Two-Way Pleated Garments with Single-Step Permanent Pleating
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional pleating techniques for garments require separate steps for pleating and securing pleats, limiting design variations and complicating the manufacturing process.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for manufacturing garments that involve creating one-way and two-way pleated elements in a single pleating operation after attaching fabric pieces together, using a shaped paper and heat treatment to form permanent pleats without initial securing, allowing for ease of design and manufacturing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If separate steps for pleating and securing pleats are used, then pleats can be held in place, but the manufacturing process becomes complicated and design variations are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the pleating operation and the securing operation into a single integrated process. The pleating device simultaneously forms pleats and secures them with stitching in one continuous operation, eliminating the need for separate pleating and securing steps. This merging of operations directly resolves the technical contradiction by simplifying the manufacturing process while maintaining the ability to hold pleats in place.
Solution Approach 2:
The pleating device is designed to perform multiple functions: it forms pleats, positions them, and secures them with stitching all through a single device and operation. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for multiple specialized devices and steps, thereby reducing manufacturing complexity while achieving the desired pleated garment outcomes.
2Adaptability or versatility
If pleats are secured in place during pleating, then pleats remain fixed, but design variations of garments are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a dynamic approach where the pleating device can adjust its stitching pattern, pleat formation parameters, and securing method based on the specific design requirements. This allows the same device to create various design variations (different pleat types, patterns, and configurations) while still maintaining stable, fixed pleats in the final garment. The adaptability comes from the programmable and adjustable nature of the integrated pleating and securing operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach simplifies the manufacturing process, enables the creation of garments with varied pleat designs that can fit a wide range of body shapes and sizes, and results in wrinkle-free fabrics that can be easily washed and maintained.
Implementation Method 1
heating the shaped paper with the entire unfinished garment in a heater
Implementation Method 2
compressing the shaped paper together with the entire unfinished garment by a press during a predetermined period being in the range of about 1 minute to about 2 minutes and at a predetermined temperature being in the range of about 420 F to about 400 F
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AI summary
A method for manufacturing of garments comprises the steps of obtaining a pattern of a garment, cutting at least one fabric according to the pattern into a plurality of fabric pieces, attaching the plurality of fabric pieces together to create an unfinished garment, and forming a final garment by pleating the unfinished garment. The pleating step creates at least one one-way pleated element and at least one two-way pleated element in the final garment. Pleats of the at least one one-way pleated element and pleats of the at least one two-way pleated element are created without securing the pleats in place.