Improvements in or relating to joining stretchable fabric portions to one another

A fabric structure and fabric technology, applied to the seams of textile materials, textiles, papermaking, clothing, etc., can solve the problems of reducing the degree of bonding of two pieces of fabrics and the fragmentation of binders

CN101457469AInactive Publication Date: 2009-06-17MONTFORT SERVICES
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
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Publication Date
2009-06-17
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A method of joining first and second stretchable fabric portions (32, 36) to one another in a desired configuration comprises the steps of sewing a first thread (12) through at least one of the first and second fabric portions (32, 36) to define a first stitch formation (14); looping a second thread (16) within the first stitch formation (14) such that the second thread (16) and the first thread (12) overlap one another to create a sewn seam, one of the threads (12, 16) being a fusible thread and the other of the threads (12, 16) being a non-fusible thread; positioning the first and second fabric portions (32, 36) relative to one another in a desired configuration; melting the fusible thread; and forming a plurality of discrete bonding element portions (20) extending along a bonding path (18). The discrete bonding element portions (20) retain the first and second fabric portions (32, 36) in the desired configuration. The method produces an unobtrusive join of sufficient strength which is able to accommodate stretching of the fabric portions.
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technical field

[0001] The present invention relates to a method of joining first and second stretchable fabric portions to each other in a desired configuration, a fabric structure comprising a first fabric portion and a second fabric portion joined to each other in a desired configuration , and garments comprising such fabric structures. Background technique

[0002] In garment production, it is often necessary to join two fabric portions to each other in a desired configuration to make a garment. The bond between any such fabric portions must be of sufficient strength to maintain the fabric portions in a desired configuration, for example, during wear or laundering of the garment.

[0003] It is known to join two fabric parts to each other in a desired configuration using a stitch formation in which one or more sewing threads are stitched through the two fabric parts to join the fabrics together .

[0004] However, making such conventional seaming constructions strong ...

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[0056] As shown schematically in FIG. 1( a ), the suture structure formed by the method according to the first embodiment of the present invention is mainly indicated by reference numeral 10 .

[0057] The first seaming structure 10 is a simple double-stitched seam formed by sewing the infusible first thread 12 (FIG. 1(b)) through the first stretchable fabric portion 32 to define forming a first stitch formation (stitch formation) 14; and by looping the second fusible thread 16 in the first stitch formation 14, so that the first thread 12 and the second fusible thread 16 overlap each other. This is shown more clearly in Figure 1(b), it is to be noted that the second thread 16 extends across (across) the surface 32a of the first fabric portion 32 and is in face contact with said surface 32a, The first line 12 is formed as bridge formations 12 a at a plurality of discrete locations 13 along the second line 16 , each bridge formation spanning over the second line 16 in a bridging...