MXPA99009198A - A camisole garment - Google Patents

Abstract

A camisole garment (2) including an elastic system which is under tension and a ruffle which forms an edge (4) of the elastic structure whereby the curl-over of the structure is minimized during use. In addition, a continuous process for the manufacture of garments including sleeveless tops, shirts, or blouses.

Description

A T-SHIRT Background of the Invention This invention relates to elasticated t-shirt garments particularly, but not exclusively, intended for the use of swimmers or bathers and relates to the suit that is typically disposable and primarily for children.

Disposable waste containment articles currently find widespread use in the areas of adult care, infant care and child care and have generally replaceable and reusable fabric articles. Disposable diapers, for example, have filled a particular need and become popular. The disposable training underpants have also filled a particular need and have become popular. However, once a child wishes to travel to a beach or a swimming pool, the child requires a garbage containment for possible "accidents during such a trip as well as during the child's or adult's activities in the pool or in The beach As part of a disposable swim suit, a disposable top shirt for a girl is desired by said girl, or the girl's parents or both.

In the fit on the girl, a form of the upper part is a fully elasticized structure which extends from just above the upper arm armpit to just above the wearer's stomach or down to the waist. A problem in the notch of the elastized material occurs when it has consisted of a bulky composite fabric as described in U.S. Patent No. 4,606,964. The lower edge of the upper part has a tendency to coil and bend. This creates a poor appearance and the t-shirt tends to climb on the user.

This invention relates to a continuous process for the manufacture of garments such as upper parts if sleeves, shirts, and blouses that are intended for daily dress and more particularly to a process for the manufacture of garment of the shirt type.

Manufacturers are always looking for new high-speed and cost-effective continuous processes to make cheap clothes, disposable garments as reusable for everyday use. In addition, consumers are interested in active rop that is comfortable and relatively inexpensive, especially if the garments are for children.

The previous methods used in the manufacture of clothing require pieces of cloth or similar material that can be cut into specific patterns. The pieces are then sewn together in a multi-step process to assemble into clothing items. Such processes are labor intensive. Process speeds typically depend on the speed of the final sewing phases.

Synthesis of the Invention Therefore, there is a need to provide improved swimwear for the child which minimizes the tendency to roll up from the bottom during use so adequate coverage is maintained. In addition, the upper part has to be easy to be placed over the wardrobe, is durable during use, and because the upper part is disposable, it is inexpensive. In response to your needs, an improved stretch jersey has been discovered.

Therefore, there is a need to provide inexpensive and convenient active wear clothing, specifically T-shirts that minimize the tendency of the bottom winding during use while maintaining adequate coverage. In addition, the upper part requires that it be easily placed on the user and is durable during use. In response to these needs, a high-speed and cost-effective process has been discovered to manufacture sleeveless garments, such as a shirt, shirt or blouse.

The present invention is for a t-shirt garment to be worn around the upper body comprising a body covering assembly having an upper body opening and a lower body opening, CAD opening has a border around its perimeter. The body cover assembly comprises a relatively elastic region between the upper edge and the lower edge. The t-shirt prend includes a lower edge region between the relatively elastic region and the lower edge, wherein the relatively inelastic lower edge region is from about 0.25 to about 4.0 inches wide. The relatively inelastic upper edge region is located between the relatively elastic region and the upper edge where the relatively inelastic upper edge region is from about 0.25 to about 4.0 inches wide.

The present invention relates to a camisole or t-shirt garment for use around the body. The t-shirt garment comprises a body covering assembly having an upper body opening and a lower body opening, wherein each opening has an edge around its perimeter. The body coverage assembly comprises: a relatively elastic region between the upper edge and the lower edge; a relatively inelastic lower edge region between the relatively elastic region and the lower edge e where the lower edge region is relatively inelastic compared to the relatively elastic region, and the lower edge region is also from about 0.25 to about 4.0 inches wide; a relatively inelastic upper edge region between the relatively elastic region and the upper edge where the upper edge region is relatively inelastic relative to the relatively elastic region, and the upper edge region is also from about 0.25 to about 4.0 inches wide; at least two opposing openings in the relatively elastic region and, two opposite end portions of the body cover assembly between the upper edge and the lower edge engaged to form a body seam.

An embodiment of the present invention is a continuous process for the manufacture of a t-shirt garment to be worn around the upper body comprising a body covering assembly or having an upper body opening and a lower body opening, each opening has a border around its perimeter. The body cover assembly d comprises a relatively elastic region between the upper edge and the lower edge. The body cover assembly includes a relatively inelastic lower edge region between the relatively elastic region and the lower edge, e where the relatively inelastic lower edge region is from 0.25 to about 4.0 inches wide. The body coverage assembly includes a relatively inelastic upper edge region located between the relatively elastic region and the upper edge where the relatively inelastic upper edge region is from about 0.25 to about 4.0 inches wide.

Numerous features and advantages of the present invention will appear from the following description. In the description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate the desired embodiments of the invention. Such incorporations do not represent the full scope of the invention. Reference will now be made to the claims herein to interpret the full scope of the invention.

Brief Description of the Drawings The above-mentioned and other features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become more apparent, and the invention itself will be better understood with reference to the following description of the invention, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in gue: Figure 1 is a front view of an upper vest or shirt that typifies an embodiment of the present invention for a shirt or camisole garment.

Figure 2 is a front view of an upper vest or shirt that typifies another embodiment of the present invention for a t-shirt garment having a shoulder pull.

Figure 3 is a rear view of an upper pin that typifies an embodiment of the present invention showing a resealable body seam.

Definitions Within the context of this description, each term or phrase below shall include the following meanings meanings: (a) "United" refers to the union, adhesion connection, subjection or the like of two elements. The two elements will be considered to be joined together when they are directly linked to each other or indirectly to one another such as when each is directly linked to intermediate elements. (b) "Carded and Woven Fabric or Fabric" refers to a fabric or fabrics made of basic fibers which are sent through a combing or carding unit, which breaks and separates and aligns the basic fibers in the direction of the machine to form a fibrous nonwoven fabric oriented to the machine direction. Such fibers are usually purchased enlpacas which are placed in a shredder which separates the fibers before the carding unit. Once the fabric or fabric is formed, it is then joined by one or more of several known joining methods. One such binding method is a powder binding, wherein a powder adhesive is distributed through the fabric or fabric and then activated, usually by heating the fabric and the adhesive with hot air. Another suitable joining method is that of pattern bonding, where heated calendering rolls or ultrasonic bonding equipment are used to join the fibers together, usually in a localized bonding pattern, even when the fabric can be attached to through its entire surface if desired. Another suitable and well-known joining method, particularly when using bicomponent basic fibers, is the bonding via air. (c) "Camisole" refers to a sleeveless top garment, similar to a sleeveless undergarment, but which can be worn as an outer garment. (d) "Transversal Direction to the Machine means the width of the fabric in a direction generally perpendicular to the direction of the magic. (e) "Disposable" includes being discarded after use and not attempting to wash and reuse. (f) "Placed", "Arranged Over", "Dispubed With", "Placed In", "Placed Close" and variations thereof are intended to mean that an element may be an integral or unitary part with another element or that a element can be a separate structure attached to or connected or placed with near another element. (g) "Elasticity" and "Elastic" includes the property of a material by virtue of which it tends to recover essentially its original size and shape after the removal of a force that causes the deformation of the material. (h) "Elastically Connected" and "Connected Elastically "refers to two elements that are separate joined to an elastic member, wherein the relative position of the elements can be changed due to the extension of the elastic member. (i) "Elongation" includes the proportion of the extension of a material to the length of a material before extension. The elongation is expressed in percent. (j) "Extension", "Extend", and "Extended" includes the change in length of a material due to stretching, the extension is expressed in units of length. (k) "Fabric" was used to refer to all woven, woven and non-woven fabrics. (1) "Flexible" refers to materials or fabrics that are compliant and readily conform to the general shape and contours of an individual's body. (m) "Force" includes a physical influence exerted by one body on another that produces the acceleration of bodies that are free to move and the deformation of bodies that are not free to move. The force is expressed in grams-force. (n) "Shortened" and "Shortening" includes shortened in advance, this is before a subsequent step. - (o) "Front" and "Back" are used to designate the relationships in relation to the garment itself, rather than suggesting any position assumed by the garment when it is placed on a user. (p) "Foldable Material" is one which, when joined to a reticular fabric with the latter under tension, will fold, with the formation of folds or recesses to accommodate the contraction of the reticulated tissue with the release of the tensioning forces. (q) "Machine Direction" means the length of a fabric in the direction in which it is produced or the length of the fabric moving in the direction of machine operations. (r) "Fused Blown Fibers" means fibers formed by extruding a melted thermoplastic material through a plurality of thin, usually circular, capillaries, such as wires or filaments melted into usually hot gas streams (eg, air). ), at high speed which attenuate the filaments of melted thermoplastic material to reduce its diameter, which can be to a microfiber diameter. Then, the melt blown fibers are carried by the gas stream at high speed and are deposited on a collecting surface to form a fabric of meltblown fibers and randomly disbursed. Such a process is described, for example, in United States Patent No. 3,849,241 issued to Buti et al. Melt blown fibers are microfibers which can be continuous or discontinuous, are generally smaller than 10 microns in average diameter, and are generally sticky when deposited on a collecting surface. ? (s) "Member" when used in the singular may have the dual meaning of a single element or a plurality of elements. (t) "Multiple Laminate Laminate" means a laminate wherein some of the layers are bonded with yarn some are meltblown such as a laminate bonded co-melt / blown / melt-bonded (SMS) and others as described in United States of America No. 4,041,203 issued to Brock et al., in United States of America Patent No. 5,169,706 Collier et al., and United States of America Patent No. 5,145. 72 granted to Potts et al., In United States Patent No. 5,178,931 issued to Perkins et al., And in United States Patent No. 5,188.88 issued to Timmons et al. Such lamination can be done by sequentially depositing on a moving web first a layer of spunbond fabric, then a meltblown web layer and at the last another spunbonded layer and then joining the laminate in a manner as described below. . Alternatively, the fabric layers can be made individually, collected in rolls, and combined in a separate bonding step. Such fabrics usually have a basis weight of from about 0.1 to 12 ounces per square yard (6 to 400 grams per square meter) or more particularly from about 0.75 to about 3 ounces per square yard. Multilayer laminates may also have several numbers of meltblown or multi-layered layers in many different configurations and may include other materials such as films or coform materials. (u) "Narrow Material" means any material which may be constricted. (v) "Narrow Material" refers to any material which has been constricted in at least one dimension by processes such as, for example, pulling or gathering. (w) "Non-elastic" or "inelastic" refers to any material that does not fall within the definition of "elastic". (x) "Non Woven Fabric or Fabric" means fabric that has a structure of individual fibers or fibers which are interlaced, but not in an identifiable manner as in a woven fabric. Woven or non-woven fabrics have been formed from many processes such as, for example, meltblowing processes, spinning processes, and carded and bonded weaving processes. The basis weight of the non-woven fabrics is usually expressed as ounces of material per square yard (osy) or grams per square meter (gsm) and the fiber diameters are usually expressed in microns. (y) "Operably attached" with reference to the attachment of an elastic member to another element means that the elastic member when fastened or connected or heat treated with the element gives that element elastic properties With reference to the union of a member not elastic to another element, that means that the member and the element can be joined in any suitable manner that allows or allows them to carry out the described function described of the member. The union, attachment, connection or the like may be already directly, such as by joining either member directly to an element, or indirectly by means of another member or element placed between the first member and the first element. (z) "Pattern" includes any geometric or non-geometric forms that may include, among others, a series of connected or unconnected lines or curves, a series of parallel or non-parallel or intersecting curves or lines, or a series of curvilinear or linear lines , and the like, any combinations thereof. The pattern may include a repetitive form and / or a non-repetitive form. (aa) "Olanes" includes the region of the material that lies outside the outermost elastic and does not include elastic material. That is, no elastic material or elastic material that is present has been made inelastic. (bb) "Rupture" includes the breaking or tearing of a material. In tension test, the rupture refers to the total separation of a material in two parts, either all at once or in phases, or the development of a hole some materials. (cc) "United and Stretched" refers to an elastomeric hi that is being attached to another member while elastomeric yarn is elongated to at least about 25 percent of its relaxed length. Desirably, the term "uni and stretched" refers to the situation - in which the elastomeric hi is elongated by at least about 50 percent, more desirably at least about 300 percent, of its relaxed length when This is linked to the other member. (dd) "Stretched and United Laminate" ("SBL") refers to a composite material having at least two layers in which one layer is a foldable layer and the other layer is a stretchable layer, this is elastic. The layers are joined together when the stretchable layer is in a stretched condition so that when the layers relax, the collapsible layer is collected. (ee) "Fibers United with Yarn" refers to fibers of small diameter which are formed by extruding the melted thermoplastic material as filaments from a plurality of fine capillary vessels, usually circular from a spinner organ with the diameter of the filaments extruded then being rapidly reduced as described, for example, in U.S. Patent No. 4,340,563 issued to Appel et al. and U.S. Patent No. 3,692,618 issued to Dorschner et al. United States of America No. 3,802,817 issued to Matsuki et al., United States of America No. 3,338,992 and No. 3,341,394 to Kinney, United States of America No. 3,502,763 to Hartman and patent of the United States of America number 3,542,615 granted to Dobo and others. Spunbonded fibers are not usually sticky when they are deposited on a collecting surface. Spunbond fibers are generally continuous and have average diameters (from a sample of at least 10) larger than 7 microns, m particularly between about 10 and 20 microns. - (ff) "Tension" includes the uniaxial force that tends to cause the extension of a body or the balancing force within the body that resists extension. (gg) "Two-dimensional" refers to a garment such as a diaper that can be opened and placed in a flat condition without destructively tearing any structure. This type of garment does not have continuous leg and waist openings when it is opened and placed flat, and requires a fastening device, such as adhesive tapes, to hold the garment around the wearer. (hh) "Three-dimensional" refers to a finished garment similar to shorts or underpants in the sense that these have continuous leg and belt openings that are joined by the material from which the garment is made. This type of garment must be opened and placed in plan only by tearing it destructively. This type of prend may or may not have manually torn seams. (ii) "Ultimate lengthening" includes lengthening at the point of rupture.

