Support Garment Mesh Structure for Breathable Zonal Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional support garments, such as bras, often suffer from issues of moisture absorption and retention, discomfort due to lack of breathability, and difficulty in donning and doffing, while also failing to provide adequate support during physical activities.
Innovation Solution
A support garment featuring a lightweight, breathable mesh construction with zonal properties, utilizing elongated members that intersect to form a grid of cells, varying in spacing and cross-section to provide customizable support and minimize moisture absorption, allowing for easy manipulation and quick drying.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional support garments use compressive textile structures and elastomeric yarns, then support is provided, but moisture absorption and retention increase, reducing breathability and comfort
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a mesh construction with open cells that allows air circulation and reduces moisture retention while maintaining structural support. The porous nature of the mesh enables breathability without sacrificing the garment's supportive function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines mesh structures with elastomeric components to create a composite material system that provides both support and breathability. This composite approach allows the garment to maintain compression and support while enabling moisture wicking and air flow through the mesh portions.
2Reliability
If conventional support garments use dense textile structures, then support is improved, but breathability decreases, causing discomfort
Solution Approach 1:
The mesh construction with open cells provides inherent breathability by allowing air to pass through the structure. This porous design maintains support through the geometric configuration of the mesh while enabling continuous air circulation to prevent moisture buildup and discomfort.
3Reliability
If conventional support garments use traditional textile construction, then coverage is provided, but ease of donning and doffing is reduced due to moisture retention and stiffness
Solution Approach 1:
The mesh construction reduces moisture retention and improves flexibility, making the garment easier to put on and take off. The open-cell structure allows the material to be more pliable and less stiff compared to traditional dense textiles, while still providing adequate coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates elastomeric components that provide dynamic stretch and recovery properties. This allows the garment to adapt to body movements and make it easier to don and doff, while maintaining coverage and support during wear.
4Ease of manufacture
If conventional support garments use uniform textile structure, then manufacturing is simplified, but zonal support properties cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent varies the mesh construction and elastomeric content in different zones of the garment to provide targeted support where needed. For example, higher elastomeric content or denser mesh in areas requiring more support, and more open mesh in areas requiring breathability, all while using a generally consistent manufacturing process.
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AI summary
A support garment (e.g., upper-torso support garment, such as a bra) includes a mesh textile that is integrally formed and that is lightweight and breathable with zonal properties. For example, the mesh can include elongated members, which intersect with one another at nodes to form a grid of cells, and the mesh can continuously extend throughout one or more multiple portions of the support garment. In at least some instances, the mesh construction and/or the elongated members can vary from one portion of the support garment to another portion of the support garment, and the variation of the mesh and/or the elongated members can contribute to zonal properties.