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US 5,782,191 AGranted
Pucker free right front hem garment seam and method for production
AssigneeTal Apparel Ltd.
InventorJohn Wong
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Abstract
A pucker free garment seam providing a garment with a tailored and wrinkle free appearance. The pucker free seam and method for production utilizes a bonding strip which contains at least a thermal adhesive component which is inserted between first and second surfaces of a garment component along the seam. A sufficient amount of heat and pressure is applied to the seam which causes the adhesive of the bonding strip to flow onto the surfaces of the garment components thereby creating a compressed seam and permanently bonding the first and second surfaces of the garment component together along the seam to eliminate puckering associated with shrinkage of the sewing thread.
Claims58
A method for producing a smooth seam in a garment component, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) reverse folding an edge of the garment component;
- (b) placing a bonding strip having a first and second surface and at least a thermal adhesive component co-extensive with the reverse portion of the garment component, such that the second surface of the bonding strip abuts a first surface of the garment component;
- (c) reverse folding the garment component a second time such that a portion of a second surface of the twice folded garment component abuts the first surface of the bonding strip and a portion of the second surface of the twice folded garment component abuts itself;
- (d) sewing the garment component and the bonding strip together by a stitch running along the bonding strip;
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- (e) applying sufficient heat and pressure to said bonding strip to cause the thermal adhesive to melt such that said adhesive flows onto a portion of the folded first surface of the garment component along a second surface of the bonding strip and concomitantly onto a portion of the second surface of the twice folded garment component along the first surface of the bonding strip to provide a bond along the seam and around the stitch such that the bonded component will effectively reduce a tendency of the seam to exhibit pucker following laundering operations.
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In a shirt having a smooth right-front hem seam comprising:
- a bonding strip having at least a thermal adhesive component and having a first and second surface;
- a garment component having a first and second surface, the garment component being reverse folded at an edge location and the bonding strip being positioned coextensive with the reverse fold;
- the garment component being reverse folded a second time with the portion of the second surface of the twice folded garment component being bonded to said first surface of the bonding strip;
- a stitch extending along the seam sewing the garment component and the bonding strip together and wherein bonding the seam comprises subjecting the seam to a sufficient amount of heat and pressure to cause the thermal adhesive to bond a portion of the second surface of an unfolded portion of the garment component along a first surface of said bonding strip and concomitantly bond a first surface of twice folded garment component along second surface of said bonding strip such that a bond is formed by the bonding strip along the seam to reduce a tendency to pucker following laundering operations.
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A method for producing a pucker free garment seam along the right front panel of a shirt, said method comprising the steps:
- (a) providing a garment component forming a right-front panel of a shirt and having a first and a second surface;
- (b) reverse folding an edge of the garment component;
- (c) providing a bonding strip having a first and a second surface and at least a thermal adhesive component and placing the bonding strip adjacent the garment component such that second surface of the bonding strip abuts the reverse folded surface of the garment component and as to define a seam;
- (d) reverse folding the garment component a second time such that a portion of the second surface of the twice folded garment component abuts an first surface of the bonding strip and a portion of the second surface of the twice folded garment component abuts itself;
- (e) sewing a stitch along the seam such that it traverses through at least the unfolded portion of the garment component, the bonding strip, and the reverse folded portion of the garment component;
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- (h) applying sufficient heat and pressure to the bonding strip to cause the thermal adhesive to melt such that the adhesive flows onto a portion of the twice folded first surface and along a second surface of the bonding strip and concomitantly onto a portion of the second surface of the unfolded garment component along a first surface of the bonding strip to provide a bond along the seam such that the bonding will effectively reduce a tendency of the seam to exhibit pucker following laundering operations.
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In a shirt having a right-front panel component, viewed from the perspective of a wearer of the shirt, forming a pucker free right-front hem seam, said pucker free seam comprising:
- a bonding strip having at least a thermal adhesive component and having a first and second surface;
- a garment component forming the right-front panel of the shirt having a first and a second surface, the garment component being reverse folded at an edge location and the bonding strip being positioned coextensive with the reverse fold;
- the garment component being reverse folded a second time with a portion of the second surface of the twice folded garment component being bonded to said first surface of the bonding strip;
- a stitch extending along the seam and traversing through at least the garment component, the bonding strip, and the reverse folded garment component and wherein bonding the seam comprises subjecting the seam to a sufficient amount of heat and pressure to cause the bonding strip to bond at its second surface to a portion of the twice folded first surface of the garment component and concomitantly at the first surface of the bonding strip to the second surface of an unfolded portion of the garment component such that the bonded component will effectively reduce a tendency of the seam to exhibit pucker following laundering operations.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.