Patent ID: 11939714
Assignee: SOFTWEAR AUTOMATION, INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D  A  B | IPC A  B  D

Claim 16:
17. A method, comprising:
supporting, by a garment holding system, a garment;
collapsing a band positioned on a band guide of a band positioning system to reduce a cross-sectional area of the band for insertion through an opening of the garment during positioning over the band;
positioning, by the garment holding system, the opening of the garment over the band positioned on the band guide of the band positioning system, where edges of the opening of the garment and the band are controlled with ply aligners of the band positioning system; and
attaching the band to the garment along the edge of the opening using a joining device, where positions of the edge of the band and the edge of the opening are maintained by the ply aligners during attachment.