Patent ID: 9066549
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: A41D,A41F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An extensible garment fabric comprising: an edge fixed in length by a relatively inextensible tape or cord made from a material capable of being either eliminated or made extensible by subsequent processing, wherein the relatively inextensible tape or cord is made from a material that is water soluble and will dissolve during a washing of the extensible garment fabric, and wherein the material that is water soluble includes water soluble fibers that are polyvinyl alcohol fibers, and wherein the material that is water soluble includes water soluble fibers that are made of a low-melt polyamide, wherein the extensible garment fabric includes inextensible fabric fibers, the extensible garment fabric being extensible along a line of the relatively inextensible tape or cord via the extensible garment fabric being on a bias to relatively inextensible tape or cord.