IP Library Granted Patent US 7,828,925
Granted Patent B2
US 7,828,925 · App. 10/543,522 · Granted Nov 9, 2010

Method for the butt joining of two textile pieces

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Patent No.
US 7,828,925
App. No.
10/543,522
Granted
Nov 9, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a process for flat edge-to-edge assembly of two portions of textile parts by means of a gluing ribbon overlapping the two edges. According to this process, before the gluing ribbon is put into place, two borders adjacent to the edges are glued onto each other, so as to hold the edges close to each other. The two glued borders are shorn close to where the two edges are fixed together, and the gluing ribbon ( 28 ) is applied overlapping the two edges that are brought together. The shorn glued borders, are flattened when applying the gluing ribbon.

Claims (24)

1. A method for flat edge-to-edge assembly of two facing edges of two textile parts using a gluing ribbon overlapping the two edges, comprising

gluing together two borders of the two textile parts to form a gluing strip, one of said two borders being adjacent to one of the two facing edges, and the other of said two borders being adjacent to the other of the two facing edges to hold the two edges together;

shearing said two borders close to the two edges;

applying said gluing ribbon to overlap the two facing edges and said shorn glued borders; and

flattening said shorn glued borders when applying said gluing ribbon

wherein said shorn glued borders become unglued and flattened when said gluing ribbon is glued to said shorn glued borders.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the two facing edges of said textile parts are made of knit fabric.

3. The method according to claim 2 wherein said two textile parts are made from a tubular knit.

4. The method according to claim 2 further comprising after the step of gluing together said two borders of said two textile parts, cutting longitudinally said two textile parts in said gluing strip to obtain two pairs of portions of textile parts.

5. The method according to claim 4 wherein said two textile parts are two tubular knits, said two tubular knits being glued to each other to create a gluing strip.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said two borders of said textile parts are thermoglued together.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said gluing ribbon is thermoglued to said shorn borders.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said gluing ribbon is a heat-activatable ribbon.

9. A method of making a garment formed from two tubular textiles comprising:

providing two tubular textiles;

gluing together a portion of said two tubular textiles along a line parallel to their longitudinal axes to form a symmetrical garment;

cutting along a longitudinal axis of said portion to form a pair of glued shorn borders, each of said pair of glued shorn borders having a facing edge;

applying a gluing ribbon to overlap said two facing edges and said glued shorn borders; and

flattening said glued shorn borders when applying said gluing ribbon

wherein said shorn glued borders become unglued and flattened when said gluing ribbon is glued to said shorn glued borders.

10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising hot pressing said gluing ribbon to said glued shorn borders.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein said tubular textiles are knitted.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein said tubular textiles are formed using a Jacquard circular knitting machine, a shuttle loom or a non-weaving process.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein said garment is a pair of tights.

Assignments (9)
RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT R/F 45029/0132 Recorded Dec 15, 2025
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: MAIDENFORM LLC; HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLC
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RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT R/F 59910/0685 Recorded Dec 15, 2025
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: MAIDENFORM LLC; HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLC
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RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT R/F 70521/0523 Recorded Dec 15, 2025
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLC
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 14, 2025
From: HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
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FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 9, 2022
From: HANESBRANDS INC.; ALTERNATIVE APPAREL, INC.; BA INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C.; CC PRODUCTS LLC; CEIBENA DEL, INC.; EVENT 1 LLC; GEARCO LLC; GFSI HOLDINGS LLC; GFSI LLC; GTM RETAIL, INC.; HANES GLOBAL HOLDINGS U.S. INC.; HANES JIBOA HOLDINGS, LLC; HANES MENSWEAR, LLC; HANESBRANDS DIRECT, LLC; HANESBRANDS EXPORT CANADA LLC; HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES LLC; HBI INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS U.S., INC.; HBI SOURCING, LLC; INNER SELF LLC; IT'S GREEK TO ME, INC.; KNIGHTS APPAREL, LLC; KNIGHTS HOLDCO, LLC; MAIDENFORM (BANGLADESH) LLC; MAIDENFORM (INDONESIA) LLC; MAIDENFORM BRANDS LLC; MAIDENFORM INTERNATIONAL LLC; MAIDENFORM LLC; MF RETAIL LLC; PLAYTEX DORADO, LLC; PLAYTEX INDUSTRIES, INC.; SEAMLESS TEXTILES LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 059910/0685 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2018
From: SARA LEE CORPORATION
To: HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLC
Reel/Frame 047489/0820 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2018
From: HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLC; IT'S GREEK TO ME, INC.; MAIDENFORM LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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AMENDED AND RESTATED PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 15, 2009
From: HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2006
From: PERRON, MAURICE; NECTOUX, PHILIPPE; ROY, PASCAL
To: SARA LEE CORPORATION
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