Two-ply support garment and method of making same
AssigneeTefron Ltd.
InventorsSigi Rabinowicz, Meir Azulay
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Abstract
A two-ply support garment such as a brassiere, panty, or the like, is made by positioning a piece of heat-bondable polymer film between two fabric plies of a two-ply fabric blank in one or more selected areas that will become portions of the garment, heating the film to bond the plies to the opposite faces of the film in the one or more selected areas, and fashioning a two-ply garment from the blank. A brassiere embodiment includes the film in partial regions of the cups, in a central panel between the cups, and in side panels of the brassiere.
Claims24
A method for making a garment, comprising:
- overlaying a fabric ply upon another fabric ply to form a two-ply blank wherein substantially the entire blank has two plies;
- positioning at least one piece of heat-bondable polymer film between the two plies of the blank in at least one selected area thereof, constituting less than the entire blank, at which enhanced body support is desired, the heat-bondable film having a resistance to stretching greater than that of the fabric alone;
- heating the blank to bond the plies to the heat-bondable film in the at least one selected area such that the plies in the at least one selected area are bonded to each other, the plies outside that at least one selected area being unbonded to each other;
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- fashioning a two-ply garment from the blank, whereby substantially the entire garment has two plies, and the garment in the at least one selected area has a greater resistance to stretching than the fabric alone.
A garment, comprising:
- a two-ply fabric body configured to encircle a part of a person's body, wherein substantially the entire fabric body has two plies;
- wherein the two plies of the fabric body are bonded to a heat-bondable polymer film positioned between the plies and heated to bond the plies to opposite faces of the film, the heat-bondable film occupying less than the entire fabric body such that there are regions of the fabric body outside the heat-bondable film wherein the plies are unbonded to each other, the heat-bondable film having a greater resistance to stretching than the fabric alone, the heat-bondable film being cut to a desired shape and size prior to being positioned between the plies, whereby the at least one selected area in which the plies are bonded to the film comprises a precisely defined region of the fabric body having an enhanced resistance to stretching.
A garment, comprising:
- a generally non-opaque fabric body having two plies connected to each other along edges of the fabric body, and wherein substantially the entire fabric body has two plies;
- wherein a partial region of the fabric body has a greater opacity than other portions of the fabric body for enhanced modesty, said part having greater opacity being provided by bonding the two plies together with a heat-bondable polymer film disposed therebetween, regions of the fabric body outside said heat-bondable film having the two plies unbonded to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.