Garment pleating
AssigneePetit Pli Limited
InventorRyan Yasin
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Abstract
A method of pleating a fabric, the method comprising pleating the fabric with a first pleating process to create a first set of pleats in the fabric along a first axis; pleating the fabric with a second pleating process to create a second set of pleats in the fabric along a second axis different to the first axis, wherein the second set of pleats are pleated over the first set of pleats, and wherein the first set of pleats is a set of in-plane pleats lying substantially in the plane of the fabric and the second set of pleats is a set of out-of-plane pleats which stand out of the plane of the fabric.
Claims28
A method of pleating a fabric, the method comprising:
- pleating the fabric with a first pleating process to create a first set of pleats in the fabric along a first axis;
- pleating the fabric with a second pleating process to create a second set of pleats in the fabric along a second axis different to the first axis, wherein the second set of pleats are pleated over the first set of pleats, and
- wherein the first set of pleats is a set of flat pleats and the second set of pleats is a set of accordion pleats.
A fabric comprising a first set of pleats along a first axis and a second set of pleats along a second axis different to the first axis, wherein the second set of pleats are pleated over the first set of pleats, and wherein the first set of pleats is a set of flat pleats and the second set of pleats is a set of accordion pleats.
A garment comprising a first set of pleats along a first axis and a second set of pleats along a second axis different to the first axis, wherein the second set of pleats are pleated over the first set of pleats, wherein the first set of pleats is a set of flat pleats and the second set of pleats is a set of accordion pleats.
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