Patent ID: 8147642
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: A41B,A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of making a pant having a first region, a second region, a crotch region extending from the first region to the second region, side seams and hanging legs, the method comprising: providing a continuous web comprising a plurality of pant assemblies connected to one another; folding the continuous web around an internal support structure; contracting at least one of the plurality of pant assemblies of the web in at least one selected area to define a contracted crotch area within the crotch region; cutting said at least one of the plurality of folded pant assemblies with a single cut to define two slits of a single one of said folded pant assemblies and a separation between the first region and the second region while maintaining a seamless connection between the first region and the second region in the contracted crotch area, wherein cutting the at least one of the plurality of folded pant assemblies does not result in the removal of any portion of the at least one of the plurality of folded pant assemblies; and attaching the first region and the second region together to form boxer shorts having the side seams and hanging legs, wherein each of the slits defines a respective leg opening of the pant.