Process of manufacturing press-free garment with retained creases

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING GARMENTS OF ANY STYLE, SIZE, DESIGN AND TYPE WHICH ARE PRESS-FREE WITH SHARP IMPARTED CREASES RETAINED THEREIN AFTER REPEATED WASHINGS; SAID PROCESS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF IMPREGNATING FABRICS WITH AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF A THERMOSETTING COMPOUND CONTAINING A CATALYST POSSESSING THE PROPERTY OF MAINTAINING THE COMPOUND IN STABLE EQUILIBRIUM IN THE FABRICS FOR APPRECIABLE PERIODS AT TEMPERATURES BELOW THE SETTING TEMPERATURE OF THE COMPOUND, DRYING THE FABRICS CONTAINING SAID COMPOUND AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW SETTING TEMPERATURE OF SAID COMPOUND AND TO AN EXTENT THAT APPROXIMATELY 8% TO 10% OF MOISTURE IS RETAINED THEREIN, THEREAFTER CUTTING SAID FABRICS CONTAINING SAID COMPOUND WHILE IN AN UNSET STATE TO THE SIZE, SHAPE AND DESIGN OF DESIRED GARMENTS, SEWING THE FABRICS TO PROVIDE GARMENT SEAMS LOCATED AT THE AREAS TO BE CREASED, FINISHING THE CUT AND SEWN FABRICS TO COMPLETED GARMENTS OF DESIRED STYLES AND DESIGNS, THEREAFTER IMPARTING AT LEAST ONE CREASE IN SAID COMPLETED GARMENT CONSISTENT WITH THE DESIRED STYLE AND DESIGN OF THE GARMENTS, AND AT THE SAME TIME PRE-SETTING SAID GARMENT CONTAINING COMPOUND AT THE LOCATIONS OF SAID SEAMS AND SAID CREASE, AND FINALLY CURING THE IMPREGNATED PARTIALLY DRIED AND PARTIALLY PRESET COMPLETED GARMENTS TO WATER-INSOLUBILIZE THE CONTAINED COMPOUND IN SITU SO THAT THE COMPLETED GARMENTS ARE PRESS-FREE WITH A RETAINED SHARP IMPARTED CREASE AND SMOOTH UNPUCKERED SEAMS THEREIN AT SAID LOCATIONS AFTER REPEATED WASHINGS.