Garment assembly system
AssigneeCreateMe Technologies LLC
InventorsNicholas Chope, Gaston MacMillan
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Abstract
A garment assembly system including a fixture including an opening, an abutment surface formed in either the fixture or a housing disposable on the fixture, and a carrier. The carrier is disposable in the opening. The carrier is moveable between a retracted position and an extended position. In the extended position, the carrier is configured to press an open first joint of a tubular component disposed on the carrier and an open second joint of a base component disposed on the fixture together against the abutment surface.
Claims14
A method of assembling a garment, comprising:
- placing a base component with a first joint on a fixture, the fixture maintaining a three-dimensional shape of the base component to hold the first joint at least partially open, the first joint including a first seam portion;
- placing a tubular component with a second joint on a carrier, the second joint including a second seam portion;
- applying an adhesive to the first seam portion or the second seam portion, or both the first seam portion and the second seam portion;
- mating the first seam portion disposed on the fixture and the second seam portion disposed on the carrier and placing the adhesive in contact with both the base component and the tubular component to form a seam;
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- extending the carrier to mate the first seam portion and the second seam.
A method of assembling a shirt, comprising:
- disposing a shirt body on a fixture, wherein the shirt body includes a first shoulder joint and a second shoulder joint both the first shoulder joint and the second shoulder joint held at least partially open by the fixture;
- placing a first sleeve on a first carrier, the first sleeve including a first sleeve joint held at least partially open by the first carrier;
- placing a second sleeve on a second carrier, the second sleeve including a second sleeve joint held at least partially open by the second carrier;
- inserting the open first sleeve joint of the first sleeve disposed on the first carrier into the open first shoulder joint, at least one or both of the first sleeve joint and the first shoulder joint having adhesive disposed thereon;
- inserting the open second sleeve joint of the second sleeve disposed on the second carrier into the open second shoulder joint, at least one or both of the second sleeve joint and the second shoulder joint having adhesive disposed thereon;
- pressing the open first shoulder joint and the open first sleeve joint together against a first abutment surface such that the adhesive forms a first seam;
- pressing the open second shoulder joint and the open second sleeve joint together against a second abutment surface such that the adhesive forms a second seam;
- placing a shirt collar on a third carrier, the shirt collar including a collar joint held at least partially open by the third carrier;
- inserting the open collar joint of the shirt collar disposed on the third carrier into an open neck joint of the shirt body, at least one or both of the collar joint and the neck joint having adhesive disposed thereon;
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- pressing the open collar joint and the open neck joint against a third abutment surface such that the adhesive forms a third seam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.