Method of reinforcing a seam and a product with a reinforced seam in accordance with the method
AssigneeOcean Rodeo Sports Inc.
InventorsRichard MYERSCOUGH, Ross HARRINGTON
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Abstract
A method of reinforcing a seam on a body involves folding a seam allowance into a series of accordion folds to form a series of parallel reinforcement layers. The parallel reinforcement layers are of similar size and form a ridge. A ridge cap of flexible material is placed over the ridge. The ridge cap provides at least one further parallel reinforcement layer. The method involves securing the ridge cap and parallel reinforcement layers together with rows of stitching, with the stitching extending through all of the parallel reinforcement layers.
Claims7
A method of reinforcing a seam on a body, comprising:
- positioning two edges of flexible material together to form a seam allowance and positioning a first row of stitching on the seam allowance spaced from the body;
- folding the seam allowance into a series of accordion folds to form the seam allowance into a series of parallel reinforcement layers, with the reinforcement layers being of similar size and forming a ridge;
- positioning a ridge cap of flexible material over the ridge, with the ridge cap providing at least one further parallel reinforcement layer of the series of parallel reinforcement layers;
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- securing the ridge cap and parallel reinforcement layers together with further rows of stitching positioned between the first row of stitching and the body, with the stitching extending through all of the parallel reinforcement layers.
A product, comprising:
- a body made from flexible material, with two edges of the flexible material positioned together to form a seam allowance, with a first row of stitching on the seam allowance spaced from the body;
- the seam allowance having a series of accordion folds to form the seam allowance into a series of parallel reinforcement layers, with the parallel reinforcement layers being of similar size and forming a ridge;
- a ridge cap of flexible material positioned over the ridge, with the ridge cap providing at least one further parallel reinforcement layer of the series of parallel reinforcement layers;
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- the ridge cap and parallel reinforcement layers being secured together with further rows of stitching positioned between the first row of stitching and the body, with the stitching extending through all of the parallel reinforcement layers.
A method of reinforcing a seam on a body, comprising:
- folding a seam allowance into a series of accordion folds to form a series of parallel reinforcement layers, the parallel reinforcement layers being of similar size which forms a ridge;
- placing a ridge cap of flexible material over the ridge, the ridge cap providing at least one further parallel reinforcement layer;
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- securing the ridge cap and parallel reinforcement layers together with rows of stitching, with the stitching extending through all of the parallel reinforcement layers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.