Method of manufacture of jackets and like garments provided with fastening elements

Claim 2

Method of continuous industrial manufacture of jackets, overalls, blouses, gowns and garments of the same kind, which are formed by means of a series of mechanized or automated operations from at least one indefinite initial web of supple sheet material in a known per se manner comprising the steps or laying on the said web fastening elements forming ties such as waist bands, neck attachments and wrist attachments, and fixing them at regular intervals on the said web, the improvement comprising the steps of laying the said tie elements on the said initial web in perpendicular relationship to their normal direction of use and providing them with lines of gluing and folding through 45* enabling them to be turned over into their direction of use.

Claim 3

Method according to claim 1, comprising the steps of laying at least two indefinite strips in parallel relationship and side by side on the said web in a longitudinal direction of the garments, fixing said strips at various points on the said web along assembling lines, at least some of which form an angle of about 45* to the longitudinal direction of the said garment, and severing the said strips at predetermined locations to enable the corrsponding pieces of strip to be turned over about the corresponding aSsembling line through 45* to form the said fastening elements.

Claim 4

Method according to claim 1, comprising the steps of providing a piece of strip with at least one line of folding through 45* determining transverse and longitudinal portions of the said strip, laying it on the said web with its longitudinal portion arranged in parallel relationship to a longitudinal of the garments and fixing the transverse portion of the said piece of strip on the said web.

Claim 5

Method according to claim 3 wherein the folding line is located in proximity to one end of the said piece of strip which will be fixed to the said web at its said end, the rest of the strip being folded about the said line in the said direction of progression.

Claim 6

Method according to claim 1, comprising the steps of providing a piece of strip with two lines of folding through 45* arranged in perpendicular relationship to one another and substantially symmetrically on either side of the middle of the said piece of strip, folding the latter along the said lines so as to form two free parallel portions and a transverse medial portion, laying the said piece of strip on the said web with its free parallel portions arranged in parallel relationship to the longitudinal direction of the garments, and fixing the transverse portion onto the said web.

Claim 7

Method according to claim 1, comprising the steps of laying at least two indefinite strips in parallel relationship and side by side on the said web in a longitudinal direction of the garments, fixing said strips at various points on the said web by means of pieces of strips arranged transversely on the said web above the said strips and provided along their outline with lines or points of asssembly of the said web determining at least one line which forms an angle of about 45* to the said direction of progression and cutting the said strips to form the said fastening elements and to enable the corresponding piece of strip to be turned over in a perpendicular direction about said line at 45*.

Claim 8

Method according to claim 6 wherein the step of using the strips continuously laid on the same web to form the waist band elements and the neck atttachments of the said garments.

Claim 9

Method according to claim 6 wherein precutting or providing the said strips with lines of reduce strength is made to permit the separation of the various ties formed by the said strips.

Claim 10

Method of continuous industrial manufacture of jackets, blouses, gowns and garments of the same kind which are formed by means of a series of mechanized or automated operations from at least one indefinite initial web of supple sheet material in a known per se manner comprising the steps of forming the one of the back and front portions of the garment with the central portion of said web, forming the other of the back and front portions with a superposed layer of web, the garment then being in the inside-out folded state, laying at least one strip forming the fastening elements on the central portion of the said web, substantially along a longitudinal medial axis of the latter, and fixing the strip, on the one hand, on the central portion of the web, substantially at the level of the location of the waist of the said garment, and, on the other hand, on the superposed layer of web at the level of the location of the neck-opening of the garment, cutting the said strip during the following manufacturing operations to separate the waist band ties and the neck ties.

Claim 11

Method of continuous industrial manufacture of jackets, blouses, gowns and garments of the same kind which are formed by means of a series of mechanized or automated operations from at least one indefinite initial web of supple sheet material in a known per se manner comprising the steps of forming the one of the back and front portions of the garment with the central portion of said web, forming the other of the back and front portions with a superposed layer of web, the garment then being in the inside-out folded state, laying at least one strip forming the fastening elements on the central portion of the said web, substantially along a longitudinal medial axis of the latter, and fixing the strip, on the one hand, on the central portion of the web, substantially at the level of the location of the waist of the said garment, and, on the other hand, on the superposed layer of web at the level of the location of the neck-opening of the garment, cutting the said strip during the following manufacturing operations to separate the waist band ties and the neck ties.

Claim 12

Jackets, overalls, blouses, gowns and garments of the same kind, comprising separate portions which are to be assembled along junction lines during their use and provided with fastening elements forming ties such as waist bands and neck attachments for assembling said portions, at least a major part of each fastening element being constituted by a narrow strip of supple material attached to said portion of the garment along a first part of its length in a direction substantially parallel to the juNction line of the two portions of the garment to be assembled, said first part of said narrow strip attached to the garment extending to a second part which is free of any attachment with the garment and said two parts being joined along a line forming an angle of about 45* with said junction line of said two portions of the garment.

Claim 13

Jackets, overalls, blouses, gowns and garments of the same kind, comprising separate portions which are to be assembled along junction lines during their use and provided with fastening elements forming ties such as waist bands and neck attachments for assembling said portions, at least a major part of each fastening element being constituted by a narrow strip of supple material attached to said portion of the garment along a first part of its length in a direction substantially parallel to the juNction line of the two portions of the garment to be assembled, said first part of said narrow strip attached to the garment extending to a second part which is free of any attachment with the garment and said two parts being joined along a line forming an angle of about 45* with said junction line of said two portions of the garment.

Claim 14

Jackets, overalls, blouses, gowns and garments of the same kind according to claim 10, wherein said first part of said strip is attached to said garment notably along said line joining the first and the second parts of said strip.

Claim 15

Jackets, overalls, blouses, gowns and garments of the same kind according to claim 10, wherein said two parts of said strip are joined along said line and a fold is formed along said line.