Underwear abstract
A method is described for manufacturing an item of underwear or
an item of sportswear by applying a medium, running in lengths and
strengthening the fabric of the item of clothing, on to a cut-out
piece of material, wherein application of the medium is done by
the silk screen printing method or the adhesive coating method and
in a first step of the method the printed length is structured in
such a way that it substantially corresponds to the later outer
contour of the item of clothing and in a second step of the method
the printed fabric is cut in the area of the printed length.
Underwear claims
1. Method for manufacturing an item of underwear or item of sportswear
by applying a medium, running in lengths and strengthening the fabric
of the item of clothing, on to a piece of cut-out material (1),
characterised in that application of the medium takes place by the
silk screen printing method or the adhesive coating method and in
a first step of the method the printed length (2) is structured
in such a way that it substantially corresponds to the later outer
contour (3) of the item of clothing and in a second step of the
method the printed fabric is cut in the area of the printed length
(2).
2. Method according to claim 1, characterised in that additional
printed areas (9, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29,
30) are arranged in the inner area of the piece of cut-out material
(1).
3. Method according to A1 or 2, characterised in that printing
takes place by means of fabric-reinforcing application on a single-layer
textile fabric
4. Item of clothing with printed on elastic printed lengths (2),
which at least partially intersperse the fabric, characterised in
that the printed length (2) at least partially forms the outer contour
(3) of the item of clothing.
5. Item of clothing manufactured according to the method according
to one of claims 1 to 3 and constructed according to claim 3, characterised
in that the print medium (paste) is a watery solution consisting
of at least one of the following materials: acrylates urethanes
urethane and silicon combinations
6. Item of clothing manufactured according to the method according
to one of claims 1 to 3 and constructed according to claim 3, characterised
in that the print medium (paste) is a watery solution consisting
of a combination of at least two of the following materials: acrylates
urethanes urethane and silicon combinations.
7. Item of clothing according to one of claims 4 to 6, characterised
in that the print medium is constructed as air-hardening or heat-hardening
at normal temperature.
8. Item of clothing according to one of claims 4 to 7, characterised
in that application of the print medium on the printed length (2)
takes place over the whole surface.
9. Item of clothing according to one of claims 4 to 7, characterised
in that application of the print medium on the printed length (2)
takes place as dotted in the form of mutually distanced printed
tufts (16).
10. Item of clothing according to one of claims 4 to 7, characterised
in that application of the print medium on the printed length (2)
takes place in the form of a grid or in lines.
11. Item of clothing according to one of claims 4 to 10, characterised
in that the print medium is constructed as foaming and has bubble-shaped
air inclusions.
12. Item of clothing according to one of claims 4 to 11, characterised
in that the colour of the print medium differs from the colour of
the surrounding cut-out material.
13. Item of clothing according to one of claims 4 to 12, characterised
in that the print medium forms an open-cell, elastic foam.
14. Item of clothing according to one of claims 4 to 13, characterised
in that a brassiere is manufactured by bordering off different printed
areas in such a way that at least the band below the breast (19),
the band above the breast (21) and the back band (22) are manufactured
by a fabric-reinforcing coat on a single-layer textile item (FIG.
8).
15. Item of clothing according to claim 14, characterised in that
approximately horizontal, striped coats (18), at a distance from
one another, are arranged in the inside of the brassiere (FIG. 8).
16. Item of clothing according to one of claims 4 to 15, characterised
in that a design print is arranged at least in the inner area (FIG.
9).
17. Item of clothing according to one of claims 4 to 16, characterised
in that to achieve a lifting effect in the area below the half-cups
(27) an additional fabric-reinforcing and thickening area (25) is
arranged (FIG. 10).
18. Item of clothing according to one of claims 4 to 17, characterised
in that to achieve half-cup reinforcement a fabric-reinforcing area
(28) is arranged between the band below the breast (19) and the
cup area (23) (FIG. 11).
19. Item of clothing according to one of claims 4 to 18, characterised
in that in the half-cup area (27) in each case a rod-shaped area
(30) is arranged surrounding this, which fulfils the function of
a wire (FIG. 12).
Underwear description
[0001] The invention relates to a method of manufacturing an item
of underwear or sportswear as well as for manufacturing an item
of swimwear according to the preamble of Patent claim 1.