These definitions are not intended to be limiting and these terms may be defined with additional language in the remaining part of the description.

Detailed description Referring to Figure 1, an embodiment of the present invention is a t-shirt garment 2 for use around the body comprising an elastic upper garment 1 having a body cover assembly 11, an upper body opening 12 and an opening of the body. lower body 14, opening ch 12 and 14 has an edge 4 or 6, respectively, around its perimeter. The upper part 10 comprises an outer cover 16 and a side facing body 18, both of which generally cover a series of body elastics 20.

The body elastics 20 circumferentially surrounds the wearer's body to form a relatively elastic region 22 of the upper part 10. The body elastic members 20 act independently to conform to the contours of the various body types and constitutions. Est provides a soft, conformable, and comfortable fit within a given breast size range.

Around the lower body opening 14 below and to one side of the relatively elastic region 22, a relatively inelastic lower edge region 30 is formed at the lower edge 6. In addition, around the upper body opening 12, up and to one side from the relatively elastic region 22, a relatively inelastic upper edge region 24 is formed at the upper edge 24. The relatively inelastic upper bord region 24 and the relatively inelastic lower bord region 30 form wave areas on the upper garment 10. The relatively inelastic upper edge region 24 and the relatively inelastic lower edge region 30 each have a width ranging from about 0.25 to about 4.0 inches. The widths of these regions 24 and 30 are independent of one another. The desired width of the relatively inelastic upper edge region 24 and the relatively inelastic edge region 30 is d between about 0.25 to about 2.0 inches, and more desirably from about 0.25 to about 1. inches.

A pair of openings 32 and 34, serving as arm holes 33 and 35, respectively, are cut from the relatively elastic region 22, desirably adjacent or near the inelastic upper region 24. The upper edges 36 38 of the openings 32 and _34, respectively, can be located from about 0.25 inches to about 2.0 inches below the relatively inelastic upper edge region 24. The openings 32 and 34 are desirably located in the opposite positions. The openings 32 and 3 can be slits, circular holes, square holes, orifices, holes of irregular shape or the like.

In an upper part 10 attempted for a 25 pound, the body elastics 20 are about 1 inch (406 millimeters) long not stretched. For an upper garment 10 that does not cover the stomach of the girl, the height of the upper garment 10 is about 146 millimeters wide. For an upper garment 10 that covers the waist, the altu may be about 229 millimeters wide. width. If they extend to the waist, the upper part 10 can be attached to a type of pant or lower.

The upper garment 10 includes a pair of strips 2 and 28, which help hold the garment 2 shirt in place. The strips 26 and 28 are formed by the fabric 3 located above the edges 36 and 38 of the arm holes 32 and 34 of the upper edge 4. The strips 26 and 28 can be formed by bending the upper edge 4, the region of relatively inelastic periphery edge 24 and a part of relatively elastic region 22 back on relatively elastic region 22 of upper garment 10 Desirably, outer covering 16 is folded back on itself, exposing a part of the lining on the side body 18 and creating a neckline edge fold 40. In an alternate embodiment, the side-to-body liner 18 is folded back on itself, placing a part of the outer cover 16 against the user's body. In an alternate embodiment of the present invention (see Fig. 2) the body covering assembly 11 includes only one aperture 32 in the relatively elastic region 22 of the body cover assembly 11, and one side of the upper edge region relatively. inelastic 24 of the fabric 3. Desirably, the outer cover 16 is folded back on itself exposing a part of the liner sideways to the body 18 and creating a neck line edge fold 40. In an alternate embodiment, the lining side 18 is bent back on itself, placing a part of the outer cover 16 e against the body of the user. Only one shoulder strap 26 is formed on the shirt 2 garment.

In a desired embodiment, the folded material 5, which includes the upper edge 4 and the part of the body cover assembly 11 lies on the outer surface 37 of the finished garment 2. In another embodiment, the folded material lies on the surface interior 39 of the finished garment 2.

The neckline edge bend 40 e held by joining the bent part to the top part 10 thus forming a non-objectionable seam. The restrainable seam can be formed by any suitable means such as ultrasonic sealing, adhesive bonding, heat sealing or the like. A suitable method for forming such seams is described in U.S. Patent No. 4,938,753 issued July 3, 1990 to Va Gompel et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference. Both the outer cover 16 and the side-to-body liner 18 are desirably docile and soft to the wearer. The following description of materials from which the outer cover 16 can be formed can also be used to form the side-to-body liner material 18.

The outer cover 16 can be any suitable foldable, such as a woven material, a woven material, a polymeric or fibrous film material and can be, even though this does not require an elastic material. Suitable fibrous strippers can use any suitable natural and / or synthetic fibers, for example, woven or non-woven fabrics of fibers made of acrylic polymers, polyester, polyamide, glass, polyolefins, for example polyethylene and polypropylene, cellulose derivatives, such as rayon, cotton, silk, wool, pulp, paper and the like, as well as mixtures and combinations of any two or more of the foregoing. The recomable fabrics may also comprise layers of polymeric film, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide, polyester, acrylic polymer, and compatible blends, combinations, and copolymers thereof.

