Garment having various functional finishes
AssigneeLuthai Textile Co., Ltd.
InventorJason Chang
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Abstract
A garment, particularly a shirt, is made from a number of fabric portions which are sewn together, each of the portions having different performance characteristics. The front of the shirt is finished so as to be stain-resistant with a chemical water- and oil-repellent finish. To mitigate moisture accumulation on the wearer's skin, the back and sleeves are treated with an absorbency-enhancing finish, the collar and cuffs having a soil-release finish. In manufacture, the different portions are cut from differently treated sections of a mill run of fabric, the sections being processed under constant conditions so that the different sections have consistent shrinkage properties and colours.
Claims13
A method of manufacturing a garment, comprising:
- a) conveying first, seconds and third lots of grey fabric through singeing, desizing, scouring, bleaching and mercerizing processes;
- b) holding the first lot in a stretched condition on a tentering means and applying a water-repellent and oil-repellent treatment to the first lot;
- c) holding the second lot in a stretched condition on a tentering means and applying an absorbency-enhancing treatment to the second lot;
- d) holding the third lot in a stretched condition on a tentering means and applying a soil-release treatment to the third lot;
- e) curing and drying the first, seconds and third lots;
- f) cutting, from the first lot, a front portion of a garment for covering a front side of a wearer's torso;
- g) cutting, from the second lot, a pair of sleeve portions and a back portion of a garment for covering a back side of a wearer's torso;
- h) cutting, from the third lot, a collar portion and a pair of cuff portions, and
- i) sewing together the front and back portions, the sleeve portions, the cuff portions and the collar portion to form the garment.
A shirt made of a natural fibre fabric comprising:
- a front and a back portion for covering opposing sides of a wearer's torso, the front portion having a water-repellent and oil-repellent finish;
- a pair of sleeve portions, the back portion and each of the sleeve portions having an absorbency-enhancing finish;
- a collar portion, and
- a cuff portion fixed to each of the sleeve portions, the collar portion and each cuff portion having a soil-release finish.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.