Methods for making garments with fastening components

A method of making garments with mechanical fastening components, comprising:

• transporting a continuous product assemblage in a machine direction, the product assemblage defining a longitudinal center line and opposite first and second major surfaces, the product assemblage comprising a plurality of pairs of opposed side panel strips, each pair comprising a side panel strip extending transversely outward from the longitudinal center line on both sides of the longitudinal center line, the plurality of pairs of opposed side panel strips being spaced from one another in the machine direction;
• positioning first fastening components on the first major surface of each pair of opposed side panel strips, the first fastening components disposed on opposite sides of the longitudinal center line, the first fastening components disposed at selected first cross machine direction locations;
• positioning second fastening components on the second major surface of each pair of opposed side panel strips, the second fastening components being refastenably engageable with the first fastening components, the second fastening components disposed on opposite sides of the longitudinal center line, the second fastening components disposed at selected second cross machine direction locations, the second fastening components being spaced in the machine direction from the first fastening components;
• subsequent to positioning the first and second fastening components, processing the product assemblage through a pair of bonding devices, the bonding devices disposed on opposite sides of the machine center line, each bonding device defining an, operative bonding width, the bonding devices disposed at selected cross machine direction locations such that the operative bonding widths overlap at least part of the first cross machine direction locations and at least part of the second cross machine direction locations;
• activating each bonding device such that each bonding device bonds both a first fastening component to the side panel strips and a second fastening component to the side panel strips;
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• cutting the product assemblage through each pair of opposed side panel strips to form a plurality of discrete garments, each discrete garment defining a first waist region comprising opposed side panels, a second waist region comprising opposed side panels, and an interconnecting region disposed between and interconnecting the first and second waist region, the first fastening components disposed on the side panels in the first waist region, and the second fastening components disposed on the side panels in the second waist region.

A method of making garments with fastening components, comprising:

• transporting a continuous product assemblage in a machine direction, the product assemblage defining a longitudinal center line, the product assemblage comprising a plurality of pairs of opposed side panel strips, each pair comprising a side panel strip extending transversely outward from the longitudinal center line on both sides of the longitudinal center line, the plurality of pairs of opposed side panel strips being spaced from one another in the machine direction, each side panel strip defining a leading edge, a leading zone disposed adjacent the leading edge, a trailing edge spaced from the leading edge in the machine direction, and a trailing zone disposed between the trailing edge and the leading zone;
• positioning first fastening components on each pair of opposed side panel strips, the first fastening components disposed in one of the leading zone or the trailing zone, the first fastening components disposed on opposite sides of the longitudinal center line, the first fastening components disposed at selected first cross machine direction locations;
• subsequent to positioning the first fastening components, processing the product assemblage through a pair of bonding devices, the bonding devices disposed on opposite sides of the machine center line, each bonding device defining an operative bonding width, the bonding devices disposed at selected cross machine direction locations such that the operative bonding widths overlap at least part of the first cross machine direction locations;
• activating each bonding device such that each bonding device bonds a first fastening component to the side panel strips and each bonding device forms a second fastening component in the other of leading zone or the trailing zone, each second fastening component comprising a discrete portion of the other of the leading zone or the trailing zone having discontinuous nonadhesive bonds formed therein, the discrete portions being refastenably engageable with the first fastening components, the discrete portions disposed at selected second cross machine direction locations which overlap at least part of the first cross machine direction locations;
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• cutting the product assemblage through each pair of opposed side panel strips between the leading and trailing zones to form a plurality of discrete garments, each discrete garment defining a first waist region comprising opposed side panels, a second waist region comprising opposed side panels, and an interconnecting region disposed between and interconnecting the first and second waist region, the first fastening components disposed on the side panels in the first waist region, and the second fastening components disposed on the side panels in the second waist region.

A garment with refastenable fastening components, comprising:

• a chassis defining a first waist region comprising opposed first side panels, a second waist region comprising opposed second side panels, and a crotch region disposed between and interconnecting the first and second waist regions;
• first fastening components disposed on the first side panels, the first fastening components bonded to the first side panels with discontinuous nonadhesive bonds;
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• second fastening components formed in the second side panels, each second fastening components comprising a discrete portion of a second side panel having discontinuous nonadhesive bonds formed therein, the discrete portions being refastenably engageable with the first fastening components.