~ The outer cover 16 can be permeable to liquid, and allow liquids to easily penetrate their thickness, or impermeable, resistant to the penetration of liquids within their thickness. The outer cover 16 can be made from a wide range of materials, such as natural fibers (e.g., wood or cotton fibers), synthetic fibers (e.g., polyester fibers or polypropylene) or a combination of natural synthetic fibers or reticulated foams and perforated plastic films. The outer cover 16 may be a woven nonwoven or film material, such as one joined with similar spinning or carding. A suitable outer cover 16 is carded and thermally bonded by means well known to those skilled in the art of fabrics. Alternatively, the outer cover 16 e derived from a fabric joined with spinning. In a desired embodiment, the outer cover 16 is a polypropylene nonwoven laminate bonded with yarn, a melt blown polypropylene nonwoven and a spunbonded polypropylene (SMS) nonwoven. The base weight per SMS stratum is around d 0.4 to about 1.0 ounces per square yard (more desirably 0.6 ounces per square yard) and made about 86% nonwoven bonded with yarn and 14% nonwoven blown with fusion. A pigment such as titanium dioxide can be incorporated in the outer cover 16 and in the side-to-body liner 18. A variety of pigment dyes can be added to the non-woven laminate co-melt blown and spunbonded is available from Kimberly-Clar Corporation, of Roswell, GA. The base weight of the SMS material can range from about 0.4 to about 1.0 ounces per square yard.

In other desired embodiments, the outer cover 16 is a polypropylene nonwoven bonded with yarn with a wire-fabric binding pattern having a 19-pound grip tension as measured by ASTM D1682 and D1776, a Taber abrasion rating of 40 cycles of 3.0 as measured by ASTM D1175 and a Handle O-Meter value in the machine direction of 6.6 grams and a value in the transverse direction of 4.4 grams using the TAPPI method T402. Such co-spliced material is available from Kimberly-Clark Corporation, of Roswell, GA. Outer cover 16 has a weight of from about 0.5 oz per square yard ~ (os) to about 1.5 oz per square yard, desirably about 0.7 oz per square yard.

The outer cover 16 can be constructed from a non-woven polypropylene fabric bonded with single yarn having a basis weight of about 17 grams per square meter to about 51 grams per square meter. In the structure d of the upper garment 10, the outer covering 16 desirably comprises a material having a basis weight of from about 0.5 ounces / square yard (17 grams per square meter) about 1.5 ounces / square yard (51 grams per meter). square) . The lower base weights can be used in other regions of the article. Since the t-shirt garment 2 and typically intended for active use, the outer cover 1 or parts thereof, may be made of materials having a basis weight and a bonded structure which resists abrasion.

The body side liner 18 can be any soft, flexible and porous sheet. Again, the body side liner 18 must allow immersion in fresh water or salt water or in treated water (chlorinated or brominated) and still retain its integrity.

The body side liner 18 may comprise, for example, a non-woven fabric or sheet of a co-knitted, meltblown or bonded fabric and bonded synthetic polymer filaments, such as polyethylene polyethylene, polyesters or the like, or a Natural polymer filament fabric such as rayon or cotton. The side-by-side liner 18 can be selectively engraved or perforated with discrete holes or slits extending therethrough.

A suitable adhesive for adhering the laminated layers is H2096 hot-melt adhesive which can be obtained from Findley Adhesives, Inc., of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

The outer cover 16 and the side-by-side liner 18 can also be dyed pigmented or printed with any suitable color or pattern. Desirably, the body side liner 18 is either dyed, pigmented or printed with a material which does not irritate or bleed the color on the user's foot.

Suitable materials for use as the body elastics 20 include a wide variety, but are not limited to elastic threads, blow molded elastomeric polymer, wire rubber, flat rubber (for example, com bands), elastic tape, film-type rubber, polyurethane, and feint-type elastomer or polyurethane foam or a stretched elastic canvas. Each body elastic 20 can be unitary, multi-part or composite in its construction. The threads or tapes, where they are used, can be multiple and can be applied as a compound. The elastomers used in the body elastics 20 can be latent and non-latent.

Desirably, the body elastics 20 are elongated to between about 50 percent to about 300 percent. The elongations may vary for separate elements and still be within the overall elongation for e composed of the elements comprising the body elastics 20.

The body elastics 20 circumferentially surround the wearer's body to form a relatively resilient region 22 of the upper part 10. The body elastics 20 act independently to conform to the contours of various constructions and body types. Est provides a soft, comfortable and comfortable fit within a given breast size rang.

Around the lower body opening 14, below and to one side of the relatively elastic region 22, the lower edge 6 is formed by a relatively low elastic edge region 30. In addition, around the upper body opening 12, up and to one side from the relatively elastic region 22, a relatively lower upper edge region 24 is formed at the upper edge 24. The relatively inelastic upper bord region 24 and the relatively inelastic upper region 30 form wave areas on the upper 10nd. relatively inelastic upper edge 24 and the relatively inelastic lower edge region 30, each having a width that varies from about 0.24 about 4.0 inches. The widths of these regions 24 and 30 are independent of each other. The desired width of the relatively inelastic upper edge region 24 and the relatively lower edge region "30" is from about 0.25 about 2.0 inches, and more desirably from about 0.25 to about 1.0 inches.

As illustrated more clearly in Figure 1, opposite end portions 48 and 50 of the upper part 10 can be joined together in the finished upper garment 10 to form a body seam 42 that is not resastenable. The non-resilient body seam 42 can be formed by any suitable means such as ultrasonic sealing, heat seal adhesive bonding and the like, as discussed above. In other embodiments, the opposite end portions 48 and 50 of the upper part 10 can be held together in the finished upper end 10 to form a resilient body seam 42.

The refastenable means for securing the opposite end portion 48 and 50 'of the upper garment 10 includes adhesives and fasteners 96. The mechanical fasteners include mechanical type d buttons, buttonholes buttons, buckles boterolas, hooks and loops, end extensions , similar appendages, which are designed or adapted to enclose or engage with some type of complementary device or with the outer cover 16 of the 'upper prend 10. In addition, the elasticized fasteners may also be employed to ensure a better notch of the T-shirt garment 2.

The structure material of the upper part 1 desirably has the stretching characteristics in a first direction so that it is capable of elongation d from about 10 to 500% and with the release of the tension will recover at least 55% of its elongation. It is generally desirable that the structure material of the upper garment in the first direction be capable of an elongation of between about 50 and about 300%, particularly at least 125% elongation, and recover with the release of the lining. tension of at least 80% of its elongation.

As previously described, the upper garment 10 may be formed of a material capable of stretching in one direction or capable of stretching in at least two essentially perpendicular directions. A stretch material in a suitable direction is described in U.S. Patent No. 4,720,415 issued January 19, 198 to 'Vander Wielen et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference.

The stretch material in one direction may comprise a composite material that includes at least one recoverable fabric attached to at least one elongated elastic tissue. The elastic fabric may be an elastic fibrous non-woven fabric such as elastomeric fibrous blown fabrics with melting. In one embodiment, L upper garment 10 comprises a laminate stretched and bonded form up of "an inner layer blown elastic fusion pre-estirad positioned as sandwiched between and attached to a pair d nonwoven polypropylene together with yarn, each tel it has a basis weight of about 13.6 grams per square meter.The suitable elastic materials can be purchased from Shell Chemical Company of Houston, Texas under the trade mark Kraton Other suitable stretching materials are described in the patents of United States of America Nos. 4,606,964 granted on August 19, 1986 to Wideman and 4,657,802, granted on April 14, 1987, Morman.

The two-direction stretch materials suitable for the body elastics 20 are described in United States of America Patents Nos. 5,114,781 issued May 19, 1992 and 5,116,662 issued May 26, 199 to Morman, which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. Incorporate here by reference. A two-way stretch material can comprise a composite material that includes a narrowable material and a leaflet, which can be formed by meltblowing or extrusion. The estrechables materials are those Clots can be constricted in at least one DIMENSION by applying a Tensionadora force in a DIRECTION perpendicular to the desired direction of narrowing, and may include a tissue joined with spinning, meltblown or bonded carded web. The stretchable and stretchable material can be joined to the stretched elastic sheet in spaced places arranged in ur. non-linear configuration.

Another bi-directional stretch composite may comprise one or more layers of constricted material reversibly bonded to one or more layers of elastic sheet at spaced locations. The reversibly narrowed materials are those that have been treated, such as with heat while they were tapered to impart memory to material so that, when a force is applied to extend the material to its pre-narrowed dimensions, the portions generally constricted and treated they will recover to their narrowed dimensions with the termination of force.

Desirably, the material stretches in the horizontal direction only, that is, around the body. If the material is elastic in both directions, it is desirable to limit the stretch in the vertical direction to less than about 20% under normal stresses.

Alternatively, the body elastics 2 can be formed of a dry-spun multi-filament elastomer yarn sold under the trademark LYCRA available from E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company. Alternatively, the elastics can be formed from other typical elastics used in the papermaking art, such as a thin ribbon of elastic material as described in United States of America Patent No. 4,940,464 issued July 10, 1990 to Van Gompel and others, which is incorporated here by reference. The elasticity can also be imparted to the structure material in the upper garment 10 by extruding a thermofused elastomeric adhesive between the outer cover 16 and the side-to-body liner 18. Other suitable elastic gathering means are described in the United States patents. United States of America Nos. 4,938,754 granted to Mesek and 4,388,075 granted to Mesek and others.

In the formation of the upper garment structure material 10, the body elastics 20 can be individually placed on one of the adjacent collapsible layers (the outer cover or the side-to-body lining 18) and the other folded layer fabric can be applied on the elastics to join the first layer. Alternatively, only one foldable layer, for example, the outer cover 16, can be employed and the body elastics 20 attached to one side, desirably next to the body of the outer cover 16. In such embodiment, the body elastics 20 they are left exposed on one side of the outer cover 16.

Another embodiment of the present invention is a camisole garment or t-shirt 2 for use around the body comprising a body cover assembly 11 having an upper body opening 12 and a lower body opening 14 (see Figure 3). The upper body opening 12 has an upper edge 4 around its perimeter. The lower body opening 14 has a lower edge 6 around its perimeter.

