Garment and Clothes that are Unravel-Free and Roll-Free
OwnerEli Almoginventor
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Abstract
Garment and clothes that are unravel-free and roll-free. A garment includes a particular garment-region made of knitted fabric. A majority of threads of the knitted fabric are yarns other than a thermally-fused thermoplastic yarn, such as polyester, nylon, polypropylene, cellulose, polyurethane. At least one thread of the knitted fabric is a thermally-fused thermoplastic yarn that is knitted integrally in the knitted fabric and is located within N millimeters from an edge or an opening of the garment, wherein N is in the range of 0 to 10 millimeters. The edge or the opening of the garment-region is unravel free and is roll-free, due to inclusion of, or proximity to, the thermally-fused thermoplastic yarn in the knitted fabric.
Claims28
A garment comprising:
- a particular garment-region made of knitted fabric,
- wherein a majority of threads of said knitted fabric in said particular garment-region are yarns other than a thermally-fused thermoplastic yarn, wherein said yarns are one or more yarns selected from the group consisting of:
- cotton, polyester, nylon, polypropylene, cellulose, polyurethane;
- wherein at least one thread of said knitted fabric in said particular garment-region is a thermally-fused thermoplastic yarn that is knitted integrally in said knitted fabric and is located within N millimeters from an edge or an opening of said garment, wherein N is in the range of 0 to 10 millimeters,
- wherein the edge or the opening of said particular garment-region is unravel free and is roll-free due to inclusion of or proximity to said thermally-fused thermoplastic yarn in said knitted fabric in said particular garment-region.
A method for producing a garment, the method comprising:
- (a) knitting a particular garment-region from yarns,
- wherein a majority of threads of said knitted fabric in said particular garment-region are yarns other than a thermally-fused thermoplastic yarn, wherein said yarns are one or more yarns selected from the group consisting of:
- cotton, polyester, nylon, polypropylene, cellulose, polyurethane;
- wherein at least one thread of said knitted fabric in said particular garment-region is a thermally-fused thermoplastic yarn that is knitted integrally in said knitted fabric and is located within N millimeters from an edge or an opening of said garment, wherein N is in the range of 0 to 10 millimeters;
- (b) applying a heat-and-pressure treatment to said particular garment-region, for a pre-defined time-period,
- and causing said thermally-fused thermoplastic yarn to at least partially melt and change its physical properties of elongation, elasticity and/or tenacity due to said heat-and-pressure treatment,
- and causing an edge or an opening of said particular garment-region to become unravel free and roll-free due to inclusion of or proximity to said thermally-fused thermoplastic yarn in said knitted fabric in said particular garment-region that was subject to said heat-and-pressure treatment.
A process for producing a garment, the process comprising:
- (a) producing a particular garment-region having a seamless finished edge that is roll-free and unravel-free;
- wherein step (a) is performed by:
- (a1) knitting a fabric having a plurality of fibers, wherein at least some of said fibers have free ends terminating at an edge of said fabric;
- (a2) disposing a melt spun thermoplastic polyurethane polymer monofilament over the edge of said fabric, wherein said melt spun thermoplastic polyurethane polymer monofilament engages with said free ends of said fibers at the edge of said fabric;
- (a3) applying a heat-and-pressure treatment to said melt spun thermoplastic polyurethane polymer monofilament for a pre-defined time period,
- wherein said melt spun thermoplastic polyurethane polymer monofilament comprises a crosslinking agent in a range of 8% to 15% by weight of a final weight of said melt spun thermoplastic polyurethane polymer monofilament;
- wherein said melt spun thermoplastic polyurethane polymer monofilament has a 300% modulus of from 1,500 to 1,900 psi.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.