Patent ID: 8336474

Claim:
A garment seam, comprising: a first garment component having a first surface and a second surface, the first garment component being reverse folded once to divide the first garment component into an unfolded portion and a folded portion, the first surface in the unfolded portion facing the first surface in the folded portion; a bonding element in a substantially U shape having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface of the bonding element being adjacent to the first and second surface of the first garment component in the folded portion, the bonding element comprising an adhesive material on at least one of the surfaces; a set of stitches traversing through the bonding element and at least a portion of the first garment component, wherein at least one surface of the bonding element is bonded to at least one surface of the first garment component by the adhesive material.