The body cover assembly 11 comprises a single layer of fabric 3 between the upper edge 4 and the lower edge 6 of the fabric 3; at least two opposite apertures 32 and 34 in the body cover the assembly 11; two opposite end portions 48 and 50 between the upper edge 4 and the lower edge 6 of the fabric 3; and a neck edge fold 40 created by bending the top edge 4 and a part of the body uncovered assembly 11 above the opposite openings 32 and 3 on the body cover assembly 11. In the desired embodiment, the folded material 5, which includes the upper edge 4 and the body cover assembly part 11 lies on the outer surface 37 of the finished garment 2. In another embodiment, the folded material 5 lies on the inner surface 39 of the finished garment 2 .

The single-ply fabric of the fabric 3 used in the process may be any suitable material, such as woven material, a non-woven material, a polymeric or a fibrous film material, and may include an elastic material. Suitable fibrous fabrics can utilize any suitable natural and / or synthetic fibers, for example, woven and non-woven fabric made of acrylic, polyester, polyamide, glass, polyolefin polymers, for example polyethylene and polypropylene, cellulose derivatives such as rayon, cotton, silk, wood, pulp, paper and similar, as well as mixtures and combinations of any or more of the above. The fabric may also comprise a layer of polymeric film such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide, polyester, acrylic polymers, and compatible blends, copolymer combinations thereof.

The fabric 3 can be liquid permeable, allowing the liquids to "easily penetrate into the thickness, or impermeable, or resistant to the penetration of liquids within their thickness." Fabric 3 can also be made from a wide range of materials. , such as natural fibers (for example rayon, wood or cotton fibers), synthetic fibers (for example polyester or polypropylene fibers) or a combination of natural or synthetic fibers or cross-linked foams and perforated plastic films. fabric 3 may be woven, non-woven or a film such as spunbonded, meltblown, bonded-carded or the like .. A suitable tee 3 is carded and thermally bonded by means known to those skilled in the art of fabrics.

The fabric 3 can also be pigmented, dyed, printed with any suitable color. Desirably, the tea 3 is either dyed, pigmented or printed with a material which does not irritate or bleed the color on the skin of the wearer.

The body seam 42 of the t-shirt garment 2 may comprise a body stitching which can not be re-secured by engaging the two opposite end portions 48 and 5 (see Figure 1). The non-sanding body seam 42 can be formed by any suitable means such as ultrasonic sealing, adhesive bonding, heat sealing or the like as discussed above. In other embodiments, the opposite end portions 487 and 50 of upper garment 10 can be held together in the over-finished garment 10 to form a resilient body seam (see Figure 3).

In another embodiment of the present invention, body stitching 42 of the t-shirt garment 2 comprises a resilient body seam 42 by respectably engaging the two opposite end portions 48 and 50. L ressurable means for securing the opposite end portions. and 50 of the top 10 including mechanical fasteners 96. Mechanical fasteners include buttons, buttonholes, boteroles, buckles, handles, hooks and curls, end extensions, appendages and the like, which are designed or adapted to enclose or engage some type of complementary device or the outer cover 16 of the upper garment 10. In addition, the elasticized fasteners can also be used to ensure a better notch of the garment t-shirt 2.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the t-shirt garment 2 for use around the body comprises a body cover assembly 11 having an upper body opening 12 and a lower body opening 14 (see Figure 2). The upper opening 12 has an upper edge 4 around its perimeter. The lower opening 14 has a lower edge 6 around its perimeter.

The body cover assembly 11 comprises a single layer fabric fabric 3 between the top edge 4 and the bottom edge 6; at least one opening 32 in the assembly a cover body 11 adjacent the upper edge 4 of the fabric 3; two opposite end portions 48 and 50 (not shown) between the upper edge 4 and the lower edge 6; and a neck edge fold 40 created by bending the top edge 4 and a part of the body cover assembly 11 above the aperture 32 on the body cover assembly 11.

In the desired embodiment, the material is folded 5, which includes the upper edge 4 and the part of the body-covered assembly 11 lies on the outer surface 37 of finished garment 2. In another embodiment, the folded material lies on the inner surface 9 of the finished garment 2.

The t-shirt garment 2 may further comprise a non-restrainable body stitching 42 by non-respectably engaging the two opposite end portions 48 and 50. The "non-scoring" body seam 42 may be formed by any suitable means such as sealing. ultrasonic, adhesive bond, heat sealing similar as discussed above In other embodiments the opposite end portions 48 and 50 of the upper part 10 can be held together in the finished upper part 10 to form a resilient body seam 42.

In another embodiment of the present invention, body seam 42 of the t-shirt garment 2 comprises a resilient body seam 42 by resastenably engaging the two opposite end portions 48 and 50. L ressurable means for securing the opposite end portions 48. and 50 of the upper garment 10 include mechanical fasteners and fasteners 96. Mechanical fasteners include buttons, buttonholes, boteroles, buckles, hooks, hooks and curls, end extensions, appendages, and the like which are designed ^ or adapted to enclose hooking some type of complementary device or the outer cover 16 of the upper part 10. In addition, the elasticized fasteners can also be used to assume an improved notch of the t-shirt garment 2.

The present invention relates to a t-shirt garment 10 for use around the body comprising a body cover assembly 11 having an upper body opening 12 and a lower body opening 14, where each opening has a border around it of its perimeter. The body cover assembly 11 comprises: a relatively elastic region 22 between the upper edge 4 and the lower edge 6; a relatively inelastic lower edge region 30 between the relatively elastic region 22 and the lower edge 6 wherein the lower edge region 30 is relatively inelastic as compared to the relatively elastic region 22, and the lower edge region 30 is also from around 0.25 to about 4.0 inches wide; a relatively inelastic upper bord region 24 between the relatively elastic region 22 and the upper edge 4 where the upper edge region 24 is relatively inelastic in comparison to the relatively elastic region 22, and the upper edge region 24 is also from around 0.25 about 4.0 inches wide; at least two opposing apertures 32 and 34 in the relatively elastic region 22; and, opposite end portions 48 and 50 of the body cover assembly 11 between the upper edge 4 and the lower edge 6 are engaged to form a body seam 42.

The t-shirt garment 10 may further comprise a neck edge fold 40 created by bending the top edge 4, the relatively elastic upper edge region 24 and a portion of the relatively elastic region 22 above the opposite openings 32 and 34. The t-shirt garment 10 may comprise an outer cover 16 and a side-to-body liner 18, both of which cover a series of body elastics 20 which circumferentially surround the body to form the relatively elastic region 22.

In the present invention, the two opposite end portions 48 and 50 of the garment 10 can be resiliently engaged to form a resilient body seam 42. In the alternative, the two opposite end portions 48 and 50 of the garment 10 can be not attached to a non-resuspendable body seam 42.

The outer cover 16 of the t-shirt garment can be a recoverable material; a woven material, a nonwoven material; a polymeric film material, fibrous material; or an elastic material. The outer cover 16 may be a spun-bonded non-woven polypropylene material, the spun-bonded polypropylene non-woven material or a spun-bonded polypropylene nonwoven laminate.

The outer cover 16 may be composed of acrylic, polyester, polyamide, glass, polyethylene, polypropylene, rayon, cotton, silk, wood, pulp, paper, or a mixture or a combination thereof. two or more of the above. Alternatively, the outer cover 16 may comprise an acrylic polymer, polyester polyamide, polyethylene, polypropylene, or a combination compatibl blend or a polymer thereof. The outer cover 1 may have a basis weight of from about 0.4 to about 1.0 ounces per square yard, and still contain about 86% polypropylene nonwoven material bonded with yarn and about 14% non-woven polypropylene material blown with merged The body side lining 18 of the t-shirt garment 10 can be a flexible and soft porous sheet where it can be immersed in fresh water, in salt water, in chlorinated water or in brominated water and then retains its integrity. The body 18 may comprise a woven sheet of a fabric bonded with spinning, meltblowing or carded fabric and bonded composed of polypropylene, polyethylene polyester, rayon, or cotton filaments.

The body elastics 20 are rubber elastic yarns of flat rubber yarn, elastic polyurethane tape or a foamed elastic lienz. The body elastics 20 are elongated between about 50% to about 300%.

The assembly that covers the body 11 of the garment d t-shirt 10 can be made of materials having stretching characteristics so that the set d body cover is capable of an elongation of between about 50% to about 300% and a recovery , with the release of tension of at least 80% of its elongation The body cover assembly 11 can be made of materials capable of stretching in one direction or of materials capable of stretching in two essentially perpendicular directions.

Another embodiment of the present invention is a t-shirt garment 10 for use around the body which comprises a body covering assembly 11 having an upper body opening 12 and a lower body opening 14, wherein each opening has an edge around it. of perimeter. The body cover assembly 11 comprises: a single-layer fabric of the fabric 3 between the upper edge 4 and the lower edge 6; at least two opposite openings 32 and 34 in the cover assembly of the body 11; two opposite end portions 48 and 50 between the upper edge 4 and the lower edge 6 and the neck edge fold 40 created by bending the upper edge 4 and a part of the body cover assembly 11 above the opposite openings 32 and 34.

The t-shirt garment 10 further comprises a non-restrainable body seam 42 by engaging the opposite end portions 48 and 50. In the alternative, the liner 10 may comprise a restrainable body seam 42 by engaging the two parts of the liner securely. opposite end 48 and 50.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the t-shirt garment 10 for use around the body comprises an assembly covering the body 11 having an upper body opening 12 and a lower body opening. 14, where each opening has a border around its perimeter. The assembly covering the body 11 comprises: a relatively elastic region 22 between the upper edge 4 and the lower edge 6; a relatively inelastic lower border region 30 between the relatively elastic region 22 and lower edge 6 wherein the lower edge region 30 e is relatively inelastic in comparison to the relatively elastic region 22, and the lower edge region 30 further being d around 0.25 to about 4.0 inches wide, a relatively inelastic upper edge region 24 between the relatively elastic region 22 and the upper edge 4 where the upper edge region 24 is relatively inelastic comparing to the relatively elastic region 22, and the upper edge region 24 is also from about 0.25 about 4.0 inches wide; at least one opening 3 in the relatively elastic region 22; and two opposite end portions 48 and 50 of the body cover assembly 11 between the upper edge 4 and the lower edge 6 engaged to form a body seam 42.

