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US 6,743,322 B2Granted
Process for manufacturing thermoplastic-trimmed article of clothing
AssigneePrintmark Industries, Inc.
InventorAlexander Sloot
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Abstract
An article of clothing has a trim of thermoplastic material, which encapsulates a peripheral region of a fabric layer and is provided with a multiplayer structure preferably including at least one retroreflective layer. The article of clothing is manufactured in accordance with a sealing method utilizing RF, sonic sealing, heat sealing, and vibration sealing performed simultaneously with cutting excess of the thermoplastic material.
Claims4
A process of manufacturing an article of clothing comprising the steps of:
- providing a die with at least one sealing area having at least one flat sealing ledge and at least one cutting edge which extends over the flat sealing ledge;
- interposing a fabric layer with a thermoplastic layer such that a peripheral edge of the fabric layer extends within the thermoplastic layer;
- forming an outer edge of the thermoplastic layer extending laterally outwardly from the peripheral edge of the fabric layer by applying the die to the thermoplastic layer to cut excess thereof with the one cutting edge;
- simultaneously with cutting sealing overlapped areas of the fabric and thermoplastic layers to each other to form a trimmed article of clothing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.