A sewing template for a front panel of a jacket
By designing a sewing template for the front zipper of a top, the problem of the lack of pattern guides in existing templates was solved, which improved sewing accuracy and consistency, reduced operational difficulty and risk of injury to personnel, and optimized the production process.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SICHUAN HUAJIA MACHINERY IND CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2025-07-16
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-19
AI Technical Summary
Existing zipper sewing templates lack guidance on the position of the cut pieces, the sewing quality depends on manual experience, have limited functionality, and low template utilization.
A sewing template for a front zipper opening on a top was designed, comprising a front panel, a back panel, and a cover panel. The back panel has a piece placement area and a sewing groove, while the cover panel has a marking groove. Folding is achieved through a connector to ensure accurate positioning of the cut pieces and provide a sewing track. The cover panel and front panel apply even pressure to eliminate material wrinkles. The front panel and cover panel are made of transparent PVC material to improve ease of operation.
It improved sewing precision and product consistency, reduced sewing difficulty, optimized the marking process for chest pockets, increased production efficiency, and reduced the risk of operator injury.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of garment manufacturing technology, specifically to a sewing template for a front opening zipper on a top. Background Technology
[0002] A placket is a clothing design element that refers to a garment that is completely open from top to bottom at the front center line, allowing for easy on and off using buttons, zippers, or ties. To ensure smooth opening and closing, the left and right sides must be aligned during sewing. Even experienced tailors cannot guarantee perfection. Therefore, in actual garment production, placket templates are often used to ensure the symmetry of the opening, the accuracy of the sewing width, and the spacing between buttons, achieving a balance between aesthetics and practicality.
[0003] Chinese utility model patent CN217127719U (publication date: August 5, 2022) discloses a jacket zipper sewing template, including a base plate, a pressing plate, and a cover plate. The base plate is symmetrically connected and movable via a central axis. The pressing plates on both sides of the base plate are connected to the central axis. A fabric cutting clamp is installed at the rear end of the pressing plate. The left side of the left base plate is connected to the upper cover plate via adhesive tape. The upper cover plate has a zipper sewing groove. This patent, by providing a fabric cutting clamp behind the pressing plate, allows for direct fabric cutting and zipper installation, improving the convenience of jacket zipper sewing and installation. While this patent can meet the sewing needs of various zippers, it lacks guidance on the placement of the cut pieces, and the sewing quality still mainly depends on manual experience and operator skill. Furthermore, the template in this patent is only used for zipper sewing, has a single function, and low template utilization. Utility Model Content
[0004] To address the shortcomings of the existing technology, this utility model provides a sewing template for a front zipper opening on a top, which reduces the difficulty of sewing zippers and improves the template utilization rate.
[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned technical objectives, the technical solution adopted by this utility model is as follows:
[0006] A sewing template for a front zippered top includes a front panel, a back panel, and a cover panel. The back panel is hinged to the front panel via a first connector, allowing the front panel to fold 180° around the top edge of the back panel. The cover panel is hinged to the lower part of the top edge of the back panel via a second connector, allowing the cover panel to fold 180° around the connection point. The back panel has a long, narrow first sewing groove near its bottom edge, and a piece placement area is drawn on the back panel to define the area for placing the cut pieces. The front panel has a first through groove, which overlaps with the first sewing groove of the back panel after the front panel is flipped. The cover panel has a marking groove.
[0007] As a preferred technical solution, a storage slot is provided on the panel at the right end of the first through slot.
[0008] As a preferred technical solution, the cover plate is provided with a first marking groove with an irregular outline, and / or a second marking groove with a standard rectangle.
[0009] As a preferred technical solution, the first connector and the second connector use fiber tape as the connector material.
[0010] As a preferred technical solution, the panel, base plate, and cover plate are made of transparent PVC sheet.
[0011] As a preferred technical solution, the bottom two corners of the panel, bottom plate and cover plate are rounded, and the top two corners are right angles.
[0012] As a preferred technical solution, the top edge of the panel and the base plate is provided with multiple limiting slots.