The t-shirt garment 10 may further comprise a "collar-edge fold 40" created by bending the upper edge 4, the relatively inelastic upper edge region 24 and a portion of the relatively elastic region 2 above the opening 32. The garment of t-shirt 10 may also comprise an outer cover 16 and a side liner to the body 18, both of which cover a series of body elastics 20 which circumferentially surround the body to form the relatively elastic region 11.

The two opposite end portions 48 and 50 can be restably engaged to form a resilient body seam 42. Alternatively, the two opposite end portions 48 and 50 are non-engageable to form a non-objectionable body seam 42.

Although the t-shirt garment 2 of this invention is generally intended to be disposable, any t-shirt item which can be reused may take advantage of this invention. Therefore, both reusable and disposable articles (the latter term meaning articles that are intended to be discarded after a single use more than being washed and reused) are provided by the present invention.

The present invention is a continuous process for the manufacture of a t-shirt garment 10 as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3. The fabric 3 or the material used in the process can be a single-layer weave or a weave. gone laminated d multiple layers. The fabric 3 is desirably a soft flexible sheet. ~~ An embodiment of the present invention is a continuous process for the manufacture of a t-shirt garment (see Figure 3) for use around the body comprising an upper garment 10 having an assembly covering the body 11, an upper body opening 12 and a lower body opening 14, each opening 12 and 14 having an edge 4 6, respectively, around its perimeter. The upper illustrated cap 10 comprises a single layer fabric of tel 3.

The single layer of fabric 3 used in the process may be any suitable material, such as non-woven material, a woven material, a fibrous material or a polymeric film material and may include an elastic material. Suitable fibrous fabrics may utilize any suitable natural and / or synthetic fibers, for example, woven or non-woven fabrics of fibers made of acrylic, polyester, polyamide, glass, polyolefin, e.g., polyethylene and polypropylene. , d cellulose derivatives such as rayon, cotton, silk, wool, pulp, paper and the like, as well as mixtures of any combination of two or more of the above. The fabric may also comprise a layer of polymeric film such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide, polyester, acrylic polymers, and mixtures compatible combinations and copolymers thereof.

The fabric 3 can be permeable to the liquid allowing the liquids to easily penetrate inside the thickness, or impermeable, resistant to the penetration of the liquids inside their thickness. The fabric 3 can also be made from a wide range of materials, such as from natural fibers (for example, from rayon, from wood or from cotton fibers), from synthetic fibers (for example, from polyester or polypropylene fibers, or from a combination of synthetic natural fibers or cross-linked foams and perforated plastic films The fabric 3 can be a fabric, a nonwoven or a film such as a spunbonded, a bonded-bonded melt blow or the like. 3 is carded, and thermally bonded by means well known to those skilled in the art of fabrics.

The fabric 3 can also be dyed, pigmented printed with any suitable color. Desirably, tel 3 is either dyed, pigmented or printed with a material which does not irritate or bleed color on the wearer's skin.

A repeating series of pairs of openings 32 and 3 are cut in the fabric 3. The location of the openings 32 34 correspond to the holes for the arms 33 and 3 respectively, in the finished garment 2. The openings 32 and 3 can be produced by means of a matrix cutting operation, an ultrasonic operation or any other suitable method of operation. The openings 32 and 34 may have a variety of shapes ranging from the slit, the circular, the square, the oval, the irregular or similar. The pattern is restricted only by the shape and minimum amount of the fabric 3 which must remain of sufficient integrity to withstand the remaining steps or operations of the manufacturing process. The upper edges 36 and 38 of the openings 32 and 34, respectively, can be located by from about 0.25 inches to about 5.0 inches from the upper edge 4.

The part of the fabric 3 of the body cover assembly 11 between the upper edge 4 and the openings 32 and 34 is bent back on itself, thereby forming a double neck overflow 40. In the desired embodiment, the fabric is folded so that the folded material 5 lies on the outer surface 37 of the finished garment 2. In another embodiment, the fabric 3 is folded so that the folded material 5 lies on the inner surface 39 of the finished fin 2.

The bent material 5 is joined between the openings 32 and 34, thereby creating the shoulder straps 26 and 28. The shoulder straps 26 and 28 help hold the t-shirt garment 2 in place. The joint forms a non-restrainable seam 42. The non-resealable seam 42 can be formed by any suitable means such as ultrasonic sealing, adhesive bonding, heat sealing, tape, sewing, or the like achieved on a continuous or intermittent. A suitable method for forming such seams is described in U.S. Patent No. 4,938,753 issued July 3, 1990 to Van Gompe et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference.

The fabric 3 is then cut into discrete garment size pieces wherein each piece contains a pair of openings 32 and 34, a pair of shoulder straps 26 and 28 and a pa of opposite end portions 48 and 50. Each piece Fabric 3 is transported, typically by vacuum grids, belt or conveyors, through the redirection folding operations. The folding and redirection operations are desirably carried out by the tumbling rollers, the turning tables, as well as any other known means. The piece of fabric 3 is (desirably) bent through a tumbling roller, so as to bring the pieces together. opposite end portions 48 and 50 to form a body seam 42. The part of the fabric 3 is redirected (or reoriented) to allow easy seam joining of the body 42. The piece of fabric 3 is reoriented at 90 degrees. The body seam 42 may be a non-restrainable seam or a restrainable seam. Any excess fabric 3 can be removed from the edge 47 of the body seam 42 to reduce and smooth the body seam 42. The non-resilient body seam 42 can be formed by any suitable means such as ultrasonic sealing the adhesive bond, tape, heat sealing, sewing or similar.

In other embodiments, the opposite end portions 48 and 50 of the upper garment 10 can be held together in the finished upper garment 10 to form a resurfable body stitching 42. The resastenable means for securing the opposite end portions 48 and 50 of the upper garment 1 include resilient adhesive systems and fasteners d mechanical type 96. Mechanical fasteners include buttons, buttonholes, boteroles, buckles, handles, hooks and curls, end extensions appendices, and the like, which are designed adapted to interlock or engage with some type of complementary device with the outer cover 16 of the upper garment 10. In addition, the elasticized bras can also be used to ensure a better fit of the garment of the shirt 2. If the t-shirt garment 2 includes a resilient body seam 42, the resurfactable means are strategically placed in Desirably on the fabric 3 before the fabric 3 is cut into discreet garment size fabrics. The folding and redirection operations can be eliminated when a restrainable body seam 42 is included in the t-shirt garment 2. There can be packing reasons with respect to which one can carry out one of these two steps.

Another embodiment of the present invention is a continuous process for the manufacture of a t-shirt apprentice (see FIGS. 1 and 2) for use around the body gu comprising an elastic upper garment 10 having an uncovered embodiment of the body 11., and an upper body opening 12 and a lower body opening 14, each openings 12 and 1 have an edge 4 or 6, respectively, around its perimeter. The upper garment 10 comprises an outer cover 16 and a body side liner 18. both of which generally cover a series of body elastics 20. The top garment 10 comprises a laminate fabric of multiple layers of fabric 3.

Both the outer cover 16 and the lining of the body 18 are desirably docile and soft to the wearer. The following description of materials from which the outer cover 16 can be formed can also be used to form the material of the side-by-side liner 18.

A repeating series of opening pairs 32 and 3 intersect the relatively elastic region 22 of the fabric 3 desirably near the inelastic upper region 24. The location of the garments 32 and 34 correspond to the holes for the arm 33 and 35. in the finished garment 2. The upper edges 36 and 38 of the openings 32 and 34, respectively, may be located from about 0.25 inches to about 2.0 inches below the relatively inelastic upper edge region 24.

The openings 32 and 34 as discussed above may have a variety of shapes, the pattern being restricted only by the shape and minimum amount of the fabric 3 which must remain of sufficient integrity to support the remaining steps or operations of the manufacturing process. . The openings 32 and 34 can be produced by a matrix cutting operation, an ultrasonic operation, or any other suitable method of operation. The upper edges 36 and 38 of the openings 32 and 34 respectively, may be located "from about 0.25 inches to about 5.0 inches from the upper edge 4.

The upper garment 10 includes a pair of shoulder straps 26 and 28 which help keep the garment of the shirt 2 in place. The shoulder straps 26 and 28 are made of the fabric 3 located between the upper edges 36 38 of the arm holes 32 and 34 and the upper edge 4. L part of the fabric 3 is folded so that the folded material 5 lies on the outer surface 37 of the finished garment 2 wherein the outer cover 16 is folded over itself exposing a part of the lining side to the body 18 and creating a neck edge fold 40. In an alternate embodiment, the part of the fabric 3 is folded so that the folded material 5 lies on the inner surface 39 of the finished garment, 2, wherein the liner from side to body 18 is folded back on itself, placing a separate outer cover 16 e against the user's body.

The neck edge bend 40 is maintained by attaching the folded material 5 to the fabric 3 between the openings 32 and 34, thereby creating the shoulder straps 26 28. The joint forms a non-restrainable seam 42. The non-restrainable seam 42 can be formed by any suitable means such as ultrasonic sealing, adhesive bonding, heat sealing, or the like, as discussed above.

The fabric 3 is then cut into discrete pieces of garment size wherein each piece contains a pair of openings 32 and 34 a pair of shoulder straps 26 and 28 and a side opposite endparts 48 and 50. Each piece of fabric 3 e transported, typically by means of vacuum grids, conveyor belts, through the redirection folding operations. The piece of fabric 3 is bent so as to bring together the opposite end portions 48 and 50 to form a body seam 42.

The piece of fabric 3 is redirected (or reoriented) to allow easy joining of the body seam 42. The body seam 42 may be a non-restrainable seam or a restrainable seam. Any excess fabric 3 can be removed from the edge 47 of the body seam 42 to reduce smoothing of the body seam 42. The resilient body seam 42 can be formed by any suitable means such as ultrasonic sealing, adhesive bonding, and the like. sealing with heat or the like, as discussed above.

