US3777314A - Garment or like article having a slide fastener attached thereto - Google Patents

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US3777314A
US3777314A US00222863A US3777314DA US3777314A US 3777314 A US3777314 A US 3777314A US 00222863 A US00222863 A US 00222863A US 3777314D A US3777314D A US 3777314DA US 3777314 A US3777314 A US 3777314A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B19/00—Slide fasteners
    • A44B19/24—Details
    • A44B19/34—Stringer tapes; Flaps secured to stringers for covering the interlocking members
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41H—APPLIANCES OR METHODS FOR MAKING CLOTHES, e.g. FOR DRESS-MAKING OR FOR TAILORING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A41H37/00—Machines, appliances or methods for setting fastener-elements on garments
    • A41H37/001—Methods
    • A41H37/003—Methods for attaching slide or glide fasteners to garments
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D27/00—Details of garments or of their making
    • A41D27/20—Pockets; Making or setting-in pockets
    • A41D27/201—Pocket closures
    • A41D27/202—Pocket closures with flap-sealed slide fastener

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  • ABSTRACT A slide fastener from a continuous chain is attached to a garment or other article by a pair of stitching threads each running longitudinally along a respective one of the fastener tapes, at least one of the stitching threads continuing transversely across the slide fastener to form a bottom stop and to attach the fastener tapes together and to the article for reinforcement.
  • the present invention relates to the attachment of continuous slide fastener chain to a garment or other article such that a bottom stop is provided by the stitching threads and the garment is reinforced.
  • a slide fastener from a continuous chain is attached to a garment'or other article by sewing the tapes of the chain to the garment by first and second spaced parallel lines of stitches longitudinal of the slide fastener chain, and sewing the first and second tapes to each other'and to the garment by continuing the first line of stitches transversely of the slide fastener chain toward the second line of stitches to form a bottom stop.
  • Another object of this invention is to reinforce a garment or other article at a point adjacent the bottom of an installed slide fastener during attachment thereof.
  • the present invention has a further object in that a slide fastener is attached to a garment, a bottom stop is formed for the slide fastener and the garment is reinforced in one operation.
  • FIG. I is a partial plan view of a garment in position over a length of continuous slide fastener chain prior to FIG. 6 is a partial plan view of a finished'garment having a slide fastener attached by the method of the present invention.
  • the present method of attaching a slide fastener may be employed to attach or install any of various types of slide fastener chain with lined or unlined articles such as garments, tents, shoes or the like as desired to provide the finished product in accordance with the present invention.
  • the present invention will be described in connection with only one type of slide fastener chain for installation with an unlined garment such as a dress.
  • the finished article of the present invention includes a severed portion of a con tinuous slide fastener chain, indicated generally at 10, including first and second elongated tapes l2 and 14 each having a set of coupling elements 16 and 18, respectively, attached along a longitudinal edge of the tapes by any suitable means such as threads.
  • the uncut chain 10 is adapted to be stored on rolls or in bins (not shown) with the two sets of coupling elements 16 and 18 interengaged such that the chain may be drawn onto asuitable work station and held generally flat as illustrated in FIG. 1.
  • An article such as a garment 20 to which chain 10 is attached includes first and second fabric portions 22 and 24 which are joined by a seam 26 terminating at a point 28 spaced from the border of the garment so as todefine a slit or opening to be joined by the slide fastener.
  • the seam allowances 30 and 32 of fabric portions 22 and 24, respectively are folded, and pressed back and may be stitched in place as is well known.
  • stitching threads 48 and 50 provide a bottom stop vfor the installed slide fastener and attach both tapes to each other as well as to the garment 10 to reinforce the garment at the seam termination point 28.
  • a slider 52 is supported on the coupling elements of tapes l2 and 14 in the conventional manner and the border of the garment 20 may be finished as desired.
  • FIGS. l-4 which sequentially illustrate the method of attaching the slide fastener chain with garment 20 according to the present invention
  • the lead end of continuous chain 10 is guided into a position under a suitable sewing apparatus (not shown) which includes a pair of spaced, sewing needles aligned transversely of the chain.
  • Garment 20 is then placed over the chain 10 with the garment opening centered above the interengaged coupling elements 16 and 18 and the border of the garment aligned with or slightly spaced from the end of the chain as shown in FIG. 1.
  • the two sewing needles are located above points 34 and 36 near the border of the garment.
