Patent ID: 8424474

Claim:
A method for producing a smooth athletic apparel seam between a first and second apparel piece, said method comprising: positioning the first apparel piece having a first and a second surface adjacent to a second apparel piece having a first surface and a second surface so as to define a seam; reverse folding an edge position of the first apparel piece over an edge portion of the second apparel piece along the seam wherein the first surface of the first garment piece overlaps and abuts the first surface of the second apparel piece; placing a dry adhesive bonding strip having a first surface containing nanofibrils and a second surface containing nanofibrils along the seam such that the second surface of the bonding strip abuts the reverse folded edge position of the second surface of the first garment piece; sewing the first and second garment pieces and the bonding strip together by a set stitch running along the seam; reverse folding the second apparel piece over the bonding strip such that the first surface of the second apparel piece is folded over and abuts against the first surface of the bonding strip while maintaining the bonding strip in a substantially planar condition; and sewing at least one top stitch through the reverse folded second apparel piece, the bonding strip, the reverse folded edge position of the first apparel piece, an edge position of the second apparel piece and the first apparel piece along the seam.