Wearable blanket
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional blankets are not wearable and lack the ability to glow in the dark, leading to temperature drops during sleep and failing to meet user requirements for comfort and enjoyment.
Innovation Solution
A wearable blanket design featuring a main body, cap, and sleeve portions with a fluorescent coating on its outer surface, allowing it to wrap the body securely and emit a glow in the dark, providing warmth and security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If conventional blankets are used, then they provide basic warmth, but users can easily kick them off during sleep resulting in temperature drop
Solution Approach 1:
The blanket transitions from a static conventional design to a dynamic wearable design with integrated cap and sleeve portions that adapt to the user's body movements during sleep, preventing the blanket from being kicked off while maintaining comfort and warmth
2Illumination intensity
If conventional blankets are used, then they are simple in structure, but they lack the glowing function in the dark
Solution Approach 1:
The fluorescent material is applied selectively to specific portions of the blanket (cap and/or sleeve portions) rather than the entire blanket, providing localized glowing functionality while minimizing structural complexity and material costs
Solution Approach 2:
The blanket combines conventional textile materials with fluorescent material to achieve both warmth and glowing functionality, creating a composite structure that integrates multiple functions without significantly increasing complexity
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The wearable blanket maintains body heat by preventing kicking off during sleep and offers a secure, enjoyable glowing feature for users, enhancing comfort and security, especially for children and adults.
Implementation Method 1
At least one partial area of an outer surface of the blanket body is coated with a fluorescent material
Data Source
AI summary
A wearable blanket includes a blanket body. The blanket body includes a main body portion configured to wrap a trunk of a human body, a cap portion configured to wrap a head of the human body, and two sleeve portions configured to wrap arms of the human body. The cap portion is connected to a top hem of the main body portion. The sleeve portions are respectively connected to a left side and a right side of the main body portion. At least one partial area of the outer surface of the blanket body is coated with a fluorescent material. An outer surface of the blanket body defines a plurality of patterned areas. At least one of the plurality of patterned areas is coated with the fluorescent material.