CA2096577A1 - Fur fabric and method of production - Google Patents

Fur fabric and method of production

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Publication number
CA2096577A1
CA2096577A1 CA 2096577 CA2096577A CA2096577A1 CA 2096577 A1 CA2096577 A1 CA 2096577A1 CA 2096577 CA2096577 CA 2096577 CA 2096577 A CA2096577 A CA 2096577A CA 2096577 A1 CA2096577 A1 CA 2096577A1
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hair
strip
fabric
length
body portion
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CA 2096577
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French (fr)
Inventor
Michel Mosler
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R B Management Group Inc
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R B Management Group Inc
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Priority to CA 2096577 priority Critical patent/CA2096577A1/en
Priority to US08/135,342 priority patent/US5466497A/en
Publication of CA2096577A1 publication Critical patent/CA2096577A1/en
Priority to US08/526,934 priority patent/US5598800A/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C14SKINS; HIDES; PELTS; LEATHER
    • C14BMECHANICAL TREATMENT OR PROCESSING OF SKINS, HIDES OR LEATHER IN GENERAL; PELT-SHEARING MACHINES; INTESTINE-SPLITTING MACHINES
    • C14B15/00Mechanical treatment of furs
    • C14B15/10Cutting furs; Making fur plates or strips
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41WEARING APPAREL
    • A41HAPPLIANCES OR METHODS FOR MAKING CLOTHES, e.g. FOR DRESS-MAKING OR FOR TAILORING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A41H41/00Machines or appliances for making garments from natural or artificial fur
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C14SKINS; HIDES; PELTS; LEATHER
    • C14BMECHANICAL TREATMENT OR PROCESSING OF SKINS, HIDES OR LEATHER IN GENERAL; PELT-SHEARING MACHINES; INTESTINE-SPLITTING MACHINES
    • C14B15/00Mechanical treatment of furs
    • C14B15/08Application of reinforcing or stiffening layers to fur skins

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Treatment And Processing Of Natural Fur Or Leather (AREA)
  • Woven Fabrics (AREA)
  • Yarns And Mechanical Finishing Of Yarns Or Ropes (AREA)

Abstract

ABSTRACT

A fabric having a furry surface comprising an elongated strip of a hair-coated skin of a fur-bearing animal, said strip having a hair-free body portion and a hair-bearing portion extending the length of the strip at a lower part thereof such that the hair extends from said lower part substantially in or adjacent to a single plane; and a non-furry thread of reinforcing material sewn into and extending the length of said hair-free body portion. The invention provides a fabric having improved strength. Also provided are methods of manufacturing the fabric and sewn strips of improved strength.

Description

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Field of the Invention This invention relates to a fabric comprised of strips of fur and to methods of making said fabric and said strips of fur. More particularly, the invention relates to a fabric having a furry surface and composed, either in whole or in part, of sewn or stitched strips of fur.
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BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION

VariQus methods o~ knitting fur are known to the art. In United States Patent No. 2416758~Knowles, a yarn-like strand is formed by inserting a bunch of hairs from a fur-bearing animal into each of a series of side-by-side loops in a thread of Gotton ~ rayon or the like.
The thread i5 pulled tight to pull the hairs in place in the loops and the resulting strand is fashioned into a fabric by knitting or crocheting. The hairs do not radiate outwardIy from all sides of the thread but are ; disposed substantially in or adjacent a single plane on opposing sides of the thread.

