US3698016A - Cloth article provided with test tab - Google Patents

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US3698016A
US3698016A US132375A US3698016DA US3698016A US 3698016 A US3698016 A US 3698016A US 132375 A US132375 A US 132375A US 3698016D A US3698016D A US 3698016DA US 3698016 A US3698016 A US 3698016A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
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  • the tab may be removed [56] References cued when desired to serve as a specimen for testing some UNITED STATES PATENTS characteristieof the article material.
  • the length and width dimensions of the tab are at least as large as 1,696,559 12/1928 Ward ..2/111 those required by generally accepted standards f 2,331,079 10/1943 Pearl ..2/74 testing flame resistance of cloth. 2,511,809 6/1950 Ryan ..2/111 2,636,181 4/1953 Becker ..2/243 A X 8 Claims, 7 Drawing Figures PATENTEDom 11 1912 YINVENTOR:
  • This invention relates to cloth articles, and more particularly to articles provided with means for allowing the material from which the article is formed to be destructively tested without injuring the article.
  • An important object of the invention is to permit the material of a cloth article to be tested for flame resistance without marring the article.
  • FIG. 1 is a simplified face view of a panel of material which will be used to fabricate a cloth article, in this case a garment;
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a garmentincluding the panel of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on'line 44 of FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 is a face view of a portion of a panel of material which will be used to fabricate another cloth article, in this case a bed sheet;
  • FIG. 6 is a back view of a portion of the finished bed sheet.
  • FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken onv line 7-7 of FIG. 6.
  • the cloth article chosen to illustrate the present invention is a garment 10 including the panel 11 shown in FIG. 1.
  • Panel 11 may be formed of any material of which garments are formed, such as textile material, or plastic sheet materia].
  • cloth is intended to include within its scope not only woven, knitted, non-woven, and felted materials, but also sheet materials of which articles, with which the invention is useful, may be made.
  • tab 13 integral with the panel.
  • the'term integral is used to mean that panel 11 and tab 13 are portions of a single piece of material. In the usual case, panel 11 and tab 13 will be cut as a single piece from a largerpiece of material.
  • the edges of panel 11 except its bottom edge 14 and top edge 15, are joined to the corresponding edges of another panel along seams 17.
  • This joinder may be by sewing, as indicated at 18 in FIG. 4, or by heat sealing, or by any other suitable means.
  • the presence of tab 13 does not interfere with formation of seams 17, and in the finished garment the tab projects from the seam.
  • the tab could project outwardly of the garment, but preferably it projects into the garment, as shown, at a point spaced from all finished edges of the garment, so as to be totally unobtrusive. In this way, the garment can be worn without removing the tab. If desired, specimens of the trimmings used on the garment may be attached to a tab 13 for testing simultaneously with or separately from the tab.
  • a tab 13 is cut from the garment 10 along line 19 before the garment is even'worn. An attempt is then made to burn the tab, and if it does not continue to burn, after the flame is removed, i.e., if the tab does not sustainflame, the garment can be safely worn. After a certain number of washings and/or applications of chemicals or gases encountered by the garment in use, another tab 13 can be removed for flame-resistance testing to determine if the garment can still be worn safely. The fact that the tab is ruined as a result of the test has no effect whatsoever on the garment. Furthermore, since tab 13 is part of the same piece as panel 11, the reaction of tab 13 to the test accurately reflects the reaction of the entire panel 11. This would not necessarily be so if tab 13 were cut from some other area of the material from which panel 11 is cut, or from a different bolt of material.
  • test method standards for testing the flame resistance of cloth. Examples of these standards are Federal Test Method Standard No. 19 l Method 5900 for testing Flame Resistance of Cloth; Horizontal" and Method 5903 for testing Flame Resistance of Cloth; Vertical. These standards set forth the size of the specimen to be used for the test. In Method 5900, the specimen .size is 7 inches by 10 inches, and in Method 5903 the specimen size is 2-94 inches by l2 inches. Thus, it is critically important for purposes of the present invention that each tab 13 be large enough to perform a flame-resistance test according to generally accepted standards. While testing standards are subject to change, from experience it isbelieved that no adequate flame-resistance test can be made on specimens shorter than about 6 inches or narrower than about 2 inches.
  • each tab 13 is at least about 6 inches long at least about 2 inches wide.
  • each panel and/or material forming part of the garment may be furnished with a tab or tabs similar to tabs 13.
  • each tab may be large enough so that only a portion is removed to test for flame-resistance, leaving a remaining portion or portions for use at a later time to test some other characteristic or characteristics of the material.
  • the drawings show panel 11 having" two tabs 13, in any particular case only one tab or more than two tabs may be furnished.
  • seam as used herein is not limited to lines along which two material edges are joined, but is intended to include within its scope lines along which a material edge is secured to the material panel of which it forms a part, such as is the case when a garment is provided with a hem 16 secured by a seam 20.
  • hem 16 may be provided with a tab 26.
  • tab 26 To prevent tab 26 from hanging down beneath the hem, its free upper edge may be attached in a temporary manner, such as by a single stitch, to the inner surface of the garment.
  • test tabs may be incorporated into bed sheets, pillow cases, curtains, draperies, slip covers, blankets, bedspreads, mattress ticking, mattress covers, wall coverings, and floor coverings.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 An example of these items is shown in FIGS. 5 and 6.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a portion of a cloth panel 21, adjacent to one edge 22 of the panel. Projecting from the edge 22 is a tab 23 integral with the panel 21.
  • the margin of the panel 21 along edge 22 is folded upon itself, and stitched along seam 24 to produce a finished edge or hem 25.
  • the tab 23, projects from seam 24, and may be removed when desired to test some characteristic, such as flame-resistance, of the material of which the sheet is made. Obviously, more than one tab 23 may be furnished.
  • a finished cloth article comprising at least one panel of material having an edge, said edge being 5 joined to some material to form a seam of the article,
  • said tab and said panel being portions of the same single piece of material, and said tab having length and width dimensions at least as large as those required by generally accepted standards for testing flame resistance of cloth, said tab being severable from said panel, without altering the appearance, value, or function of the article, for use as a specimen to test some characteristic of the material from which the article is made.

