Tear Away Quilting Template Alignment System

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Solution Overview

Problem

The variability of quilt sizes makes it impractical for a singular quilting template to be commercially viable, as most templates are sold as individual blocks or rows, making it difficult for users to combine them into a uniform and interconnected pattern.

Innovation Solution

A tear-away quilting template system comprising row templates and corner templates with solid and dashed line patterns, allowing for easy alignment and interchangeability to create border, allover, or combined stitch patterns, accommodating various quilt dimensions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If quilting templates are sold as individual blocks or rows to accommodate quilt size variability, then the templates can be used for different quilt dimensions, but it becomes difficult to combine them into uniform and interconnected patterns

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccommodation of different quilt dimensionsVSAvoiddifficulty to combine templates into uniform patterns

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The template system is divided into modular row templates and corner templates that can be independently selected and combined. Each template piece is a separate unit with standardized connection features, allowing users to assemble templates for different quilt sizes while maintaining pattern uniformity through the standardized dashed line alignment system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The dashed line pattern serves as an intermediary alignment feature between template pieces. These dashed lines act as guides that mediate the connection between solid line patterns of adjacent templates, making it easy to align and combine templates uniformly without requiring complex measurement or calculation by the user.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If a singular quilting template is created to simplify the quilting process, then the ease of operation improves, but it cannot accommodate the variability of quilt sizes

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesimplicity of quilting processVSAvoidinability to accommodate different quilt sizes

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The template system achieves universality by designing row templates and corner templates that can be combined in multiple configurations to accommodate different quilt sizes. The standardized dashed line alignment system ensures that regardless of which combination of templates is used, the resulting pattern remains uniform and interconnected, making the system adaptable to various quilt dimensions while maintaining ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10975506B2Tear away quilting template

Publication Date: 2021.04.13 RITTER PATRICIA

AI summary

The present invention teaches a tear away quilting template system comprising a row template and at least one corner template. The row template and at least one corner template each feature a solid line pattern and a dashed line pattern. The dashed line pattern is designed to match and correspond with portions of the solid line pattern.