Quilt construction and method of making same
OwnerHarold Wortmaninventor
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Abstract
An improved quilt construction and method for making quilted articles, such as sleeping bags, jackets and bedspreads, in which baffles are interposed between the upper and lower quilt surfaces of the article. The baffles themselves are formed from portions of the upper or lower surface itself through various patterns of folding. Pre-notched surface materials further facilitate the formation of the folds and locate the positions for the fold which are restrained in place to form compartments in which quilt filler material is positioned.
Claims12
An improved method for fabricating quilted articles, such as sleeping bags, jackets and bedspreads comprising the steps of:
- positioning a first layer of quilt encompassing material substantially along a first lower plane;
- forming a series of baffling ridges from said layer by repeatedly folding said layer of material at substantially acute angles from said first plane and doubling back said material at said substantially acute angles until said material forms a second layer of quilt encompassing material in a second upper plane substantially parallel to said first layer and returns to and intersects said first plane of said quilt encompassing material;
- successively aligning said folds in said layers of quilt encompassing material so that a first end of each said baffling ridge intersects with said quilt encompassing material in said first plane and a second end of each said baffling ridge intersects with said quilt encompassing material in said second plane;
- restraining the successive intersections in both said first and second planes respectively by pinching and fastening said intersections below said first plane and above said second plane to form channel spaces between said baffling ridges, thereby securely positioning and shaping said baffling ridges so as to form fully enclosed channel compartments;
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- filling said channel compartments with quilt filler material means.
An improved quilt construction for quilted articles such as sleeping bags, jackets and bedspreads comprising:
- one or more layers of quilt encompassing material means forming a top and a bottom lining surface of said quilted article;
- a plurality of baffling ridges interposed between said top and bottom surfaces of quilt encompassing material means;
- said baffling ridges emanating at an angle from said bottom surface to said top surface and successively from said top surface to said bottom surface and intersecting with said top and bottom surfaces respectively at a plurality of intersections, to form a series of quilt compartments,
- said baffling ridges securely restrained between said top and bottom surfaces at each said intersection respectively by baffle fastening means;
- said intersections in said top surface pinched and securely restrained on the upper side of said top surface;
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- quilt filler means inserted into said quilt compartments.
An improved method for fabricating quilted articles, such as sleeping bags, jackets and bedspreads comprising the steps of:
- positioning a first layer of quilt encompassing material substantially along a first plane;
- forming a series of baffling ridges from said layer by repeatedly folding said layer of material at an angle substantially perpendicular to said first plane and doubling back said material along each respective fold of material until said material returns to and intersects said first plane of said quilt encompassing material;
- restraining the successive intersections respectively by fastening said intersections at said first plane to form channel spaces between said baffling ridges, thereby securely positioning and shaping said baffling ridges;
- positioning a second layer of quilt encompassing material to form a second plane substantially parallel to said first plane, over the outer exposed ends of said baffling ridges so as to intersect said series of baffling ridges with said second layer of quilt encompassing material;
- securely fastening said intersections of said baffling ridges to said second layer of quilt encompassing material into gatherings atop said second layer;
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- filling said channel compartments with quilt filler material means.
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