[0002] The previously mentioned items of clothing are for the sake
of simplicity hereinafter generally designated as "items of
clothing", without any reference to a special purpose of application.
The invention therefore takes in all types of application and possibilities
for the items of clothing initially mentioned.
[0003] For the sake of simplicity in the following description
the manufacture of an item of underwear in the form of a brassiere
is described in greater detail. The invention is, however, not restricted
to this, as has been explained above The description is therefore
to be understood only as an example.
[0004] To reinforce the fabric of items of clothing it has become
known with U.S. Pat. No. 4,701,964, to define striped areas on a
pair of ladies' briefs by silk screen printing of an adhesive applied
in powder form. The adhesive is melted by heat and is introduced
into the textile fabric by appropriate heat treatment. An appropriate
textile strip is then applied to these striped areas and fixed by
gluing. There is therefore a doubling of textile strips on an item
of clothing with the aim of creating fabric-reinforced areas.
[0005] However, the disadvantage is that a relatively large outlay
is necessary, because striped adhesive areas first have to be applied
in a silk screen printing process, the bonding agent, which melts
when heated, then penetrates into the textile material with appropriate
heat treatment and then subsequently the textile strips are stuck
on. These fabric-reinforced areas thereby obtain a certain undesired
thickness, which can then sometimes show under tight clothing and
otherwise offers poor wearing comfort.
[0006] With DE 199 42 996 A1 a one-sided application of adhesive
takes place on to a single-layer textile carrier material, which,
though, is coated with a flock material The coating with a flock
material has the disadvantage, however, that an additional operational
outlay is necessary and the applied flock material during the time
worn or during washing of the item of clothing becomes worn or shabby
in an undesired way.
[0007] The coats of adhesive mentioned are otherwise applied by
the injection method. This, however, has the disadvantage that the
adhesive coat is relatively thick, shows in an unfavourable way
on the item of clothing and only minimal wearing comfort is achieved.
[0008] With the subject of GB 2 316 353 A1 a further method of
manufacturing an item of underwear has become known, in which by
means of a slit-shaped mask an application of adhesive takes place
on to a fabric, on to which a further layer of a textile is then
glued. The same applies to EP 0 809 945 B1, because in the item
of ladies' underwear shown there fabric reinforcement takes place
on a single-layer textile by means of a gluing method only by doubling
further layers of fabric. However, the doubling of layers of fabric
is expensive and increases the thickness of the manufactured item
of underwear in an undesired way.
[0009] Therefore the object of the invention is to further develop
a method for manufacturing an item of clothing of the type initially
mentioned in such a way that in a simple and economical way fabric-reinforcing
areas can be achieved without these areas substantially thickening.
[0010] To achieve the object set the invention is characterised
by a method according to the technical doctrine of claim 1.
[0011] An item of clothing manufactured by this method is characterised
according to the doctrine of claim 4.
[0012] The invention proposes according to claim 1 to apply a fabric-reinforcing
adhesive coat to a single-layer textile fabric in such a way that
the length of adhesive applied by the printing method or by the
adhesive coating method is structured in such a way that it substantially
corresponds to the later outer contour of the item of clothing.
[0013] In this way a completely novel method for manufacturing
items of clothing of this kind is proposed, for it is in this way
possible to create a hem-free edge for the item of clothing. The
edge itself is formed by the adhesive length according to the invention,
which is applied either by the printing method or by the adhesive
coating method.
[0014] Therefore a smooth, single-layer fabric is coated with a
coat of adhesive which substantially corresponds, e.g. to the later
outer contour of a brassiere. In a further operational process the
fabric coated in this way is cut exactly in the area of this length
applied by the adhesive method so the cut edge is exactly in the
area of the printed length.
[0015] This results in a fabric-strengthened outer area of the
item of clothing, reinforced by the adhesive coat. The cut edge
no longer has to be hemmed or folded round. There is also no need
to manufacture seams, hems or similar by sewing machine. This gives
rise to the advantage that the edge of this item of clothing no
longer shows even under tight clothing, but in spite of this a highly
stable edge area of the item of clothing is created. An item of
clothing of this kind is therefore eminently suitable as an item
of underwear, an item of sportswear or item of swimwear.