  • the needles are activated and the garment and chain fed under the needles such that the two parallel lines of stitches 42 and 44 are applied on opposite sides of the seam to attach the tapes l2 and 14, respectively, to the garment portion 22 and 24.
  • the parallel stitching continues until a point just above the seam termination point 28 is sensed whereupon the sewing apparatus is deenergized such that stitches 42 and 44 end at points 38 and 40, respectively.
  • the right needle as visualized in FIG. 3, is retracted from operative engagement with the garment and disabled from applying additional stitches thereto.
  • the sewing thread for stitches 44 is then severed to complete the right line of stitches.
  • a suitable cutting device (not shown) is actuated to sever the continuous slide fastener chain from the sewn tape portions at line 46 (FIG. 3). It is noted the severance line 46 is preferably located near the seam termination point 28 so that only a short tail is left on the attached slide fastener chain 10. In this manner, a new lead end of the continuous slide fastener chain is provided for subsequent operations and the garment and attached tape portions may be freely moved separate from the remaining supply of chain.
  • the left needle is further actuated so as to apply stitches 48 to the garment using the unbroken or continuous threads previously used to'form stitches'42. Since the garment is free to move, it may be easily transposed to the left during this step whereupon the line of stitches 48 is applied transversely of the chain, with the garment thereafter being returned to the right to apply transverse stitches 50. Stitches 48 and 50 thus attach tapes 12 and 14 to each other as well as to the garment 20 such that a bottom stop is provided for the finished product and further that the two transverse lines of stitches 48 and 50 accept the transverse load generated when the completed slide fastener is open. In view of this latter fact, it is preferable that stitches 48 and 50 be located slightly above the seam termination point 28 as shown in FIG. 3.
  • the thread used for stitches 42, 48 and 50 is then cut and the garment as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is brought to another station where a slider 52 can be secured to the fastener over the top coupling elements located at the lead end of the now attached slide fastener.
  • a slide fastener from a continuous chain may be attached to a lined garment or other article in the identical manner described above with the tapes disposed on one side of the fabric-lining com bination or disposed between the lining and the garment material as desired.
  • the present invention is advantageous over the prior art in that the continuous slide fastener chain is used directly from the roll without having been previously equipped with bottom stops at fixed intervals. This obviates the costly and time consuming process of selecting the length of the slide fasteners and applying the bottom stops to the continuous chain at the preselected spacing. Of course, this also obviates the need to purchase, maintain and operate the bottom stop' applying apparatus.
  • the present invention is also advantageous in that each roll of unprocessed or bottom stop-less continuous slide fastener chain may be attached to garments or other articles having different length requirements at random, since the bottom stop for each article will be formed at the proper location during attachment on a custom made basis. As noted above, the present invention also pro vides inherent reinforcement of the installed slide fastener and the garment at the point where reinforcement is most needed; i.e., at the seam termination point.
  • a garment including first and second portions having an opening therebetween;
  • a slide fastener having first and second elongated, interengageable tapes, and a slider movably supported on said tapes;
  • first and second elongated tapes each having a respective one of first and second sets of coupling elements attached along a longitudinal edge thereof
  • a slider for selectively opening and closing the first and second sets of coupling elements
  • a third line of stitches attaching the first and second tapes to the first and second portions adjacent a termination of the opening, said third line of stitches extending transversely across the first and second tapes to form a bottom stop for the slider to prevent the slider from opening the first and second sets of coupling elements at the bottom stop.

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US4996933A (en) * 1990-02-12 1991-03-05 Boser Ronald J Method for folding zipper side tapes and garment panel edges for attachment thereof
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US3968523A (en) * 1975-01-20 1976-07-13 Sydney Newman Method for producing a zipper closable garment pocket and a pocket provided thereby
US4628545A (en) * 1985-03-01 1986-12-16 Metzler & Co. Ag Apparel article having zipper connection and its method for fabricating
US4996933A (en) * 1990-02-12 1991-03-05 Boser Ronald J Method for folding zipper side tapes and garment panel edges for attachment thereof
US20230148778A1 (en) * 2021-11-18 2023-05-18 Cintas Corporate Services, Inc. Separable hospital curtain
US12369738B2 (en) 2021-11-18 2025-07-29 Cintas Corporate Services, Inc. Height adjustable hospital curtain

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