Patent ID: 8117674

Claim:
A method of forming a garment, comprising: providing a knitted or woven fabric layer comprising a sonically weldable material, the fabric layer having an inner surface and at least one of an arm opening region, a neck opening region, a waist opening region, and leg opening region, the at least one opening region having a periphery and an outer free edge; placing an elastic edge band comprising a sonically weldable material around the entire periphery only of the at least one opening region, the edge band having first and second free edges and an inner surface; the entire inner surface of the edge band overlying and in contact with only the inner surface of the fabric, and the first free edge of the edge band terminating at the outer free edge of the fabric layer; securing the first free edge of the edge band to the outer free edge of the at least one opening region with a subsonic or ultrasonic edge weld to form a finished seamless edge along the at least one opening region; and activating an adhesive along more than half of the inner surface of the edge band to secure the edge band and second free edge to the inner surface of the fabric layer.