Sublimation printed clothing articles
AssigneeCreedence Holdings LLC
InventorBrad Peterson
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Abstract
An article of clothing may include a first layer made of a polyester fabric. The polyester fabric may have the following properties a thread count of at least 130 threads per square inch, a weft knit weave pattern, and a bird's eye mesh texture. The polyester fabric may include a dye sublimation printed image with a resolution that is at least 200 dots per inch. The dye sublimation printed image may be oriented to stretch laterally with a lateral stretch of the polyester. The article of clothing may also include a second layer attached to the first layer. The second layer may include a lining fabric configured to stretch laterally with the first layer.
Claims16
A headwear article comprising:
- a first layer made of a polyester fabric having the following properties a thread count of at least 130 threads per square inch, a weft knit weave pattern, a stretchability of less than 50%, and a bird's eye mesh texture, the polyester fabric including a dye sublimation printed image with a resolution that is at least 200 dots per inch, the dye sublimation printed image being oriented to stretch laterally with a lateral stretch of the polyester fabric;
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- a second layer attached to the first layer, the second layer including lining fabric configured to stretch laterally with the first layer;
- wherein the headwear article has a first stretchability at a bottom of the headwear article and has a second stretchability at a top portion of the headwear article, wherein the second stretchability is less than the first stretchability and the top portion of the headwear article includes a plurality of triangular portions sewn together such that the second stretchability is based on the plurality of triangular portions.
A method of constructing a headwear article, the method comprising:
- determining a target resolution of a sublimation printed image of a headwear article;
- selecting a polyester fabric for reception of the sublimation printed image based on one or more properties of the polyester fabric and based on how the one or more properties relate to the target resolution;
- printing, based on the target resolution, an image on a coated heat-resistant transfer paper with dye sublimation inks;
- applying a heat press on the coated heat-resistant transfer paper and the polyester fabric to transfer the image to the polyester fabric;
- constructing the headwear article using the polyester fabric as a first layer and a layer of lining fabric as a second layer, wherein constructing the headwear article includes constructing the headwear article to have a first stretchability at a bottom portion of the headwear article and to have a second stretchability at a top portion of the headwear article;
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- cutting the polyester fabric during the constructing step to produce a plurality of triangular portions along a portion of the polyester fabric that corresponds to the top portion of the headwear article and sewing the plurality of triangular portions together to enclose the top portion of the headwear article, and the first stretchability being greater than the second stretchability.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.