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' '., 2096~77 Because Knowles requires the insertion of the hair into the loops of the thr~ad which is an extremely time consuming operation, such an article is more expensive to manufacture than need otherwise be.
In United States Patent No. 2805564-Moore, fibres at the edges of skins of fur-bearing animals are joined by knitting to form a fabric having parallel blended stripes.
Moore suffers from the drawback that it cannot be fashioned into seamless garments of a variety o~
shapes and provides a finished fabric which is relatively wide and must be cut and sewn into a garment in the same way as skins of animals.
Canadian Patent No. 1107487-Lishman, describes a fabric formed by weaving, knitting or crocheting strips of fur-bearing skin having oppositely facing furry surfaces formed hy twisting the strips to form an elongated longitudinally extended core having hairs standing rigidly outward of the skin and whi~h fully encircles the core. The core may, optionally, fully embrace a non-furry length of cord or thread material to provide reinforcement to the strip of skin, particularly, during the twisting step and also when the fabric is worn.
However, the present invention provides an improved strength product not requiring the twisting of a strip of skin prior to manufacture into a fa~ric formed therefrom.

Summary of the Invention Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a provide a fabric having a fur~y surface of improved strength.

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It is a further object of the present invention to provide methods of manufacture of a fabric of improved strength as hereinabove provided.

Accordingly, the invention provides in one aspect a fabric having a furry surface comprising an ~^1, elongated strip of a hair-coated skin of a fur-bearing animal, said strip having a hair~free body portion and a hair-bearing portion extending the length of the strip at a lower part thereof such that the hair extends from said lower part substantially in or adjacent to a single -~ plane; and a non-furry thread of reinforcing material I sewn into and extending the length of said hair-free body '5, portion.
~5 The term "sewn" includes stitched and like ~i millinery proce~ses and the term "thread" includes ; filament, cord and like millinery forms. The non furry reinforcing material may be selected by the man skilled q in the art as being appropriate for its function of ! 20 providing a reinforcing effect. Such materials, include cotton, rayon and synthetic plastics such as polyethylene, nylon and polypropylene.
The reinforcing thread is sewn into the hair-free body portion of the strip longitudinally of the 1 25 length of the strip in either a spirally formed manner adjacent the edge of the strip remote from the fur-~ bearing portion and/or linearly of the length of the d strip parallel thereto.
For additional reinforcement, the fabric is ~ormed o~ strips of material according to the invention further comprising an elongated reinforcing non furry member, i.e. a thread, filament or cord and the like ~ormed of reinforcing material as hereinabove described sewn to the hair-free body portion, the length o~ the strip.

209~.~77 , The strip as hereinabove defined may comprise a plurality of strips, according to the invention, sewn at their ends, one to the other to provide an extended strip for subsequent forming into the fabric. Such strips may comprise fur-bearing portions of different animals and/or synthetic skins. Manufacture of extended lengths of strips, as herein described enables ma~imum utilization of an animal skin by the cutting of the skin into a plurality of indi~idual strips, and an alternative method to cutting a full skin spirally to provide an extended length.
In a Purther aspect the invention provides a method of manufacture of a fabric having a furry surface t comprising an elongated strip of hairy coated skln of a fur-bearing animal, said strip haying a hair-free body portion and a hair-bearing portion extending the length of the strip at the lower part thereof such that the hair extends from said lower part substantially in or adjacent ; to a single plane, and a non-furry thread of reinforcing j 20 material sewn into and extending the length of said hair-free body portion comprising the steps of:
(a) cutting the hairy-coated skin to form an elongated strip of said hair-coated skin;
~b) providing a non-furry thread of reinforcing material;
(c) sewing said non-furry thread of reinforcing !j material into and extending the length of said hair-free body portion; and .i (d) ~orming said sewn strip into said fabric.
i l 30 The sewing step of the process may be either effected by hand, by a convPntional fur-sewing machine or serging machine.
The sewing step may be effected to produce the spirally longitudinally ex~ending sewing pattern or the ;~

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2Q~6377 SL315 linearly longitudinally extending sewing pattern as hereinabove described.
In a further aspect the invention provides a method of manufacture as hereinabove defined further comprising sewing an elongatecl reinforcing non-furry member to the hair-free body portion extending the length of the strip.
Accordingly, the invention provides a fabric as hereinabove defined having enhanced strength and, optionally, comprising strips of skin of different animals and/or synthetic materials.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION_OF THE DRAWINGS

