FR2780250A1 - Fashion accessory manufacturing procedure from spiral wound flat strip, e.g. for hats, bags, bathing costumes, T-shirts, skirts - Google Patents

Abstract

The procedure consists of winding a flat strip of a stretch fabric in a flat spiral, sewing the edges together and at the same time varying the tension applied to it to give shape to the article being made. The material used for the procedure is of the type normally used for adjustable portions of ladies undergarments such as brassieres and suspenders, and a number of stretch strips or cords of different sizes and colors can be used in the manufacture of a single article.

Description

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  The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing fashion articles, such as for example hats, bags and shoes as well, as products

  new industrialists, than fashion items produced by this process.

  It has been known for a very long time to manufacture fashion articles and in particular hats by winding in increasing spiral a ribbon which lron sews with

  as and when it wraps around the edge of the coiled pcemmet tape.

  Sewing machines with a special presser foot are used for this purpose, using a single sewing thread and adjustment means according to the

  width of the ribbon and that of the re-stitching of the ribbon on itself.

  We obtain a flat cake which must then be put into shape and fixed in its

  final finish on a stiff mold of different fixing products.

  It is according to this process that many straw hats are produced, for example. moreover, it is necessary after formation of the starting wafer to proceed with setting in mold on mold and in fixing the form obtained; finally and above all the straw hats thus produced are dNe = very fragile and must therefore be very carefully handled and packaged, any dent requiring repair involving rhumidification, reshaping on the mold,

  and fixing the restored form.

  In addition, the forms that can be obtained by this traditional process are very few and relatively close to one another. In particular, it is

impossible to make shoes.

  We imagined making fashion items with flexible ribbons, but

  the products thus obtained have no hold.

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  The purpose of the invention is to allow the application of the conventional method of

  manufacture of ornaments by sewing a ribbon wound flat on itself,

  above mentioned, for obtaining products of extremely varied shapes, which do not require any preparatory operation of the tape nor any operation of forming and fixing after sewing, and which are completely insensitive to deformations

  to which they may be subject.

  According to the invention, an elastic textile tape of the type used is generally used for the adjustable parts of women's underwear (bras, suspenders, non-slip, zipped staple bands, buttonholes, etc.) Indeed, thanks to the directional elasticity of this type of tape, it is possible during the machine sewing operation, by varying the tension exerted uk lrn, to fiire vary at will increase and even to obtain the reduction in the width of the pancake being formed, which makes it possible to obtain an infinite number of shapes for the finished object. In addition, the finished product obtained has two very advantageous qualities, namely its non-deformability and, in the case of clothing items likely

  to be worn by people of different sizes, its extensibility.

  By non-deformability within the meaning of the present invention, it is meant that whatever the deformation to which it may be subjected, the product resumes by itself

  its initial form, when it is free to do so.

  In the case of hats, the extensibility ensures a perfect adaptation to the wearer's head circumference and a firm hold without accessories

  additional; it is the same with shoes.

  Due to the wide variety of elastic ribbons available on the market,

  the variation of the models is almost infinite.

  For example, a bell-shaped hat was made with a bra strap ribbon provided in the middle, at regular intervals, with buttonholes. We got a reversible hat, adaptable to different sizes of heads, indestructible, and wrinkle-free presenting on its entire surface a multitude of

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  froinces of variable dimensions, with in addition a multitude of punctures "lu hi giving

  a new aspect, hitherto unknown.

  It is also possible, according to this method, to use, during the spiral manufacturing, different ribbons which, because of their elasticity, adapt to one another. The present invention also relates, as new industrial products, to fashion articles produced by this process. It should be noted that the invention is not limited to the manufacture of hats. This process can be applied to the manufacture of bags, swimsuits, T-shirts, skirts or others, as well as socks and socks and lampshades and gloves and mn & ne pants or others I should also be noted that ron can use an elastic cord instead of a ribbon, important being that it can be sewn on two edges and that it is elastic.

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Claims (3)

  1. Method for manufacturing fashion articles by sewing a ribbon wound flat on itself, characterized in that said ribbon is an elastic textile ribbon and in that, during the sewing operation, the tension cxerc.e on the ribbon   depending on the form of article to be obtained.   2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that one can use during the manufacture of the same article several ribbons or cords   elastic fabrics of different sizes and colors.   3. Products manufactured by means of the method according to claim 1 and 2 such as for example hats, bags, swimsuits, T-sdmi or Skirts or others, amsi   than shoes and socks and lampshades and gloves and even pants or others.