[0013] As a preferred technical solution, the limiting slot is U-shaped.
[0014] The beneficial effects of this utility model are as follows:
[0015] This utility model provides a sewing template for a front zipper opening on a garment. The base plate features a placement area and a first sewing groove to ensure accurate positioning of the cut piece and zipper, and to provide a sewing path. The cover plate and front plate apply even pressure to the cut piece, ensuring a tight fit between the piece and the template. This effectively eliminates material wrinkles and material displacement during sewing, improving sewing precision and product consistency. This utility model is simple and easy to operate, effectively reducing the technical difficulty of sewing zippers while ensuring sewing precision and product quality, and has significant practical value.
[0016] This utility model provides a sewing template for the front zipper opening of a top. By creating a marking groove on the cover plate, the zipper sewing process and the chest pocket marking process are combined into one, optimizing the chest pocket marking process and ensuring that the cut pieces are fixed in position during the marking process, thus improving the accuracy of the outline drawing. The template has a compact structure, complete functions, and significantly improves production efficiency.
[0017] This utility model provides a sewing template for a front zipper opening on a garment. The bottom corners of the base plate, front plate, and cover plate are rounded for easy gripping and movement, improving the smoothness of template operation and effectively reducing the risk of accidental bumps caused by sharp right angles, thus lowering the probability of injury to operators. The top two corners are right angles to facilitate close fit with the automatic template machine and to distinguish the template direction, improving operational convenience. Attached Figure Description
[0018] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of this application, the accompanying drawings used in the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. It should be understood that the following drawings only show some embodiments of this application and should not be regarded as a limitation of the scope. For those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.
[0019] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of an embodiment of the present utility model;
[0020] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the base plate structure.
[0021] Reference numerals: 1-panel, 2-base plate, 3-cover plate, 11-first through groove, 12-storage groove, 13-first connector, 14-limiting slot, 21-first sewing groove, 22-piece placement area, 31-first marking groove, 32-second marking groove, 33-second connector. Detailed Implementation
[0022] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of this application clearer, the technical solutions of the embodiments of this application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of this application, not all embodiments. The components of the embodiments of this application described and shown in the accompanying drawings can be arranged and designed in various different configurations. Therefore, the following detailed description of the embodiments of this application provided in the accompanying drawings is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed application, but merely represents selected embodiments of this application. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of this application without creative effort are within the scope of protection of this application.
[0023] A sewing template for a front zipper opening on a top, such as Figure 1 , Figure 2 As shown, the device includes a panel 1, a base plate 2, and a cover plate 3. The base plate 2 is hinged to the panel 1 via a first connector 13, allowing the panel 1 to fold 180° around the top edge of the base plate 2. The cover plate 3 is hinged to the lower part of the top edge of the base plate 2 via a second connector 33, allowing the cover plate 3 to fold 180° around the connection. The base plate 2 has a long strip-shaped first sewing groove 21 near its bottom edge and a piece placement area 22 that defines the area for placing the cut pieces. The panel 2 has a first through groove 11. After the panel 2 is flipped, the first through groove 11 coincides with the first sewing groove 21 of the base plate 2, forming a continuous sewing guide channel.
[0024] Furthermore, a storage slot 12 is provided on the panel 2 at the right end of the first through slot 11 to accommodate the zipper head. The main function of the base plate 2 is to ensure accurate positioning of the cut piece and the zipper, and to provide the sewing trajectory. By applying uniform pressure, the panel 2 helps the cut piece and the template to fit tightly together, effectively eliminating material displacement during the sewing process, controlling the sewing trajectory deviation within ±0.3mm, and significantly improving sewing accuracy and product consistency.
[0025] Furthermore, the cover plate 3 is rotatably opened and closed via the central axis of the second connector 33, and a marking groove is provided on the cover plate 3; preferably, the cover plate 3 is provided with a first marking groove 31 with an irregular contour, and / or a second marking groove 32 with a standard rectangle. The first marking groove 31 is used to accurately guide the drawing of irregular parts of the chest bag, and the second marking groove 33 is used to standardize the positioning of straight parts. The cover plate 3 is mainly used to make the cut pieces completely fit the base plate 2 by applying uniform pressure after the cut pieces have been initially smoothed manually, effectively eliminating the risk of material wrinkles and displacement, ensuring that the position of the cut pieces is fixed during the marking process, and controlling the accuracy error of the contour drawing within ±0.5mm.
