Triangular Hair Covering with Bow Knots for Secure Fontanelle Fit

Solution Overview

Problem

Hair coverings that cover anterior and posterior fontanelles on a human head tend to come apart easily and require restyling with each use.

Innovation Solution

A process involving folding and tying a fabric section into a triangular shape, creating tie segments, and forming bows to secure the covering in place, ensuring it stays intact and aesthetically appealing as a flower design.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a simple fabric covering is used to cover fontanelles, then it is easy to manufacture and apply, but it comes apart easily and requires restyling with each use

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedurability of hair coveringVSAvoidcomplexity of folding and tying process

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The fabric is divided into multiple functional segments including tie segments with bows and a covering segment. Each segment serves a specific purpose: the tie segments secure the covering while the bow segments provide stabilization and aesthetic function. This segmentation allows the covering to maintain its structure and remain secure without requiring complex continuous adjustments.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The fabric is pre-folded along specific fold lines to create predetermined tie segments and bow segments before application. The bows are formed in advance during the folding process, and the tie segments are positioned ready for securing. This preliminary configuration ensures that when the covering is applied, the structural elements are already in place to maintain durability without requiring complex adjustments during use.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If multiple tie segments and bows are created to secure the covering, then it stays in place better, but the folding and tying process becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesecurity of hair coveringVSAvoidease of folding and tying

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The fabric is pre-folded along specific fold lines to create predetermined tie segments and bow segments before application. The folds are made at predetermined locations that naturally create the tie segments and bow structures. This preliminary configuration ensures that when the covering is applied, the structural elements are already in place to maintain security without requiring complex adjustments during use.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

Different portions of the fabric are given different functional qualities: tie segments are designed for securing with knots, bow segments are designed for stabilization and aesthetic function, and the covering segment is designed to drape over the fontanelles. This local differentiation allows each part to perform its specific function effectively while simplifying the overall operation through clear functional zones.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Manufacturing precision

If the fabric is folded into a triangle with multiple segments, then it provides better coverage and stability, but it requires more precise folding and configuration

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprecision of fold lines and segment configurationVSAvoidease of fabric preparation

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The fabric is pre-folded along specific fold lines to create predetermined tie segments and bow segments before application. The folds are made at predetermined locations that naturally create the tie segments and bow structures. This preliminary configuration ensures that when the covering is applied, the structural elements are already in place to maintain security without requiring complex adjustments during use.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The fabric is divided into multiple functional segments including tie segments with bows and a covering segment. Each segment serves a specific purpose: the tie segments secure the covering while the bow segments provide stabilization and aesthetic function. This segmentation allows the covering to maintain its structure and remain secure without requiring complex continuous adjustments.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS9241523B2Process for configuring a protective hair covering

Publication Date: 2016.01.26 HENDRICKS KATRINA ALNIECE

AI summary

A process for forming a protective hair covering includes the following steps. First, folding a fabric section into a triangle. Next, wrapping a first side of the triangle around the back of a user's head. Then, folding the triangle along two fold lines to create two tie segments in addition to a corner of the triangle forming a third tie segment. After that, tying the first tie segment and the second tie segment into a first knot in front of the third tie segment twice. Then, folding the first tie segment into a first bow. After that, folding the second tie segment into a second bow. Then, tucking and tacking the third tie segment into a third bow. The first bow, the second bow and the third bow give an appearance of a flower.