Garment having various functional finishes
AssigneeLuthai Textile Co., Ltd.
InventorJason Chang
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Abstract
A garment, particularly a shirt, is made from a number of fabric portions which are sewn together, each of the portions having different performance characteristics. The front of the shirt is finished so as to be stain-resistant with a chemical water- and oil-repellent finish. To mitigate moisture accumulation on the wearer's skin, the back and sleeves are treated with an absorbency-enhancing finish, the collar and cuffs having a soil-release finish. In manufacture, the different portions are cut from differently treated sections of a mill run of fabric, the sections being processed under constant conditions so that the different sections have consistent shrinkage properties and colours.
Claims15
A method of manufacturing a garment, comprising:
- a) conveying first, second, and third lots of greige fabric through singeing, desizing, scouring, bleaching, and mercerizing processes;
- b) holding the first lot in a stretched condition on tentering means and applying a water-repellent and oil-repellent treatment to the first lot;
- c) holding the second lot in a stretched condition on tentering means and applying an absorbency-enhancing treatment to the second lot;
- d) holding the third lot in a stretched condition on tentering means and applying a soil-release treatment to the third lot;
- e) curing and drying the first, second, and third lots;
- f) cutting, from the first lot, a front portion of a garment for covering a front side of a wearer's torso;
- g) cutting, from the second lot, a pair of sleeve portions and a back portion of a garment for covering a back side of a wearer's torso;
- h) cutting, from the third lot, a collar portion and a pair of cuff portions, and
- i) sewing together the front and back portions, the sleeve portions, the cuff portions and the collar portion to form the garment.
A garment made by a method including:
- a) conveying first, second, and third lots of greige fabric through singeing, desizing, scouring, bleaching, and mercerizing processes;
- b) holding the first lot in a stretched condition on tentering means and applying a water-repellent and oil-repellent treatment to the first lot;
- c) holding the second lot in a stretched condition on tentering means and applying an absorbency-enhancing treatment to the second lot;
- d) holding the third lot in a stretched condition on tentering means and applying a soil-release treatment to the third lot;
- e) curing and drying the first, second, and third lots;
- f) cutting, from the first lot, a front portion of a garment for covering a front side of a wearer's torso;
- g) cutting, from the second lot, a pair of sleeve portions and a back portion of a garment for covering a back side of a wearer's torso;
- h) cutting, from the third lot, a collar portion and a pair of cuff portions, and
- i) sewing together the front and back portions, the sleeve portions, the cuff portions and the collar portion to form the garment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.