Patent ID: 7758655

Claim:
A method for creating colored socks to identically match a suit, a trouser, and shoes, and for keeping the socks together with the suit, trouser, and shoes, the method consisting of the steps of: a. identifying a dye specification; b. dyeing a suit material, a slacks material, a shoe material and a sock material using the dye specification, consisting of the steps of: i. mounting the sock material on a first hanger roller assembly for dyeing; ii. mounting the suit material on a second hanger roller assembly; iii. mounting the slacks material on a third hanger roller assembly; iv. mounting the shoe material on a fourth hanger roller assembly; v. unwinding and passing the sock material from the first hanger roller, the suit material from the second hanger roller assembly, the slacks material from the third hanger roller assembly, and the shoe material from the fourth hanger roller assembly through a common liquid dye bath at a rate of one foot of sock material per minute, a rate of one foot of suite material per minute, a rate of one foot of slacks material per minute, and a rate of one foot of shoe material per minute, wherein the common liquid dye bath comprises a solution of 80% water, 18% dye, and 2% fixers and additives to speed the dyeing; vi. soaking the sock material, the suit material, the slacks material, and the shoe material in the liquid dye bath for a time ranging from one minute to three minutes such that the sock material, the suit material, the slacks material, and the shoe material are dyed to identically match, forming dyed material; and vii. using a continuous feed process to pass the dyed material through a dryer for drying; c. creating a suit with the suit material, creating a sock pair with the sock material, creating a trouser with the slacks material, and creating a pair of shoes with the shoe material; d. performing a member of the group consisting of: i. connecting the sock pair to the suit to form an identically matching sock/suit unit; ii. connecting the sock pair to the trouser to form an identically matching sock/trouser unit: iii. connecting the sock pair to the pair of shoes to form an identically matching sock/shoes unit; or iv. combinations thereof; e. attaching the dye specification with the suit, the trouser, and the pair of shoes; f. including the dye specification with the suit, the trouser, and the pair of shoes for future ordering of additional sock pairs; and optionally transmitting the dye specification to a sock manufacturing site, a suit manufacturing site, a trouser manufacturer, or a shoe manufacturer for making an identical dye solution and dyeing additional apparel.