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US5293648A (en) * 1991-10-28 1994-03-15 Galey & Lord, Incorporated Tag for visually indicating loss of a protective agent
US20160338435A1 (en) * 2015-05-22 2016-11-24 Nike, Inc. Lower body article of apparel having dynamic vent-slit structure
US10814514B2 (en) 2015-05-22 2020-10-27 Nike, Inc. Method of manufacturing an article of apparel having dynamic vent-slits
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US1696559A (en) * 1928-01-18 1928-12-25 Daisy S Ward Child's garment
US2331079A (en) * 1942-05-20 1943-10-05 Harvey L Barker Dress
US2511809A (en) * 1948-05-01 1950-06-13 Carter William Co Infant's garment
US2636181A (en) * 1950-10-24 1953-04-28 Becker Louis Prefabricated garment construction and method therefor
US2669722A (en) * 1951-12-06 1954-02-23 Walter W Moyer Company Infant's garment
US2941577A (en) * 1956-06-11 1960-06-21 Cable Raincoat Company Seam forming method and apparatus
US3026225A (en) * 1957-09-09 1962-03-20 Us Rubber Co Waterproof garment and method of making
US3170250A (en) * 1962-06-22 1965-02-23 William M Scholl Foot cushioning device
US3317922A (en) * 1964-06-22 1967-05-09 Kapart Inc Infant's garment with diaperattaching tabs

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US1696559A (en) * 1928-01-18 1928-12-25 Daisy S Ward Child's garment
US2331079A (en) * 1942-05-20 1943-10-05 Harvey L Barker Dress
US2511809A (en) * 1948-05-01 1950-06-13 Carter William Co Infant's garment
US2636181A (en) * 1950-10-24 1953-04-28 Becker Louis Prefabricated garment construction and method therefor
US2669722A (en) * 1951-12-06 1954-02-23 Walter W Moyer Company Infant's garment
US2941577A (en) * 1956-06-11 1960-06-21 Cable Raincoat Company Seam forming method and apparatus
US3026225A (en) * 1957-09-09 1962-03-20 Us Rubber Co Waterproof garment and method of making
US3170250A (en) * 1962-06-22 1965-02-23 William M Scholl Foot cushioning device
US3317922A (en) * 1964-06-22 1967-05-09 Kapart Inc Infant's garment with diaperattaching tabs

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US5293648A (en) * 1991-10-28 1994-03-15 Galey & Lord, Incorporated Tag for visually indicating loss of a protective agent
US11076651B2 (en) 2004-03-19 2021-08-03 Nike, Inc. Article of apparel incorporating a zoned modifiable textile structure
US20160338435A1 (en) * 2015-05-22 2016-11-24 Nike, Inc. Lower body article of apparel having dynamic vent-slit structure
US10814514B2 (en) 2015-05-22 2020-10-27 Nike, Inc. Method of manufacturing an article of apparel having dynamic vent-slits
US11832665B2 (en) 2015-05-22 2023-12-05 Nike, Inc. Lower body article of apparel having dynamic vent-slit structure

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