[0026] Preferably, the first connector 13 and the second connector 33 use fiber tape as the connector material, so that the panel 1 and the cover plate 3 can be flexibly connected to the base plate 2. The panel 1, the base plate 2 and the cover plate 3 are all made of high-strength transparent PVC board.
[0027] Preferably, the bottom two corners of the panel 1, base plate 2, and cover plate 3 are rounded, while the top two corners are right angles. The rounded bottom corners facilitate gripping and movement, improving the smoothness of template operation and effectively reducing the risk of accidental bumps caused by sharp right angles, thus lowering the probability of operator injury. The right angled top edge facilitates tight fit with the automatic template machine and distinguishes the template direction. Furthermore, the top edge of the panel 1 and base plate 2 is provided with a limiting groove 14 for fixing the template to the automatic template machine; preferably, the limiting groove 14 is U-shaped.
[0028] The operation method of this utility model is as follows: Open the panel 1 and the cover plate 3 in sequence, place the cut piece accurately in the piece placement area 22 of the base plate 2, and then flip and lower the cover plate 3 to press the cut piece; then place the zipper along the first sewing groove 21, and then flip and lower the panel 1 to ensure that the zipper head is placed in the storage groove 12 to ensure that the panel 1 is completely flat; then use the limiting slot 14 to fix the template to the automatic template machine operating table, start the equipment to perform automatic sewing operation along the first sewing groove 21; finally, flip and open the panel 1, and trace the outline of the chest bag along the first marking groove 31 or / and the second marking groove 32 on the cover plate 3 as needed, and finally take out the finished cut piece.
[0029] Of course, there may be other embodiments of this utility model. Without departing from the spirit and essence of this utility model, those skilled in the art can make various corresponding changes and modifications based on this utility model, but these corresponding changes and modifications should all fall within the protection scope of the appended claims of this utility model.
Claims
1. A sewing template for a front zipper opening on a top, characterized in that: Includes a panel (1), a base plate (2), and a cover plate (3). The base plate (2) is hinged to the panel (1) via a first connector (13). The panel (1) can be folded 180° around the top edge of the base plate (2). The cover plate (3) is hinged to the bottom edge of the base plate (2) via a second connector (33). The cover plate (3) can be folded 180° around the connection. The base plate (2) has a long strip-shaped first sewing groove (21) near its bottom edge. The base plate (2) has a piece placement area (22) that defines the area for placing the cut pieces. The panel (1) has a first through groove (11). After the panel (1) is flipped, the first through groove (11) coincides with the first sewing groove (21) of the base plate (2). The cover plate (3) has a line drawing groove.
2. The upper garment front panel zipper sewing template according to claim 1, wherein: A storage slot (12) is provided on the panel (1) at the right end of the first through slot (11).
3. The upper garment front panel zipper sewing template according to claim 1, wherein: The cover plate (3) is provided with a first line groove (31) with an irregular outline, or / and a second line groove (32) with a standard rectangle.
4. The upper garment front panel zipper sewing template according to claim 1, wherein: The first connector (13) and the second connector (33) are made of fiber tape.
5. The upper garment front panel zipper sewing template according to claim 1, wherein: The panel (1), the base plate (2), and the cover plate (3) are made of transparent PVC board.
6. The front panel of a jacket according to claim 5, characterized in that: The bottom two corners of the panel (1), the bottom plate (2) and the cover plate (3) are rounded, and the top two corners are right angles.
7. The front panel of a garment with a zip opening sewing template according to claim 6, characterized in that: The top edge of the panel (1) and the base plate (2) is provided with multiple limiting slots (14).
8. The front panel of a jacket according to claim 7, characterized in that: The limiting slot (14) is U-shaped.