[0016] Manufacture is particularly simple, because only one application
of adhesive in the area of the later outer contour of the item of
clothing takes place and the item of clothing is later cut out exactly
in the area of this adhesive application.
[0017] Naturally further fabric-reinforced areas can be provided
with the said adhesive coat, in order to create even more reinforced
areas, constructed as even more stable compared with the basic fabric.
[0018] It is herein preferred if the adhesive coat preferably consists
in the silk screen printing method as a watery solution consisting
of air-drying adhesives.
[0019] One or more component adhesives can be used herein. In another
configuration of the invention it is provided that instead of application
of the printed length by the silk screen printing method an adhesive
coating method takes place In this case a melting bonding agent
is applied to a sintered foil in the form of a band. The sintered
foil is applied to the item of clothing and printed on by means
of heat and pressure, so the heat-melting adhesive located on the
sintered band penetrates into the textile fabric and forms a single-layer
adhesive area, fabric-reinforced in each case. With this printing
method too for the sake of simplicity a "printed length"
is referred to The term "printed length" is therefore
adopted for both the silk screen printing method according to the
invention and for the previously described transfer print.
[0020] With the given printing method it is therefore possible
also to use a print medium which foams on hardening and has bubble-shaped
air inclusions. This results in a padded, fabric-reinforced area,
because the air inclusions in the print medium pad out the fabric
in the way of a foam material. If a colour of the print medium is
chosen which is different from the colour of the cut-out material
interesting aesthetic effects emerge.
[0021] The print medium can also consist of an open-cell elastic
foam.
[0022] In the preceding description it was cited that the outer
contour of the item of clothing is preferably provided by the fabric-reinforcing
printing method. However, the invention is not restricted to this.
It can also be provided to provide only certain areas on the textile
item of clothing with the fabric-reinforcing adhesive coats, without
these adhesive coats necessarily being in the area of the outer
contour.
[0023] The invention therefore takes in all possibilities of creating
certain areas in an item of clothing of the kind initially mentioned
by fabric-reinforcing adhesive application. In the case of manufacturing
a brassiere the arrangement of the different printed areas is, however,
preferred in such a way that at least the band below the breast,
the band above the breast and the back band are made by fabric-reinforcing
application on a single-layer textile item.
[0024] In a further development of the invention additional fabric-reinforcing
adhesive coats can also be provided in the inner area of the brassiere
[0025] In particular an additional design print can be used in
the inner area of the brassiere, e.g. in the area of the cups.
[0026] Additional printed areas can be arranged in particular in
the area of the half-cups to achieve a lifting effect.
[0027] In the same way the wires in the brassiere formerly made
of plastics material or wire can now be effected according to the
invention by a rod-shaped application of a fabric-reinforcing medium.
The wire previously constructed as a plastics material or wire hoop
is now replaced by an approximately semi-circular, rod-shaped adhesive
coat which at least partially surrounds the half-cups from underneath.
[0028] The subject of the present invention emerges not only from
the subject of the individual patent claims but also from the combination
of the individual patent claims with one another.
[0029] All details and features disclosed in the documents, including
the abstract, in particular the three-dimensional configuration
illustrated in the drawings, are claimed as essential to the invention,
in so far as they are individually or in combination novel compared
with the prior art.
[0030] The invention is explained in greater detail below using
drawings illustrating several embodiments. Further features and
advantages of the invention essential to the invention emerge from
the drawings and their description.
[0031] FIG. 1 shows a horizontal projection on to a single-layer
textile with printed on outlines of a brassiere.
[0032] FIG. 2 shows the brassiere according to FIG. 1, after cutting.
[0033] FIG. 3 shows a section according to line III-III in FIG.
1.
[0034] FIG. 4 shows a further development of the brassiere in FIG.
2 with arrangement of further fabric-reinforced areas.
[0035] FIG. 5 shows a view according to 5-5 (sic) in FIG. 2.
[0036] FIG. 6 shows a section according to line VI-VI in FIG. 5.
[0037] FIG. 7 shows a section according to line VII-VII in FIG.
6.
[0038] FIG. 8 shows an embodiment modified compared with FIG. 4.
[0039] FIG. 9 shows a further modified embodiment.