In other embodiments, the opposite end portions 48 and 50 of the upper part 10 can be held together in the finished upper garment 10 to form a resilient body seam 42. The resilient means for securing the opposite end portions 48 and 50 of the Top garment 1 includes resuable adhesive systems and mechanical type fasteners. Mechanical type fasteners include the buttons, the buttonholes, the boterolas, the buckles, the handles, the hooks and the curls, the end extensions, the appendages and the like which are designed adapted to enclose or hook some type of complementary device or the outer cover 16 of the top pin 10.

In addition, the elasticated fasteners can also be used to ensure a better fit of the t-shirt garment 2. If the t-shirt garment 2 includes a resilient body seam 42, the resealable means is strategically placed strategically on the fabric 3 before The fabric 3 is cut into discreet garment size pieces. The folding and steering operations are eliminated when a restrainable body seam 42 is included in the t-shirt garment 2.

The fabric 3 of the upper part 10 desirably has stretching characteristics in a first direction so that it is capable of an elongation of from about 10 to about 500 percent and with the release of the tension it will recover at minus 55 percent of s elongation. It is generally desired that the structure material of the upper garment 10 in the first direction be capable of an elongation of between about 50 and about d 300 percent, particularly of at least a 125 percent elongation and a recovery with the release of tension of at least 80 percent s elongation.

As previously described, the upper garment 10 can be formed of a material capable of stretching in one direction or being capable of stretching in at least essentially perpendicular directions. A stretch material in a suitable direction is disclosed in United States of America Patent No. 4,720,415 issued January 19, 1988 to Vander Wielen et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference.

The stretching material in one direction may comprise a composite material that includes at least one recoverable fabric attached to at least one elongated elastic fabric. The elastic fabric may be an elastic film or fibrous non-woven elastic fabrics such as meltblown elastomeric fibrous fabrics. In one embodiment, the upper part 10 comprises a bonded and stretched laminate formed of an inner layer blown with elastic melt and pre-stretched placed in the form of a sandwich between and attached to a pair of non-woven polypropylene fabrics joined together with yarn each having < a basis weight of about 13.6 grams per square meter. Suitable elastic materials can be purchased from the Shell Chemical Company of Houston, Texas under the Kraton brand. Other suitable unidirectional stretching materials are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,606,964 issued August 19, 1986 to Widerman 4,657,802 issued April 14, 1987 to Morman.

Two-way stretch materials suitable for body elastics 20 are described in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,114,781 issued May 19, 1992 and 5,116,662 issued May 26, 1992 to Morman, which are incorporated here by reference. A two-way stretch material can comprise a composite material that includes a narrowable material and an elastic sheet, which can be formed by meltblowing or extrusion. Narrow materials are those which can be constrained by meltblowing or extrusion. Narrow materials are those which can be constrained by at least one dimension by applying a tensioning force in a direction perpendicular to the desired direction or constriction and can include a spunbond, meltblown or bonded and carded fabric. Narrow, tensioned narrowable material can be attached to the elongated elastic sheet at spaced locations arranged in a non-linear configuration.

Another composite material stretched in two directions may comprise one or more layers of a constricted material reversibly bonded to one or more layers of elastic sheet in spaced locations. The reversibly narrowed materials are those that have been treated, such as heat, while they were tapered to impart a memori to the material so that, when a force is applied to extend the material to its pre-narrowed dimensions, the narrowed and treated portions they will generally recover to their narrowed dimensions with the termination of the force.

Desirably, the material is stretched in only one horizontal direction, that is, around the body. If the material is elastic in both directions, it is desirable to limit the stretch in the vertical direction to less than about 20 percent under normal stresses.

Alternatively, the body elastics 2 can be formed from a multiple yarn and dry coalesced elastomer yarn sold under the trademark LYCRA and available from I. E. DuPont de Nemours an Company. Still alternatively, the elastics can be formed from other typical elastics used in the art of manufacturing diapers, such as a thin ribbon of elastic material as described in United States Patent No. 4,940,464 issued July 10. from 1990 to Van Gompel and others which is incorporated herein by reference. The elasticity can also be imparted to the structure material in the upper part 10 by extruding a thermofused elastomeric adhesive between the outer cover 16 and the side-to-body liner 18. Other suitable elastic gathering means are described in the patents of the United States. United of America numbers 4,938,754 granted to Mesek and 4,388,075 granted to Mese and others.

In the formation of the upper garment structure material 10, the body elastics 20 can be individually placed on one of the adjacent recoverable layers (outer cover 16 or the side-to-body lining 18) and the other recoglble layer fabric applied on Elastic slab to join the first layer. Alternatively, only a recoverable layer, for example the outer cover 16 can be used and the body elastics 20 can be attached to one side, desirably the side to the body, of the outer cover 16. In such embodiment, the body elastics 20 they leave exposed on one side of the outer cover 16.

An embodiment of the present invention refers to a continuous process for the manufacture of a t-shirt pin 10 comprising: to. provide a single-layer fabric from tel 3 including an upper edge 4, a lower edge 6 and a body cover assembly 11; b. intermittently cutting the fabric 3, defining the openings 32 and 34 in the fabric 3 wherein each opening 32 and 3 includes an upper edge 33 and 35 on one side of the upper edge of the fabric 3; c. folding at least a part of the fabric between at least one of the openings 32 and 34 and the upper bord 4 of the return fabric 3 over the cover assembly of the body 11 of the fabric 3 wherein at least one tie d shoulder 26 is formed; d. fastening the folded portion of the fabric 3 to the body cover assembly 11 of the fabric 3 to form a neck fold 40; and. cutting the fabric 3 defining the discrete garment size pieces wherein each piece of fabric 3 includes at least one opening 32, at least one shoulder strap 26, and two opposite end portions 48 and 50; f. folding the piece of discrete garment size of the fabric 3 so that two opposite end portions 48 and 50 are brought into contact with each other; g. flip the discreetly folded garment size piece of fabric 3 to move it sideways; Y h. fastening the two opposite end portions 48 and 50 together to form a body seam 42.

The continuous process may further comprise cutting the excess fabric 47 remaining from the two opposite end portions 48 and 50 on one side of the body seam 42. At least a pair of the openings 32 and 34 are cut into the body. 3. The body stitching 42 can be resorpable or resorpable.

Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a continuous process for the manufacture of a t-shirt garment 10 comprising: a. providing a multilayer laminate fabric of the 3 including an upper edge 4, a lower bord 6 and a body cover assembly 11; b. intermittently cutting the fabric 3 defining the openings 32 and 34 in the fabric 3 wherein the opening 32 and 34 includes an upper edge 33 and 35 to an upper edge side 34 of the fabric 3; c. folding at least a part of the fabric between at least one of the openings 32 and the upper edge of the return fabric 3 over the cover assembly of the body 11 of the fabric 3 wherein at least one strap is formed. shoulder 26; d. fastening the folded portion of the fabric 3 to the body cover assembly 11 of the fabric 3; and. cutting the fabric 3, defining the discreet garment size pieces of the fabric 3 wherein each piece of fabric 3 includes at least one opening 32, at least one shoulder strap 26, and two opposite end portions 48 and 50 f. folding the piece of discrete garment size of the fabric 3 so that the two opposite end portions 48 50 are brought into contact with each other, - g. flip the discreetly folded garment size piece of fabric 3 to move it sideways; Y h. hold the two opposite end portions 4 and 50 together to form a body seam 42.

The continuous process may further comprise cutting the excess fabric 47 remaining on the two opposite end portions 48 and 50 on one side of the body seam 42 The body cover assembly 11 comprises a relatively elastic region 22 between a region lower relatively inelastic edge 30 on one side of the lower edge 6 of the fabric 3 and a relatively inelastic upper edge region 2 on one side of the upper edge 4 of the fabric 3. The relatively elastic region 22 comprises the body elastics 2 between an outer cover 16 and a side facing body 18 in which the body elastics 20 circumferentially surrounds a body of a user.

The present invention also relates to a continuous process for the manufacture of a t-shirt garment 1 comprising: to. providing a single layer fabric laminate fabric 3 including an upper edge 4, a lower edge 6 a body cover assembly 11; b. intermittently cutting the fabric 3 defining the openings 32 and 34 in the fabric 3 wherein the opening 32 and 34 includes an upper edge 33 and 35 adjacent the upper edge 4 of the fabric 3; c. folding at least a part of the fabric between at least one of the openings 32 and 34 and the upper bord 4 of the return fabric 3 over the cover assembly of the body 11 of the fabric 3 wherein at least one pair d shoulder straps 26 and 28 are formed; d. fastening the folded portion of the fabric 3 to the body cover assembly 11 of the fabric 3 to form a neck fold 40; and. cutting the fabric 3, defining discrete garment size pieces of the fabric 3 wherein each piece of fabric includes at least a pair of openings 32 and 34, at least a pair of shoulder straps 26 and 28, and two parts opposite end 48 and 50; Y f. folding the piece of discrete garment size of the fabric 3 so that the two opposite end portions 48 50 come into contact with each other.

However, the discrete-sized piece of cloth 3 does not need to be bent nor have the two opposite end portions 48 and 50 to be brought together to make contact with one another during the process of the present invention. The mechanical fasteners 96 when used may be applied during the process of the present invention and the opposite end portions 48 and 50 never need to contact each other before use.

The continuous process may further comprise cutting the excess fabric of 47 remaining from the two opposite end portions 48 and 50 on one side of the body seam 42 The body seam 42 may be resilient or non-resorbable The continuous process also it may further comprise turning the piece of discreet garment size folded from the fabric 3 to move it sideways. The present invention relates to a continuous process for the manufacture of a t-shirt garment 10 which comprises: to. providing a multilayer fabric laminate fabric 3 including an upper edge 4, a lower bord 6 and a body cover assembly 11; b. intermittently cutting the fabric 3, which defines the openings 32 and 34 in the fabric 3 wherein each aperture 32 ~ and 34 includes an upper edge 33 and 35 on one side of the upper edge 4 of the fabric 3; c. folding at least a part of the fabric 3 between at least one of the openings 32 and 34 and the upper edge 4 of the return fabric 3 on the cover assembly of the body 11 of the fabric 3 wherein at least one pair of shoulder straps 26 and 28 are formed; d. fastening the folded portion of the fabric 3 to the body cover assembly 11 of the fabric 3; and. cutting the fabric 3, which defines the discrete garment size pieces of the fabric 3 wherein each piece of fabric 3 includes at least a pair of opposed openings 32 and 34, at least a pair of shoulder straps 26 and 28 , and two opposite end portions 48 and 50; Y f. folding the discrete garment size piece of the fabric 3 so that two opposing end portions 48 and 50 are brought into contact with each other.

