METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PREFORM FOR MAKING AN UNDERGARMENT HAVING SIDE SEAMS

• Main Author: SCHMITZ, CHRISTOPH JOHANN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 06.04.2004
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; BABY LINEN; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HANDKERCHIEFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROSTHESES; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHIRTS; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; UNDERWEAR; WEARING APPAREL; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A method of making an undergarment (1) having side seams (7, 9) from a two-dimensional preform comprises the steps of cutting a cotinuous web (50) along transverse cut lines (76, 76') to form individual preforms (17), cutting each preform (17) along a leg contour (55, 56) extending along each l...