Compressed embossed fabric article and method for manufacturing same
OwnerAlan Davisinventor
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Abstract
A compressed fabric article having embossed indicia thereon, and a method for its manufacture, are disclosed. The compressed fabric article may have its embossed indicia impressed into its surface, or it may have its embossed indicia projecting outwardly from its surface, or both. The article is formed by compressing a fabric article such as a shirt or towel in a mold while simultaneously using an inner surface of the mold or ram/piston to emboss the desired indicia on the surface of the compressed, molded fabric body. Multiple embossments can be made simultaneously. Upon opening a sealed package containing the compressed, embossed fabric article, the article can be opened out to its original configuration.
Claims22
A compressed fabric article having embossed indicia incorporated on at least one surface thereof.
A method for the formation of a compressed, embossed fabric article which comprises:
- providing a mold having a chamber therein for forming the principal external shape of a fabric object compressed therewithin and compression means cooperative therewith to compress said fabric object within said chamber and impart to said object a remaining segment of said principal external shape;
- providing on at least one of a portion of a surface of said chamber or a face of said compression means negative embossing indicia;
- placing said fabric object into said chamber and compressing it therein with said compression means to a density and for a time period sufficient for said negative embossing indicia to form corresponding positive indicia on a surface of said fabric object;
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- thereafter removing said compressed embossed fabric article comprising said compressed fabric body with said positive indicia embossed thereon from said mold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.