Method and system for producing a compression garment and garment thus produced
AssigneeSanko Tekstil Isletmeleri San. Ve Tic. A.S.
InventorsFatih KONUKOGLU, Serkan MERT, Tuncay IYIDOGAN, Agamirze HAMITBEYLI, Baris Erdogan OZDEN
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Abstract
A method for producing a compression garment for a user from an elastic fabric comprises the step of providing a base garment, fitting the garment on a supporting mannequin that has a plurality of independent heating means to independently heat different portions of the garment, measuring the compression applied to the mannequin portions by the garment and heating selected portions of the garment until the compression of the garment on the mannequin has reached a desired value.
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A method for producing a compression garment for a user, the compression garment having a plurality of size circumferential lengths at different axial size garment locations to apply compression to corresponding locations of the user when said compression garment is worn, the method comprising the steps of:
- A. providing a plurality of desired compressions to be applied by the compression garment on the user at said plurality of different axial size garment locations;
- B. producing a base garment with a woven fabric comprising elastic fibers, said fabric having a stretch of at least 15% when measured according to ASTM D3107;
- C. disposing said base garment on a supporting mannequin, the supporting mannequin including a plurality of heaters located at different axial heater locations of said supporting mannequin and independently operable;
- D. determining actual compressions exerted by the base garment on the supporting mannequin at different axial mannequin locations of said supporting mannequin corresponding to said different axial garment locations;
- E. determining target compressions to be exerted by said base garment at said different axial garment locations on the supporting mannequin at the said different axial supporting mannequin locations, so that the compression garment exerts the desired compression at the different axial garment locations when worn by said user;
- F. operating at least some of said heaters to heat said base garment at said different axial garment locations, so that the actual compressions exerted by the base garment are lowered to reach the target compressions;
- and
- G. cooling the base garment;
- wherein, in said step B the base garment is produced so that, at said step C, non-null compressions are applied by the base garment to said supporting mannequin at said axial mannequin locations.
A method for modifying elastic properties of a garment comprising the steps of:
- providing a base garment with a fabric comprising elastic fibers, and having stretch of at least 15%;
- disposing said base garment on a supporting mannequin, the supporting mannequin having a plurality of supporting mannequin portions at a plurality of axial mannequin locations, the supporting mannequin including a plurality of heaters operable independently to independently heat said supporting mannequin portions at said axial mannequin locations wherein the base garment applies non-null compressions to said supporting mannequin portions as produced;
- operating the heaters to heat the base garment at at least some of said supporting mannequin portions to lower the non-null compressions exerted by the base garment;
- cooling the base garment once required compression values are reached.
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