Garment bands including polymer compositions
Articles comprising garments with at least one opening layers are included. The articles may include an elastic polymer composition such as a film, a melt or an aqueous dispersion.
1. An article comprising a garment having at least one opening;
said opening comprising an elastomeric polymer composition wherein said polymer composition comprises more than one polyurethaneurea layer wherein each polyurethaneurea layer has a different weight average molecular weight, wherein polyurethaneurea layer includes at least one layer of polyurethaneurea having a lower weight average molecular weight from 35,000 to 90,000 and at least one layer of polyurethaneurea having a higher weight average molecular weight from 100,000 to 130,000, further wherein said elastomeric polymer composition comprises a film, dispersion or combinations thereof cast from aqueous polyurethaneurea and said layer of polyurethaneurea having a lower weight average molecular weight contacts said garment.
2. The article of claim 1 , wherein said elastomeric polymer composition has at least a two layer configuration including one layer of lower molecular weight and one layer of higher molecular weight or said more than elastomeric polymer composition has at least a three layer configuration having at least one layer of higher molecular weight between two layers having a lower molecular weight.
3. The article of claim 1 , wherein said elastomeric polymer composition comprises a film cast from an aqueous polyurethaneurea dispersion.
4. The article of claim 1 , wherein said garment comprises hosiery.
5. The article of claim 1 , wherein said polyurethaneurea composition is attached to a body-contacting surface of said opening of said garment.
6. The article of claim 1 , wherein garment layers are formed by folding a single piece of fabric.
7. The article of claim 1 , wherein the elastomeric polyurethaneurea composition extends throughout the entire area of the opening.
8. The article of claim 1 , wherein the elastomeric polyurethaneurea composition extends to a portion of the area of the opening.
9. The article of claim 1 , wherein said elastomeric polyurethaneurea composition comprises a porous film.
10. The article of claim 1 , wherein said elastomeric polyurethaneurea composition comprises a perforated film.
11. The article of claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive between said elastic polyurethaneurea composition and said garment.
12. The article of claim 11 , wherein the adhesive comprises a discontinuous application.
13. The article of claim 12 , wherein said discontinuous application is selected from the group consisting of dots, vertical lines, horizontal lines, diagonal lines, a grid, and combinations thereof.
14. The article of claim 11 , wherein said adhesive is selected from the group consisting of a hot melt adhesive, a cyanoacrylate, an epoxy, polyvinyl acetate, a plastisol, a thermoplastic, silicone, a polyurethaneurea aqueous dispersion, and combinations thereof.
15. The article of claim 1 , wherein said edgeband includes a woven fabric cut on the bias.
16. The article of claim 1 , wherein said garment is selected from the group consisting of tops, bottoms, hosiery, seamless garments, headwear, underwear, and gloves.
17. The article of claim 1 , wherein said opening is an edgeband.
18. The article of claim 17 , wherein said edgeband is selected from the group consisting of an armband, a cuff, a collar, a waistband, a legband, and a headband.
19. The article of claim 17 , wherein said edgeband is a waistband.
20. The article of claim 17 , wherein said elastomeric polymer composition is included within an edgeband.
21. The article of claim 20 , wherein said edgeband includes two or more garment layers and said elastomeric polymer composition is located between said garment layers.