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US 2015/0021366 A1Published application
Garment manufacture
OwnerPhilip Kenneth SMITH, Walter William Lee WHEATERinventors
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a garment having at least one panel of fabric comprising the steps of: fixing a stiffening thread to a panel along a line substantially coincident with an intended crease line in the panel, the stiffening thread comprising at least one ply of material which is thermofusible; applying a fold to the panel along the crease line; applying heat and pressure to the fold, thereby to generate a crease, the heat being above the predetermined temperature.
Claims15
A method of applying a durable crease to a panel of fabric comprising the steps of:
- applying a fold to the panel;
- locating a stiffening thread comprising at least one thermofusible element along the fold line;
- applying heat and pressure to generate a crease along the fold causing the thermofusible element of the thread to melt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.