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US 2014/0143929 A1Published application
Upper garment having a pre-tensioned band and method for making the same
AssigneeDashamerica, Inc. D/B/A Pearl Izumi USA, Inc.
InventorsPeter Curran, Cyndi Saggus, Tony Torrance
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Abstract
This invention generally relates to a garment assembly. More specifically, the present invention relates to a garment assembly comprising an upper garment, a lower garment, and a removable liner. The removable liner is non-permanently interconnected to both the lower garment and the upper garment. The upper garment includes a pre-tensioned waistband.
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A method, comprising:
- a) applying and maintaining a strain to an elastomeric band, the elastomeric band having opposing distal ends and opposing upper and lower edges;
- b) attaching the lower edge of the elastomeric band to a waist edge of an upper garment while substantially maintaining the strain on the elastomeric band;
- c) attaching the distal ends to at least one of each other or the upper garment;
- d) removing the strain applied to the elastomeric band to form a pre-tensioned elastomeric band and a pre-tensioned upper garment edge;
- e) interconnecting a removable liner to the upper garment.
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A method, comprising:
- a) providing a pre-tensioned elastomeric band having opposing distal ends and opposing upper and lower edges;
- b) providing an upper garment having a waist edge and an inner surface;
- c) attaching the lower edge of the pre-tensioned elastomeric band to the waist edge of the upper garment, wherein the upper edge of the pre-tensioned elastomeric band is positioned adjacent to and tilted away from the inner surface of the upper garment shell;
- d) attaching the distal ends to at least one of each other or the upper garment;
- e) interconnecting a removable liner to the upper garment.
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The method, comprising:
- a) providing a pre-tensioned elastomeric band having opposing distal ends and having:
- a first resilient fabric with a first resiliency, the first resilient fabric in the cross section being folded over upon itself at a fold to define a first portion, a second portion that overlaps the first portion, and a pocket between the first and second portions, the pocket being closed off at an upper edge and open at a lower edge;
- a second resilient fabric with a second resiliency, the second resilient fabric in the cross section being disposed within the pocket, the second resilient fabric being operably secured to the first resilient fabric, said second resiliency greater than said first resiliency;
- a first fastening structure that extends in a transverse direction through the first resilient fabric and the second resilient fabric to attach the first resilient fabric and the second resilient fabric together, the first fastening structure extending in the transverse direction through each of the first portion of the first resilient fabric, the second resilient fabric, and the second portion of the first resilient fabric;
- a second fastening structure that extends in the transverse direction through the first resilient fabric and the second resilient fabric to attach the first resilient fabric and the second resilient fabric together, the second fastening structure extending in the transverse direction through the first portion of the first resilient fabric and the second resilient fabric, and the second fastening structure terminating in the transverse direction inside the pocket to stop short of extending through the second portion of the first resilient fabric;
- b) providing an upper garment having a waist edge;
- c) attaching the lower edge of the pre-tensioned elastomeric band to the waist edge of the upper garment;
- d) attaching the distal ends of the pre-tensioned elastomeric band to at least one of each other or the upper garment;
- e) interconnecting a removable liner to the upper garment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.