Seamless Terry and Non-Terry Fabric Integration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional garments do not incorporate a unique combination of terry cloth and non-terry cloth regions, limiting their ability to provide varied friction levels, sweat absorption, warmth, and visual properties.

Innovation Solution

A garment featuring seamless integration of terry cloth and non-terry cloth regions, where the terry regions are adjacent or border non-terry regions within the same single-layer fabric, allowing for customizable properties such as friction, sweat absorption, and warmth across different body areas.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional garments use uniform fabric throughout, then manufacturing is simple and cost-effective, but the garment cannot provide varied friction levels, sweat absorption, or warmth across different body areas

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevaried friction levels and sweat absorptionVSAvoidgarment structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by incorporating terry cloth regions with different loop densities at specific locations within the garment. The first terry cloth region has a first loop density while the second terry cloth region has a second loop density different from the first, allowing different body areas to experience customized friction and sweat absorption properties tailored to their specific needs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The garment is segmented into multiple functional regions: at least one terry cloth region with a first loop density, at least one terry cloth region with a second loop density, and at least one non-terry cloth region. This segmentation allows each region to perform its specific function independently while working together as a unified garment structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If terry cloth regions with different loop densities are integrated into a single garment, then customized friction and sweat absorption are achieved, but manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecustomizable properties across body areasVSAvoidseamless integration process

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple fabric types (terry cloth with different loop densities and non-terry cloth) into a single integrated garment structure. The terry cloth regions are seamlessly integrated with the non-terry cloth region, creating a unified garment that combines different functional properties without requiring separate components or complex assembly processes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The garment utilizes composite material construction by combining terry cloth regions with varying loop densities and non-terry cloth regions into a single fabric structure. This composite approach allows different material properties to coexist within one garment, providing localized functionality while maintaining structural integrity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple fabric types are combined in a single garment, then functional versatility is enhanced, but the garment structure becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesupport, warmth, and sweat managementVSAvoidsingle-layer fabric structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent resolves the complexity issue by maintaining a single-layer fabric structure throughout, avoiding multi-layer constructions. The dimensional variation is achieved through loop density manipulation within the terry cloth regions rather than through layer stacking, thus providing functional versatility without increasing structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

Different body areas receive customized properties through local variations in loop density within terry cloth regions. The first terry cloth region has a first loop density optimized for specific functions, while the second terry cloth region has a second loop density optimized for different functions, allowing localized adaptation without affecting the entire garment structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11839242B2Clothing article having terry cloth adjacent to non-terry cloth

Publication Date: 2023.12.12 DELTA GALIL INDUSTRIES

AI summary

A garment for a human wearer includes: a terry garment-region having terry-knit cloth; and a non-terry garment-region having non-terry-knit cloth. The terry garment-region is directly bordering and adjacent to the non-terry garment-region. The terry garment-region and the non-terry garment-region are a seamless continuation of each other. Similarly, a continuous fabric for making clothes includes: a terry fabric-region having terry-knit cloth, and an adjacent and immediately bordering non-terry fabric-region having non-terry-knit cloth. Optionally, TPU or PVC elements or plastic elements are embedded within the terry garment-region, or within the non-terry garment-region; or such elements cover, or are covered by, the terry garment-region or the non-terry garment-region.