Work Pants Stretch Panel Layout for Mobility and Durability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Work pants designed for uniforms often restrict movement, causing discomfort due to tightness and lack of mobility during repetitive actions, while maintaining durability and protection remains a challenge.
Innovation Solution
Incorporation of stretch panels at specific microsites on the pants, designed through a mobility mapping process, to enhance flexibility and comfort without compromising durability, using materials that can withstand industrial laundering.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If work uniform pants are designed with tight fit for durability and protection, then protective nature and durability are improved, but mobility and comfort deteriorate due to restriction during movements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by incorporating stretch panels at specific microsites (knee, crotch, seat, thigh areas) where mobility is most needed, while the rest of the pant maintains traditional durable work uniform material. This localized application of stretch fabric resolves the contradiction by providing flexibility only where required for comfort and mobility, while preserving durability and protection in other areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses composite materials by combining traditional work uniform fabric with stretch panels made from elastane-blend materials. This composite construction allows the pant to exhibit both the durability and protective properties of traditional work uniform material and the flexibility and comfort of stretch fabric, thereby resolving the contradiction between reliability and ease of operation.
2Ease of operation
If stretch panels are added to enhance mobility, then comfort and range of motion are improved, but device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the pant into distinct sections with different material properties - traditional fabric in most areas and stretch panels in specific microsites. The stretch panels themselves are segmented into strategic locations (knee, crotch, seat, thigh) based on movement analysis. This segmentation approach manages design complexity by focusing stretch material only where needed, rather than making the entire pant complex.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies dynamics by incorporating materials and design features that adapt to movement. The stretch panels are positioned to dynamically respond to body movements during work tasks, providing flexibility when needed and maintaining structure when at rest. This dynamic approach enhances mobility without requiring overly complex static design elements.
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 stretch panels provide significant improvements in wearer comfort and mobility during actions like bending, squatting, kneeling, and reaching, while maintaining durability and protection.
Implementation Method 1
one or more stretch panels that are configured to provide for stretching of the pant at an identified microsite
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention provides pants, such as pants that are worn as work uniform pants, which are configured to provide significant improvements in a wearer's comfort, performance, and mobility over a predefined range of motions. Embodiments of the pants comprise one or more stretch panels that are configured to provide for stretching of the pant at an identified micro site in order to provide a wearer with enhanced mobility. Additionally, the manner in which the various portions of the pant are connected together may be adjusted in order to provide a wearer with enhanced mobility.