Patent ID: 8974625
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: A41D,A41H,A43B,B29C,B29L,B41M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of making an item of apparel including a first layer of material and a second layer of material, the method comprising: printing an adhesive material as an ink layer in a shape that substantially matches a closed perimeter shape of the first layer of material, wherein no adhesive material is printed within the closed perimeter shape of the printed ink layer; placing the printed ink layer on the first layer of material with the printed ink layer exposed on the first layer of material; contacting the second layer of material with the exposed printed ink layer on the first layer of material; and bonding the second layer of material to the exposed printed ink layer on the first layer of material, wherein the ink layer is printed in the shape that substantially matches the closed perimeter shape of the first layer of material before the printed ink layer is placed on the first layer of material or contacted with the second layer of material.