In order that the invention may be better understood, preferred embodiments will now described by way of example only, with reference to the drawings wherein:
Figure 1 represents a plan view of a longitudinally cut hairy-coated skin of a fur-bearing animal;
Figure 2 is a perspective view of a portion of a strip cut as illustrated in Figure 1 and sewn to provide a strip according to the invention;
Figure 3 is a perspective view of a portion of a strip as illustrated in Figure 2 showing an alternative method of s~wing according to the invention;
Figure 4 represents a perspective view of a portion o~ a strip cut as illustrated in Figure 2 further ! 30 comprising an additional reinforcing member according to the invQntion; and Figure 5 is a fragmentary view of a knitted fabric according to the invention.
Like references refer to like parts throughout the description of the drawings.

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~ 6 ,5 7 7 SL315 Figure 1 shows a hairy-coated skin 10 of a fur-~, bearing animal sliced into a plurality o~ strips 12. In . an alternative embodiment, thle skin may be cut i~to relatively larger slices of, typically, 25cm width, in those areas allowing of such width; and additionally, a , plurality of strips of subsequently desired width.
'.7~ Strips 12 and, strips of wider width may be, i subsequently, sewn one to the other at their ends thereof `l to provide an extended strip of desired width.
, 10 The hairy-coated skin 10 of a fur-bearing ~ animal is prefarably prepared for the illustrated cutting .j operation by means well-known in the art to increase its surface area by wetting and stretching thereof. After stretching, skin 10 may be dyed as may be desired. After ~; 15 stretching and dying, skin 10 is trimmed to remove its uneven outer edge. Skin 10 may be cut to the forms as S hereinabove described either by hand or by machine.
With reference to Figure 2, strip 12 has a j hair-free body portion 14 and a hair-bearing portion 16 3 20 extending the length of strip 12 at a lower part thereof, J having hair 18 extending substantially in or adjacent to a single plane. Spirally sewn, longitudinally of the length of hair-free body portion 14 is a nylon thread 20 constituting a reinforcing material. In an alternative ~ 25 embodiment shown in Figure 3, a nylon thread 22 extends I linearly and longitudinally the length of hair-free body ~3 portion 16.
With reference to Figure 4, sewn elongated strip 12, as illustrated in Figure 2, further has an additional elongated reinforcing non-furry member 24 sewn j to hair~frae body portion 14 and extending the length of i1 strip 12.
3 For most applications, strip 12 of use in the manufacture of the fabric is about 2mm ~ 4mm in widtb.
Strips of sucll desired width may be either cut and shown .... ; , , , ':

~ ~9~ ~3 7 7 SL315 as hereinabove described or cut to a width of twice the desired width, for example, 8mm, sewn at one side of the hair-free body portion adjacent an edge and also sewn, ~! similarly, adjacent the opposing longitudinal edge and subsequently cut lengthwise ancl central of the strip to ~ provide two resultant strips according to the invention.
:`:3 With reference to Figure 5, elongated strip 12 comprising a plurality of strips 12 as shown in Figure ~
with reinforcing member 24, sewn one end to another, is woven into a fabric shown generally as 30 using needles ~$ 32 in a conventional manner. The sewn strip may form ~! both the warp and the weft of fabric 30 or it may form only one of the warp and weEt while the other may be formed of a cord or thread of non-animal origin such as a cotton or synthetic fibre.
The fabric of the invention may comprise wholly one or more strips of furry material or be composed of both furry and non-furry material.
Thus, the invention provides fabric as i~ 20 hereinbefore defined and described which has been `3 strengthened to reinforce those areas susceptible to i breakage either during manufacture or usage.
~ It is to be understood that modifications to j the preferred embodiments of the invention described and 3 25 illustrated herein can be made without departing from the 3 scope and spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

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Claims (20)

