Method of manufacturing hooded garments

Claim 1

A METHOD OF PRODUCING HOODED TEXTILE ARTICLES COMPRISING FLATTENING A TUBE OF TEXTILE FABRIC TO PROVIDE TWO SUPERPOSED LAYERS OF FABRIC JOINED TOGETHER AT THE OPPOSITE FOLDED SIDE EDGES OF THE FLATTENED TUBE, CUTTING BOTH OF SAID LAYERS ALONG A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART, ALTERNATELY ARRANGED STRAIGHT AND CONTOURED LINES EXTENDING ACROSS THE FLATTENED TUBE, EACH OF SAID CONTOURED LINES INCLUDING END PARTS EXTENDING FROM SAID FOLDED SIDE EDGES AND A CENTRAL PART OFFSET RELATIVE TO SAID END PARTS AND JOINED TO THE LATTER BY PARTS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF SAID TUBE, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID CENTRAL PART OF EACH CONTOURED LINE AND ONE OF THE ADJACENT STRAIGHT LINES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID END PARTS OF THE CONTOURED LINE AND THE OTHER OF SAID ADJACENT STRAIGHT LINES SO THAT THE PORTION OF THE FLATTENED TUBE BETWEEN SAID CONTOURED LINE AND SAID ONE ADJACENT STRAIGHT LINE FORMS A FIRST BLANK HAVING A BODY DEFINING PORTION AND A HOOD DEFINING PORTION EXTENDING CENTRALLY FROM ONE END THEREOF, OPENING THE PORTION OF THE FLATTENED TUBE BETWEEN SAID CONTOURED LINE AND SAID OTHER ADJACENT STRAIGHT LINE, REFOLDING THE OPENED PORTION OF THE FLATTENED TUBE ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL MEDIAL LINES OF SAID LAYERS OF THE LATTER TO FORM A SECOND BLANK SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS SAID FIRST BLANK, FOLDING OVER CORNER AREAS OF SAID HOOD DEFINING PORTION OF EACH BLANK TO BRING HALVES OF THE END EDGE OF THE LATTER INTO ABUTMENT WITH EACH OTHER, AND SEWING TOGETHER THE ABUTTING HALVES OF SAID END EDGE AND SAID LAYERS ALONG THE REMAINING EDGES OF SAID HOOD DEFINING PORTION AND THE ADJACENT END EDGE OF SAID BODY DEFINING PORTION TO FORM FROM EACH BLANK A HOODED ARTICLE OF TWO LAYERS OF SAID FABRIC WHICH ARE PERMANENTLY JOINED TOGETHER AT LEAST ALONG THE EDGES OF THE HOOD, THE ADJACENT END OF THE BODY PORTION AND THE SIDES OF THE LATTER.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF PRODUCING HOODED TEXTILE ARTICLES COMPRISING FLATTENING A TUBE OF TEXTILE FABRIC TO PROVIDE TWO SUPERPOSED LAYERS OF FABRIC JOINED TOGETHER AT THE OPPOSITE FOLDED SIDE EDGES OF THE FLATTENED TUBE, CUTTING BOTH OF SAID LAYERS ALONG A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART, ALTERNATELY ARRANGED STRAIGHT AND CONTOURED LINES EXTENDING ACROSS THE FLATTENED TUBE, EACH OF SAID CONTOURED LINES INCLUDING END PARTS EXTENDING FROM SAID FOLDED SIDE EDGES AND A CENTRAL PART OFFSET RELATIVE TO SAID END PARTS AND JOINED TO THE LATTER BY PARTS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF SAID TUBE, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID CENTRAL PART OF EACH CONTOURED LINE AND ONE OF THE ADJACENT STRAIGHT LINES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID END PARTS OF THE CONTOURED LINE AND THE OTHER OF SAID ADJACENT STRAIGHT LINES SO THAT THE PORTION OF THE FLATTENED TUBE BETWEEN SAID CONTOURED LINE AND SAID ONE ADJACENT STRAIGHT LINE FORMS A FIRST BLANK HAVING A BODY DEFINING PORTION AND A HOOD DEFINING PORTION EXTENDING CENTRALLY FROM ONE END THEREOF, OPENING THE PORTION OF THE FLATTENED TUBE BETWEEN SAID CONTOURED LINE AND SAID OTHER ADJACENT STRAIGHT LINE, REFOLDING THE OPENED PORTION OF THE FLATTENED TUBE ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL MEDIAL LINES OF SAID LAYERS OF THE LATTER TO FORM A SECOND BLANK SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS SAID FIRST BLANK, FOLDING OVER CORNER AREAS OF SAID HOOD DEFINING PORTION OF EACH BLANK TO BRING HALVES OF THE END EDGE OF THE LATTER INTO ABUTMENT WITH EACH OTHER, AND SEWING TOGETHER THE ABUTTING HALVES OF SAID END EDGE AND SAID LAYERS ALONG THE REMAINING EDGES OF SAID HOOD DEFINING PORTION AND THE ADJACENT END EDGE OF SAID BODY DEFINING PORTION TO FORM FROM EACH BLANK A HOODED ARTICLE OF TWO LAYERS OF SAID FABRIC WHICH ARE PERMANENTLY JOINED TOGETHER AT LEAST ALONG THE EDGES OF THE HOOD, THE ADJACENT END OF THE BODY PORTION AND THE SIDES OF THE LATTER.