The above detailed description has been given for the purposes of illustration. Therefore, a number of modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. For example, the alternative features described as part of an incorporation can be used to give yet another incorporation. Therefore, the invention should not be limited by the specific embodiments described but only by the claims.

Example The material used to obtain this example consists of a laminate made of two faces of a nonwoven material of 0.6 ounces per square yard that covers LYCRA elastic yarns of 470 decitex placed at about 7 threads per inch of material width. The elastic threads are attached adhesively using an aggregate of 5 grams per square meter. The elastics are also applied to a stretch of 150 percent to 170 percent. The width of the final laminate is 4 inches, excluding any unstretched olan that is added.

The olán is formed on the edge of the material by eliminating the elastic strands and allowing the two non-woven faces to be joined together adhesively, cutting then the desired width of the olán.

The non-woven used in this case was a meltblown / meltblown / spunbonded laminate of 0.6 ounce per square yard (SMS), even when other non-woven faces (for example a yarn bond of 0.4 and 0.6 ounces per yarn) square yard) have shown similar results. In addition, you can also vary the decitex and spacing of the elastic threads, the adhesive aggregate and the percentage of stretch. The tested codes are as follows: Code A: elastic / SMS thread laminate of 4.0 inches if flat.

Code B: elastic laminate / SMS 4.0 inch cánán 0.25 inch.

Code C: 4.0 inch elastic / SMS thread laminate with 0.50 inch.

Code D: 0.75-inch coi olán elastic / SMS thread laminate.

Code E: 4.0 inches cm elastic or SMS yarn laminate 1.0 inch (desired design).

Code F: Elastic yarn / SMS laminate of 5.25 inches m / lanes (this code was tested to eliminate the effect of the sample width on the data).

The samples of each code are cut to at least 18 inches in length (this provides a test length of 16 inches, the approximate length needed to make an upper garment swimsuit) and an inch on each side for fastening to the tempered test. The center of the width of each sample is determined as between the two outermost elastic threads and a line is drawn downward from the "full central length of the sample." Olan width is not included in the measurement.

A piece of foam or cardboard core is marked 0 inches, 16 inches, 20 inches, and 21.5 inches. The 20-inch and 21.5-inch marks represent the sample from 16 inches to 25 percent and 35 percent respectively, which is the typical amount of stretch that the material demonstrates when used by a typical child.

Using a pin, one end of the material is held in the cardboard at the 0 inch mark. Taking care to place the material flat and straight but without any elongation, the pin through the second end of the material is fastened in the cardboard at the 16Tpulgadas mark. Once the material is clamped, the end of the material at the 16-inch mark is stretched to 20 inches by removing the pin from the board or cardboard and the pin is used to pull the material to the 20-inch mark. Any wrinkles are smoothed around the pin and the sample is allowed to sit for 5 minutes.

After waiting 5 minutes, the amount of curling of the edges in the longitudinal direction of the material was measured. This was achieved with a clear tempering in the form of an inverted U (approximately 2.0 inches in height by 6.0 inches in width and 6.0 inches in length). ) with a line drawn in longitudinal sense on the center line of the tempering. When placed on the sample, the center line of the tempering should be directly on the center line of the sample. In addition, the edge of the temper (beginning of the center line) should be placed in the exact center of the length of the sample (a line drawn from the board before the test to mark this point).

The measurement of the amount of ripple is achieved by placing the U-shaped temper on the sample so that the center line of the temper is directly above the center line of the sample. Once the tempering is in place, the distance (in millimeters) from the central line to each edge of the material is measured and recorded. If the material has curled enough to cover the center line of the sample, the distance beyond the center line should be added as well. In addition, it should be noted if the material edge has curled only or has begun to bend as well. After recording the measurements, the results of the fluted material must be adjusted to take into account the width of the olan. This was achieved by subtracting the width of the olan from the respective results of the olan materials.

After the measurements were completed at 2 percent stretch, the material was pulled to the 21.5 inch mark (35 percent elongation) using the pin again. Curling measurements should be taken as described above and recorded. The test results are shown in Table 1.

DISTANCE FROM THE ELASTOMERICQ THREAD FROM EDGE TO IA CENTRAL LAMINATE LINE (mm) Sample Width Percent of P R I N C I P A L of Olán (inch) Stretch - NUMBER OF SAMPLE Lateral Distance 1 2 3 4 5 (mm) 1 0.00 A 25 40.00 35.00 38.00 46.00 37.00 39.2 1 0.00 Aa 25 20.00 23.00 30.00 18.00 33.00 24.8 1 0.00 A 35 31.00 24.00 30.00 41.00 30.00 31.2 1 0.00 Aa 35 2.00 S.00 19.00 2.00 22.00 10.2 2 0.25 A 25 40.00 48.00 48.00 49.00 52.00 47.4 2 0.25 B 25 51.65 40.65 44.65 49.65 48.65 47.1 2 0.25 A 35 12.00 18.00 35.00 29.00 30.00 24.8 2 0.25 B 35 48.65 39.65 30.65 35.65 38.65 38.7 3 0.50 A 25 49.00 46.00 46.00 50.00 44.00 47.0 3 0.50 B 25 40.30 47.30 46.30 44.30 37.30 43.1 3 0.50 A 35 25.00 28.00 25.00 13.00 16.00 21.4 3 0.50 B 35 29.30 43.30 36.30 39.30 29.30 '35.5 .. 4 0.75 A 25 18.00 30.00 35.00 31.00 22.00 27.2 4 0.75 B 25 43.95 42.95 45.95 23.95 40.95 39.6 4 0.75 A 35 -10 roo 0.00 13.00 3.00 8.00 2.8 4 0.75 B 35 40.95 32.95 26.95 2.95 17.95 24.4 1.00 A 25 30.00 20.00 21.00 34.00 18.00 24.6 1.00 B 25 41.60 42.60 37.60 44.60 42.60 41.8 1.00 A 35 7.00 -5.00 -5.00 17.00 2.00 3.2 1.00 B 35 38.60 44.60 30.60 27.60 34.60 35.2 6 0.00 A 25 36.00 29.00 35.00 33.00 45.00 35.6 6 0.00 Aa 25 21.00 33.00 9.00 19.00 15.00 19.4 6 0.00 A 35 15.00 7.00 35.00 28.00 23.00 21.6 6 0.00 Aa 35 0.00 15.00 -8.00 -5.00 0.00 0.4

Claims (63)

R E I V I N D I C A C I O N S

1. A t-shirt garment for use around the body comprising a body cover assembly having an upper body opening and a lower body opening, wherein each opening has an edge around its perimeter, the body cover assembly comprising : a relatively elastic region between the upper bor and the lower edge; a relatively lower inelastic edge region between the relatively elastic region and the lower edge wherein the lower edge region is relatively inelastic in comparison to the relatively elastic region, the lower edge region being further from about 0.25 to about 4.0 inches wide; a relatively inelastic upper edge region between the relatively elastic region and the upper edge wherein the upper edge region is relatively inelastic compared to the relatively elastic region, the upper edge region is also from about 0.2 to about 4.0 inches wide; at least two opposite openings in the relatively elastic region; Y - two opposite end portions of the body cover assembly d between the upper edge and the lower edge engaged to form a body seam.

2. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 1 further characterized in that it comprises a neck edge fold created by bending the upper edge, the relatively inelastic upper edge region a part of the relatively elastic region above the opposite openings .

3. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 1 characterized in that it comprises an outer cover and a lining from side to body, both of which cover a series of body elastics which circumferentially surrounds the body to form the relatively elastic region .

4. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 1 characterized in that the two opposite end portions are respectably engaged to form a resilient body seam.

5. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 1 characterized in that the two opposite end portions are not respectably engaged to form a non-scoring body seam.

6. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 3, characterized in that the extendable cover is a foldable material.

7. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 6, characterized in that the outer cover is a woven material.

8. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 6, characterized in that the outer cover is a non-woven material.

9. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 6 characterized in that the outer cover is a polymeric film material.

10. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 6, characterized in that the outer cover is a fibrous material.

11. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 3 characterized in that the outer cover is an elastic material.

12. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 10 characterized in that the outer cover comprises acrylic polymer, polyester, polyamide, glass, polyethylene, polypropylene, rayon, cotton, silk, wood, pulp, paper, or a mixture or a combination of two or more of the above.

13. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 9 characterized in that the outer cover comprises acrylic polymer, polyester, polyamide, polyethylene, polypropylene, or a compatible mixture, combination or a copolymer thereof.

14. The t-shirt as claimed in clause 3 characterized in that the outer cover is a polypropylene non-woven material bonded with yarn, a meltblown polypropylene non-woven material and a laminate of polypropylene non-woven material bonded with yarn .

15. The t-shirt as claimed in clause 14 characterized in that the outer cover has a basis weight of from about 0.4 to about 1.0 ounces per square yard, and contains about 86 percent non-woven polypropylene material. with spinning about 14 percent non-woven polypropylene material blown with melt.

16. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 3 characterized in that the body lining is a flexible and soft porous sheet which allows immersion in fresh water, salt water, chlorinated water or brominated water and then retains its integrity.

17. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 3 characterized in that the body liner comprises a non-woven fabric or a sheet of a woven fabric co-spun, meltblown or bonded-carded composite polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, rayon or cotton filaments.

18. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 3, characterized in that the elastics of the body are elastic threads, thread rubber, flat rubber, elastic tape, polyurethane, or foamed elastic canvas.

19. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 3 is characterized in that the body elastics are elongated to between about 50 percent about 300 percent.

20. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 3 characterized in that the body cover set d is made of materials having stretching characteristics so that the body cover set d is capable of elongation from around the body. 50 percent to about 300 percent, and a recovery, with the release of stress, of at least 80 percent of its elongation.

21. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 3 characterized in that the body cover set d is made of materials capable of stretching in one direction.

22. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 3 characterized in that the body cover set d is made of materials capable of stretching in two essentially perpendicular directions.

23. A t-shirt garment for use around the body comprising a body cover assembly having an upper body opening and a lower body opening, wherein each opening has a bord around its perimeter, the body cover assembly comprises : a single layer fabric fabric between the upper edge and the lower edge; at least two opposite openings in the body cover assembly, - two opposite end portions between the upper edge and the lower edge; Y a neck edge fold created by ending the upper edge and a part of the body cover assembly d up the opposite openings.

24. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 23 further characterized in that it comprises a body seam that can not be re-sealable by engaging the two opposite end portions.

25. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 23 further characterized in that it comprises a restrainable body seam by respectably engaging the two opposite end portions.

26. A t-shirt garment for use around the body comprising a body cover assembly having an upper body opening and a lower body opening, wherein each opening has a bor around its perimeter, the body cover assembly comprises: a single layer fabric fabric between the upper edge and the lower edge; at least one opening in the body cover assembly adjacent to the upper edge of the fabric; two opposite end portions between the upper edge and the lower edge; Y a neck edge fold created by ending the upper edge and a part of the body cover assembly d above the opening.

27. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 26 further characterized in that it comprises a body stitching which can not be resuspended by engaging the two opposite end portions.

28. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 26 further characterized in that it comprises a body seam resusceptible by resubstantially engaging the two opposite end portions.

29. A t-shirt garment for use around the body comprising a body cover assembly having an "upper body" and "lower body" opening, wherein each opening has an edge around its perimeter, the set of Body cover comprises: a relatively elastic region between the upper edge and the lower edge; a relatively inelastic lower edge region between the relatively elastic region and the lower edge wherein the lower edge region is relatively inelastic in comparison to the relatively elastic region, and the lower edge region is also around 0.25 to about 4.0 inches wide; a relatively inelastic upper edge region between the relatively elastic region and the upper edge wherein the upper edge region is relatively inelastic compared to the relatively elastic region, and the upper edge region is also from about 0.2 to about 4.0 inches wide; at least one opening in the relatively elastic region; Y two opposite end portions of the body cover assembly d between the upper edge and the lower edge engaged to form a body seam.

30. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 29 characterized in that it comprises a neck edge fold created by bending over the upper edge, the relatively inelastic upper edge region and a part of the relatively elastic region of the opening .

31. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 29 characterized in that it comprises an outer cover and a side-to-body lining, both of which cover a series of body elastics which circumferentially surround the body to form the relatively elastic region .

32. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 29 characterized in that the two opposite end portions are respectably engaged to form a "resusable" body seam.

33. The t-shirt garment as claimed in clause 29 characterized in that the two opposite end portions are not respectably engaged to form a non-scoring body seam.

34. A continuous process for the manufacture of a t-shirt garment comprising: to. providing a single layer fabric of tel including a top edge, a bottom edge and a body cover assembly; b. intermittently cutting the fabric, defining openings in the fabric where each opening includes an upper edge on one side of the upper edge of the fabric; c. folding at least a part of the fabric between at least one of the openings and the upper edge of the fabric back over the body cover assembly of the fabric e where at least one shoulder strap is formed; d. fasten the folded part of the fabric to the body cover assembly of the fabric to form a double neck; e) cutting the fabric, defining discrete pieces of garment size wherein each piece of fabric includes at least one opening, at least one shoulder strap, and opposite end portions; f. folding the piece of discrete garment size of the fabric so that the two opposite end parts are brought into contact with each other; g. flip the piece of fabric of discrete size and folded to move it to the sides; Y h. hold the two opposite end parts together to form a body seam.

35. The continuous process as claimed in clause 34 further characterized in that it comprises cutting the excess of fabric remaining from the two opposite end portions adjacent to the body seam.

36. The continuous process as claimed in clause 34 characterized in that at least one pair of openings are cut in the fabric.

~~ 37. The continuous process as claimed in clause 34 characterized in that the body seam is resubstanable.

38. The continuous process as claimed in clause 34 characterized in that the body seam is not resubstanable.

39. A continuous process for the manufacture of a t-shirt garment comprising: to. providing a multiple layer laminate fabric of the fabric including an upper edge, a lower edge and a body cover assembly; b. intermittently cutting the fabric, defining openings in the fabric wherein each opening includes a top bord adjacent to the upper edge of the fabric; c. folding at least a portion of the fabric between at least one of the openings and the upper edge of the return fabric over the body cover assembly of the fabric wherein at least one shoulder strap is formed; d. fasten the folded part of the fabric to the body cover assembly of the fabric; and. cutting the fabric, defining discrete garment size cloth pieces wherein each piece of cloth includes at least one opening, at least one shoulder strap, two opposite "end portions; ? f. folding the piece of discrete garment size of the fabric so that the two opposite end portions are contacted with each other; g. flip the cloth piece discreetly and bent garment size to move it to the sides; Y * h. hold the two opposite end parts together to form a body seam.

40. The continuous process as claimed in clause 39 further characterized in that it comprises cutting the excess fabric remaining from the two opposite end portions adjacent to the body seam.

41. The continuous process as claimed in clause 39 characterized in that the body cover assembly d comprises a relatively elastic region between a relatively inelastic lower edge region adjacent to the bottom edge of the fabric and a relatively inelastic upper edge region adjacent to the fabric. upper edge of the fabric.

42. The continuous process as claimed in clause 41 characterized in that the relatively elastic region comprises body elastics between an outer cover and the liner from side to body and in which the body elastics circumferentially surround a body of a user.

43. A continuous process for the manufacture of a t-shirt garment comprising: to. providing a single layer fabric fabric including an upper edge, a lower edge and a body cover assembly; b. intermittently cutting the fabric, defining openings in the fabric wherein each opening includes an upper edge adjacent to the upper edge of the fabric; c. folding at least a portion of the fabric between at least one of the openings and the upper edge of the return fabric over the body cover assembly of the fabric wherein at least a pair of shoulder straps are formed; d. fasten the folded part of the fabric to the body cover assembly of the fabric to form a double neck line; and. cutting the fabric, defining discrete garment size cloth pieces wherein each piece of fabric includes at least a pair of openings, at least a pair of shoulder strap, and two opposite end portions.

44. The continuous process as claimed in clause 43 further characterized in that it comprises cutting the excess cloth remaining from the two opposite end portions adjacent to the body seam.

45. The continuous process as claimed in clause 43 characterized in that the body seam is resubstanable.

46. The continuous process as claimed in clause 43 characterized in that the body seam is not resubstanable.

47. The continuous process as claimed in clause 43, characterized in that it also comprises flipping the piece of cloth of discrete garment size and folding it to move it towards the sides.

48. The continuous process as claimed in clause 47 further characterized in that it comprises holding the two opposite end portions together to form a body seam.

49. The continuous process as claimed in clause 48 further characterized in that it comprises cutting the excess of cloth remaining from the two opposite end portions adjacent to the body seam.

50. The continuous process as claimed in clause 48 characterized in that the body seam is resubstanable.

51. The continuous process as claimed in clause 48 characterized in that the body seam is not resonable.

52. A continuous process for the manufacture of a t-shirt garment comprising: to. providing a multilayer laminated fabric fabric that includes a top edge, a bottom edge, and a body cover assembly; b. intermittently cutting the fabric, defining openings in the fabric wherein each opening includes an upper edge adjacent to the upper edge of the fabric; c. folding at least a part of the fabric between at least one of the openings and the upper edge of the return fabric over the body cover assembly of the fabric wherein at least a pair of shoulder straps are formed, - d. fastening the folded part of the fabric to the cover assembly of the body of the fabric; and. cutting the fabric, defining discreet garment-sized cloth pieces wherein each piece of cloth includes at least a pair of opposed openings, at least a pair of shoulder straps and two opposite end portions.

53. The continuous process as claimed in clause 52, characterized in that it also comprises cutting the remaining excess fabric of the two opposite end portions on one side of the body seam.

54. The continuous process as claimed in clause 52 characterized in that the body cover assembly comprises a relatively elastic region between a relatively inelastic lower edge region adjacent to the lower edge of the fabric and a relatively inelastic upper edge region adjacent to the lower edge of the fabric. upper edge of the fabric.

55. The continuous process as claimed in clause 54 characterized in that the relatively elastic region comprises body elastics between an upper cover and a side-to-body lining and in which the body elastics circumferentially surround a body of a user.

56. The continuous process as claimed in clause 54 further characterized by cutting the remaining excess fabric from the two opposite end portions adjacent to the body seam.

57. The continuous process as claimed in clause 54, characterized in that the body seam is resuable.

58. The continuous process as claimed in clause 54 characterized in that the body seam is not resonable.

"" 59. The continuous process as claimed in clause 54 further characterized in that it comprises flipping the piece of cloth of discreet and bent garment size to move it sideways.

60. The continuous process as claimed in clause 59 further characterized in that it comprises holding the two opposite end portions together to form a body seam.

~~~~ 61. The continuous process as claimed in clause 60 further characterized in that it comprises cutting excess fabric subtracting two opposite end portions adjacent to the body seam.

62. The continuous process as claimed in clause 60, characterized in that the body seam is resuable.

63. The continuous process as claimed in clause 60 characterized in that the body seam is not resonable. R E U M N A t-shirt garment that includes an elastic system which is under tension and an olán which forms or edge of the elastic structure so that the over-curling of the structure is minimized during use. In addition, a continuous process for the manufacture of garments including upper garments without sleeves, shirts or blouses.