1. A fabric having a furry surface comprising an elongated strip of a hair-coated skin of a fur-bearing animal, said strip having a hair-free body portion and a hair-bearing portion extending the length of the strip at a lower part thereof such that the hair extends from said lower part substantially in or adjacent to a single plane; and a non-furry thread of reinforcing material sewn into and extending the length of said hair-free body portion.
2. A fabric as claimed in claim 1 wherein said thread of reinforcing material extends spirally and longitudinally the lengthy of said hair-free body portion.
3. A fabric as claimed in claim 1 wherein said thread of reinforcing material extends linearly and longitudinally the length of said hair-free body portion.
4. A fabric as claimed in any one of claims 1-3, further comprising an elongated reinforcing non-furry member sewn to said hair-free body portion and extending the length of said strip.
5. A fabric as claimed in any one of claims 1-4 wherein said strip is knitted to form said fabric.
6. A fabric as claimed in any one of claims 1-4 wherein said strip is woven to form said fabric.
7. A fabric as claimed in any one of claims 1-4 wherein said strip is crocheted to form said fabric.
8. A method of production of a fabric having a furry surface comprising an elongated strip of hairy-coated skin of a fur-bearing animal, said strip having a hair-free body portion and a hair-bearing portion extending the length of the strip at the lower part thereof such that the hair extends from said lower part substantially in or adjacent to a single plane, and a non-furry thread of reinforcing material sewn into and extending the length of said hair-free body portion comprising the steps of:
(a) cutting the hairy-coated skin to form an elongated strip of said hair-coated skin;
(b) providing a non-furry thread of reinforcing material;
(c) sewing said non-furry thread of reinforcing material into and extending the length of said hair-free body portion into a sewn strip; and (d) forming said sewn strip into said fabric.
9. A method as claimed in claim 8 comprising sewing said thread of reinforcing material spirally and longitudinally the length of said hair-free body portion.
10. A method as claimed in claim 8 comprising sewing said thread of reinforcing material linearly and longitudinally the length of said hair-free body portion.
11. A method as claim in any one of claims 8-10 further comprising sewing an elongated reinforcing, non-furry member to said hair-free body portion and extending the length of said strip.
12. A method as claimed in any one of claims 8-10 wherein said forming step comprising knitting.
13. A method as claimed in any one of claims 8-10 wherein said forming step comprises crocheting.
14. A method as claimed in any one of claims 8-10 wherein said forming step comprises weaving.
15. A fabric as claimed in any one of claims 1-7 and a method as claimed in any one of claims 8-14 wherein said non-furry thread of reinforcing material and said elongated reinforcing non-furry member is formed of a material selected from cotton, rayon, nylon, polyethylene, polypropylene and other synthetic fibres.
16. A method as claimed in claim 8 further comprising sewing a plurality of said sewn strips of said hairy-coated skin one to another at their ends to provide an extended length of elongated sewn strip.
17. An elongated strip of a hair-coated skin of a fur-bearing animal, said strip comprising an elongated strip of a hair-coated skin of a fur-bearing animal, said strip having a hair-free body portion and a hair-bearing portion extending the length of the strip at a lower part thereof such that the hair extends from said lower part substantially in or adjacent to a single plane; and a non-furry thread of reinforcing material sewn into and extending the length of said hair-free body portion.
18. An elongated strip of a hair-coated skin of a fur-bearing animal as claimed in claim 17 wherein said thread of reinforcing material extends spirally and longitudinally the length of said hair-free body portion.
19. An elongated strip of a hair-coated skin of a fur-bearing animal as claimed in claim 17 wherein said thread of reinforcing material extends linearly and longitudinally the length of said hair-free body portion.
20. An elongated strip of a hair-coated skin of a fur-bearing animal as claimed in any one of claims 17-19 further comprising an elongated reinforcing non-furry member sewn to said hair-free body portion and extending the length of said strip.
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CA 2096577 CA2096577A1 (en) 1993-05-19 1993-05-19 Fur fabric and method of production
US08/135,342 US5466497A (en) 1993-05-19 1993-10-13 Fur fabric and method of production
US08/526,934 US5598800A (en) 1993-05-19 1995-09-12 Fur fabric and method of production

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