Binding device for use with fabrics and the like

Claim 1

A BINDING ASSEMBLAGE FOR USE ON A GARMENT AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING A PIECE OF TAPE HAVING SPACED-APART END EDGES AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL LINE MARKINGS THEREON EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY TO SAID END EDGES, SAID MARKINGS INCLUDING A SINGLE CENTRALLY-LOCATED CENTER-LINE MARKING AND A PLURALITY OF LIKE PAIRS OF LINE MARKINGS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CENTER-LINE MARKING, SAID PAIR CONSTITUTING STITCH LINERS AND FOLD LINES, EACH OF SAID LIKE PAIRS HAVING EQUAL SPACINGS APART AND BEING EQUI-SPACED FROM THE CENTER-LINE MARKING, THE SPACINGS OF ALL OF THE PAIRS AT ANY ONE SIDE OF THE CENTER-LINE MARKING DIFFERING FROM EACH OTHER AND THE DISTANCES THEREOF FROM THE CENTER-LINE MARKING BEING DIFFERENT; A PIECE OF FABRIC DISPOSED AT ONE SIDE OF SAID PIECE OF TAPE; AND STITCHES PASSING THROUGH SAID PIECES OF TAPE AND FARBIC ALONG ONE PAIR OF SAID STITCH LINES, PERMANENTLY SECURING THE PIECES TOGETHER IN BROADSIDE RELATION TO EACH OTHER.