Pre-assembled anti-creep waist-clothing stay device and method of reinforcing crotch-adjacent inner-seam areas
AssigneeProductMasters, Inc.
InventorsCatherine Chetelat, Michael Chetelat
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Abstract
A pre-assembled anti-creep waist-clothing stay device including a patch having front and back surfaces and sized for application to a crotch-adjacent inner-seam area of the waist-clothing and a stay strip affixed to the back surface of the patch, the stay strip being positioned and sized such that the patch extends beyond edges of the stay strip. In key embodiments, the patch includes a heat-activated adhesive such that, when the patch is applied to the waist-clothing with iron-on heat and pressure, the patch adheres at its back surface to the waist-clothing, thereby securing the stay strip in position to prevent the waist-clothing from riding up and bunching in the crotch area.
Claims21
A pre-assembled anti-creep waist-clothing stay device comprising:
- a patch having front and back surfaces and sized for patch application to a crotch-adjacent inner-seam area of the waist-clothing;
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- a stay strip affixed to the back surface, the stay strip being positioned and sized such that the patch extends beyond edges of the stay strip to facilitate application of the device to the waist-clothing.
A method of reinforcing a waist-clothing to prevent cloth riding up and bunching in the crotch area, the waist-clothing being of the type having two leg-portions with inner-seams forming a crotch, the improvement comprising:
- providing a pre-assembled anti-creep waist-clothing stay device including (a) a patch having front and back surfaces and sized for patch application to a crotch-adjacent inner-seam area of the waist-clothing and (b) a stay strip affixed to the back surface, the strip being positioned and sized such that the patch extends beyond edges of the strip to facilitate application of the device to the waist-clothing, the patch includes a heat-activated adhesive;
- placing the stay device on a crotch-adjacent inner-seam area of the waist-clothing with the back of the patch facing the leg-portion;
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- pressing hot iron on the front surface of the patch for iron-on activation of the heat-reactive adhesive such that the patch adheres at its back surface to the waist-clothing, thereby permanently securing the stay strip in a position to prevent the waist-clothing from riding up and bunching in the crotch area.
An anti-creep waist-clothing comprising:
- a waist-clothing having two leg-portions sewn together forming a crotch, each leg-portion includes an inner-seam extending from the crotch down along the leg-portion;
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- a pre-assembled anti-creep stay device adhered to a crotch-adjacent inner-seam area of the waist-clothing, said pre-assembled stay device including a stay strip affixed to a patch which is in turn affixed to the waist-clothing,
- whereby the waist-clothing is free of cloth riding up and bunching in the crotch area.
A pre-assembled stay device for garments comprising:
- a patch having front and back surfaces and sized for patch application to a garment;
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- a stay strip affixed to the back surface, the stay strip being positioned and sized such that the patch extends beyond edges of the stay strip to facilitate application of the device to the garment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.