extended
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the pocket formation process with the belt manufacturing process itself. Pockets are created directly during the weaving or knitting of the support fabric using integrated成形 mechanisms, eliminating the need for separate pocket production and attachment operations. This integration reduces manufacturing steps, lowers costs, and simplifies the overall production process.
Solution Approach 2:
The pockets are formed in advance during the fabrication of the support fabric, before the belt assembly is completed. This preliminary formation of pockets allows subsequent insertion of stiffening means without requiring additional pocket creation or attachment operations, thereby reducing production time and complexity.
2Productivity
If multiple separate operations are used to create and attach pockets, then stiffening means can be accommodated, but production time is significantly extended
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate operations (pocket formation, pocket attachment, and stiffening means insertion) into a single integrated manufacturing process. Pockets are formed directly in the support fabric during its fabrication, and stiffening means can be inserted in the same production cycle, dramatically reducing total manufacturing time and increasing productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
Pockets are preliminarily formed during the support fabric manufacturing process itself, eliminating the need for subsequent pocket attachment operations. This preliminary action allows stiffening means to be inserted directly into pre-formed pockets during the same production run, significantly reducing production time.
3Adaptability or versatility
If pockets are permanently arranged with predetermined spacing, then the belt structure is stable, but the belt cannot be customized to suit different user morphologies
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces adjustability into the pocket arrangement system. Pockets are designed to be repositionable or selectively activatable along the support fabric, allowing the number, position, and spacing of pockets to be dynamically adjusted according to different user requirements and morphologies while maintaining structural integrity through the fabric's inherent stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The support fabric is designed with universal pocket formation capability that can accommodate various configurations. The same fabric structure can serve multiple functions by adjusting pocket parameters (number, position, spacing) to suit different applications and user types, making the belt adaptable across diverse scenarios while maintaining compositional stability through the underlying fabric structure.
4Volume of moving object
If pockets protrude on one side of the belt, then stiffening means can be inserted, but the belt volume increases and storage space is consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent embeds pockets within the body of the support fabric rather than having them protrude externally. Pockets are formed as internal cavities or recesses in the fabric structure, allowing stiffening means to be nested within the fabric thickness or internal layers. This nesting approach minimizes external belt volume while maintaining insertion accessibility through openings or flaps in the fabric surface.
Data Source
AI summary
A support fabric with pockets for accommodating stiffener comprises two woven layers which are joined by stitch bonding and, during production, are separated from one another in areas so that they are not joined in these areas, thereby directly defining one or more profiled pockets to accommodate stiffener inserted in the pockets after production. The pockets are incorporated inside the body of the support fabric. Each pocket has an opening for inserting one of the stiffener.