Patent ID: 6070542
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: A41B,A41D

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a pucker free seam at a junction of a first and a second shirt collar component comprising the steps:(a) providing a first collar component, having a first surface and a second surface;(b) providing a second collar component, having a first surface and a second surface extending generally coextensively with said first collar component and where the second surface of the first collar component contacts the first surface of the second collar component at an edge seam;(c) providing an interlining, having a first and a second surface and at least one edge, in an adjacent relationship with the first surface of the first collar component;(d) placing a bonding strip along the edge seam and said bonding strip having a first surface and a second surface and having a thermal adhesive component, said bonding strip being placed along the edge seam such that the second surface of the bonding element abuts the first surface of the first collar component;(e) sewing the first and second collar components and the bonding element together by a set stitch that extends through the bonding strip, beyond an edge of the interlining, through the first collar component, and through the second collar component;(f) reverse folding the second collar component beneath the set stitch such that the second surface of the second collar component folds onto itself at an edge seam;(g) reverse folding the first collar component and the bonding element about the set stitch such that the bonding element folds back upon itself and the first surface of said first collar component folds around said bonding strip at an edge seam and abuts the second surface of the interlining;(h) sewing said first and second collar components, said bonding element, and said interlining together by a top stitch running along said seam and extending through the reverse folded first collar component, the interlining, the reverse folded bonding strip, the unfolded bonding strip, the unfolded first collar component, the unfolded second collar component, and the reverse folded second collar component; and(i) applying sufficient heat and pressure to said bonding element to cause said thermal adhesive to melt such that said adhesive flows onto said surfaces of at least the first collar component, said interlining and said top stitch to provide a bond along the edge seam such that the bonded component will effectively reduce a tendency of the seam to pucker during laundering operations.