휠체어 장애인 의복 기능성 향상을 위한 국내외 의류제품 및 논문, 특허에 관한 연구

Abstract

This study is a basic research to develop off-the-rack clothes for the disabled in wheelchairs, analyzing the reality and research cases focusing on the domestic and international clothing products for the disabled in wheelchairs. Although there is the only Korean clothing shopping website for the disabled in wheelchairs, named ‘My-Rio’, it has limitation in repair and alteration of the products. In overseas cases, such clothing products have been developed in order of gender from male to female to unisex. In terms of the characteristics by item, the products have been developed in order of size, esthetic elements and functionality. Among the items, pants are found to be developed the most at 60.2% in bottoms. The domestic researches on clothing development have been continued with 33 research papers in Korea compared to four papers in foreign countries. However, Korea has yet to have direct sales markets while overseas countries have robust sales markets despite a small number of research cases on the subject. Looking at the patents, all 11 domestic patent products mostly focused on mobility while all seven overseas patent products were developedmainly for detachable convenience. As a result, the analysis on the clothing shopping website indicates the need for domestic online and offline markets for the disabled in wheelchairs. The result of the analysis in this paper showed the reality of clothing development for the disabled in wheelchairs and the design and functionality of the clothing that reflects the physical attributes of the disabled in wheelchair. This will be the foundation of development and commercialization of the clothing for the disabled in wheelchair, and be the basic data to develop a large-scale production system for the disabled in wheelchair in the future.