[0040] FIG. 10 shows a fourth embodiment.
[0041] FIG. 11 shows a fifth embodiment.
[0042] FIG. 12 shows a sixth embodiment.
[0043] In FIG. 1 an outline in the form of a printed length 2 is
printed on an approximately rectangular cut-out piece of material
1, wherein this printed length has been applied either by the silk
screen printing method or by transfer print.
[0044] The printed length herein forms the outer contour 3 of a
brassiere, wherein the printed length 2 is formed from a printed
paste 5.
[0045] To manufacture the brassiere according to FIG. 2 a cutting
line 4 is positioned inside the printed length 2 and the brassiere
is cut out accordingly. The entire outer outline of the brassiere
therefore consists of half the printed length 2 according to FIG.
1. In particular the straps 6, the back part 7 and other parts of
the brassiere are formed from the printed length. The thereby formed
cutting line 4 (cutting edge) no longer needs to be hemmed and is
protected against fringing According to FIG. 3 the printed length
2 in its height can fall short of the height of the remaining cut-out
material 1 owing to the fabric-reinforcing and strengthening effect.
The outer outline of the brassiere is then even constructed as thinned
compared with the remaining surfaces.
[0046] This is, however, only one possible embodiment. Naturally
it is possible to construct the height of the printed length with
the printed paste 5 equally as high as the thickness of the cut-out
material 1.
[0047] Further parts can otherwise be arranged by the adhesive
printing method, in particular also a flap 8 in the area of the
back part 7.
[0048] FIG. 4 shows that further fabric-reinforcing printed areas
9 can also be positioned in the inside of the brassiere. There it
can be seen that in the area of the half-cups an arch-shaped inner
contour 10 is created which is kept free of fabric-reinforcing coats.
This ensures that the lateral printed areas 9 exert a supporting
and lifting effect in the direction of the breastbone of the wearer.
[0049] Additional printed areas in the form of reinforcing webs
12 can be arranged in the back part, wherein certain outer contours
11 are also kept free of fabric-reinforced adhesive coats.
[0050] Buttonholes 13, 14 can also be arranged in the printed area
without these having to be hemmed.
[0051] FIG. 5 shows that the print application can take place not
just on the full surface, as taught by FIG. 3, but the adhesive
coat can take place in the form of a dotted printed surface 15.
With this, printed tufts 16 in the form of adhesive coats are created
which have the structure according to FIG. 6.
[0052] It can additionally be provided that the print medium has
air inclusions (air bubbles) 17, whereby a padded tuft form according
to FIG. 7 emerges. A pleasant wearing effect thereby emerges with
good padding effect and undesired riding up of the brassiere in
the back part is safely avoided because the tufts 16 form a good
contact with the human body.
[0053] FIG. 8 shows that the entire inside of the brassiere with
fabric-reinforcing strips 18 can be formed from an adhesive coat.
An additional design print can also be provided.
[0054] In particular the band below the breast 19, the strap band
20 and the band above the breast 21, as well as the back band 22
(corresponding to the outer contour 3), can be formed from the previously
mentioned printed length 2.
[0055] The cup areas 23 are only indicated here.
[0056] FIG. 9 shows that an appropriate design print 24 can also
be provided in the inside of the brassiere. FIG. 10 shows that an
additional support and lifting effect can take place by applying
appropriate fabric-reinforced elastic printed lengths. An approximately
arch-shaped printed area 25 is herein created from the said adhesive
coat underneath the half-cups 23, starting from which striped printed
strips 26 extend upwards into the area of the cups 23.
[0057] In this way a light brassiere with lifting effect is achieved.
[0058] FIG. 11 shows a brassiere with half-cup reinforcement. In
the area of the half-cups 27 appropriate reinforcing areas 28 are
provided, which extend over the entire back part and also extend
into the cup area 23 in the form of an arch-shaped contour.
[0059] FIG. 12 shows that as a substitute for the conventional
plastics material or metal wires, which grip the half-cups 27 underneath,
rod-shaped areas 30 can also be applied by the printing method,
which replace the conventional wires.
[0060] It is therefore important in the invention that only one
printed coat in the form of an elastic medium reinforcing the fabric
takes place on a single-layer textile fabric with relatively low
manufacturing costs. |