Apparatus and method of manufacturing multi-piece closed-back isolation garments
AssigneeCurt G. Joa, Inc.
InventorsRobert E. Andrews, Samuel E. Darcy, Scott A. Roehrborn, Jeffrey W. Fritz
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An apparatus for executing a method of manufacturing multi-piece open-back isolation garments (10) includes machinery for creating discrete torso web pieces (12) from a continuous torso web, combining the discrete torso pieces with a continuous shoulder web (14), and cutting the combined torso and shoulder web structure to form the isolation garments. The isolation garments may be used as protection from potentially hazardous or unclean materials in a variety of different environments.
Claims12
A method of manufacturing multi-piece open-back isolation garments, the method comprising:
- forming first shoulder web panels and second shoulder web panels overlapping each other in a continuous shoulder web;
- creating underarm seams between the first and second shoulder web panels;
- cutting a continuous torso web into discrete torso web pieces;
- applying a coupling material to at least one of the first shoulder web panels and the discrete torso web pieces;
- transferring the discrete torso web pieces having an upper portion in an unfolded state onto the coupling material on the first shoulder web panels to bond the discrete torso web pieces having the upper portion in the unfolded state to the first shoulder web panels and create a continuous isolation garment web.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.