X-Shaped Strapvest with Modular Pockets for Tool Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing utility vests are inflexible, restrictive, and poorly designed for carrying multiple tools and items, often limiting access, ventilation, and compatibility with varying user sizes and outerwear, making them inconvenient for workers and recreational users.
Innovation Solution
A versatile X-shaped strapvest with adjustable straps and removable pockets, designed for maximum mobility and ventilation, allowing users to customize storage and access to various items while accommodating different sizes and outerwear choices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a traditional utility vest is designed to carry multiple tools and items, then the carrying capacity is improved, but the mobility and ease of movement deteriorate due to restrictive design
Solution Approach 1:
The utility garment is divided into separate functional components: a base layer garment and detachable utility panels that can be attached or removed based on specific task requirements. This segmentation allows the user to carry multiple items when needed while maintaining full mobility when the panels are removed, directly resolving the contradiction between carrying capacity and mobility.
2Ease of operation
If a utility vest is designed with fixed pockets and features, then the organizational function is improved, but the adaptability to different tasks and users deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The utility panels are designed with dynamic attachment and detachment capabilities, allowing the configuration of pockets and storage features to be changed based on task requirements. Users can attach different utility panels for different jobs (e.g., tool carrying for construction, equipment storage for medical), providing both organizational function and adaptability to various tasks and users.
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AI summary
The invention provides a generally X-shaped utility garment comprising two main straps that form an ‘X-shape’ on a wearer's back and a cross-strap above the X shape to stabilize the garment on the wearer's body. The garment, referred to herein as a strapvest, provides a plurality of pockets and/or receptacles for carrying items the wearer needs to access easily. Its receptacles can be detachable, and a user can select which receptacles to have on the strapvest according to the wearer's immediate needs. It can be adjustable in size to fit a wide range of wearers, and can be adapted to carry many different types of items that are needed for work or recreation, by a combination of built-in pockets and other built-in carriers and optional modular receptacles that can be detachably mounted on the straps of the strapvest. It is more convenient for accessing the stored items than a backpack, which needs to be removed to access its contents; it carriers more and potentially heavier items than a utility belt without a tendency to pull the wearer's pants down; and it can be worn with a variety of different types of weather-related or protective outerwear because of its open design and potentially adjustable size.