Patent ID: 6836903
Filing Date: 2005-01-04
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. The method of braiding an article of clothing comprising the steps of: providing an article of clothing with outer surfaces; cutting a plurality of slits in one of the outer surfaces so as to form a row of adjacently aligned braidable segments between the slits; pulling the second segment in the row of segments underneath the adjacent first segment in the row; pulling the second segment in the row over the adjacent first segment, so that the second segment forms a first loop; pulling the third segment in the row substantially through the first loop of the second segment so that the third segment forms a second loop; pulling the fourth segment in the row substantially through the second loop of the third segment so that the fourth segment forms a third loop; sequentially pulling each subsequent segment in the row substantially through the loop formed by its respective preceding segment in the row, forming a braid along the outer surface; securing the last segment in the row to maintain the segments on the outer surface in the braid which is formed.