Integrated Yoga Mat Fastening for Self-Securing Storage

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional yoga mats lack a self-securing mechanism, leading to frequent misplacement and unorganized storage, creating clutter and inconvenience during use and transport.

Innovation Solution

Integration of securing mechanisms such as loops, snap buttons, or magnetic strips within the yoga mat design to maintain a rolled state, ensuring easy transport and storage without the need for additional accessories.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional securing straps are used for yoga mats, then the mat can be secured during transport, but the straps are easily misplaced or lost making storage difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesecuring reliabilityVSAvoidstorage convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent integrates the securing mechanism directly into the yoga mat by embedding loops and buttons within the mat's structure. The loops are formed from the mat material itself and the buttons are attached to the mat surface, creating a unified system where the mat secures itself without external straps. This merging eliminates the problem of misplaced straps while maintaining securing reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The yoga mat is designed to be self-securing through integrated loops and buttons that allow the mat to secure itself during rolling and storage. The user simply needs to roll the mat and the integrated mechanism automatically holds it in place, eliminating the need for separate securing straps and simplifying the storage operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Device complexity

If no securing mechanism is used, then the yoga mat design is simple, but the mat creates clutter and is difficult to manage when unrolled

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedesign complexityVSAvoidstorage management

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The securing elements (loops and buttons) are integrated into the mat's existing structure rather than adding separate components. The loops are formed from the mat material itself and the buttons are attached to the mat surface, merging the securing function with the mat's basic structure to minimize additional complexity while improving storage management.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Reliability

If external securing straps are used, then the mat can be tightly secured, but additional accessories are required increasing device complexity

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesecuring effectivenessVSAvoidaccessory requirements

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the securing function with the mat's intrinsic structure by embedding loops and buttons directly into the mat. This eliminates the need for external straps or accessories, reducing device complexity while maintaining securing effectiveness through the integrated mechanism that tightly secures the rolled mat.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS20250381436A1Self-securing YOGA mat

Publication Date: 2025.12.18 AGUILAR HEATHER

AI summary

A self-securing yoga mat, including a main body, including a main body bottom surface, and a main body top surface to receive a user thereupon when the self-securing yoga mat is in an unrolled state, a loop receiving button disposed on the main body bottom surface, and a securing loop disposed on the main body bottom surface, wherein the securing loop is threaded around the loop receiving button to secure the self-securing yoga mat in a rolled state.