Patent ID: 7386893

Claim:
A method of making a laminated concealed zipper closure for an outwear, comprising the steps of: a. providing an upper fabric; b. cutting a slit through the upper fabric and dividing the upper fabric into a left panel and a right panel each having an edge facing the other; c. placing two narrow fabrics pieces adjacent to each of the edges with a small gap between the respective edge; d. placing a transparent reinforcing member above each of the edges and the respective narrow fabrics pieces; e. bending the transparent reinforcing member such that the transparent reinforcing member straddles over the edge of each of the left and right panels along the length thereof and substantially parallel to the slit, and over each of the narrow fabric pieces underneath the upper fabric; f. placing a thermally meltable compound between each of the left and right panels and the respective narrow fabric piece along the length of the slit; g. stitching a first zipper tape underneath one of the two narrow fabric pieces; h. stitching a second zipper tape underneath the other of the two narrow fabric pieces; and i. heat-pressing the upper fabric, the two narrow fabric piece and the first and the second zipper tapes.