STRUCTURES DE JOINT POUR REVETEMENTS POUR ACTIVITES AQUATIQUES, PROCEDE DE FABRICATION ET VETEMENTS INCORPORANT UNE TELLE STRUCTURE DE JOINT

• Main Author: DOUGLAS MURRAY WARBRICK ET BRIAN O'KANE
• Format: Patent
• Language: French
• Published: 23.03.1990
• Edition: 4
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; HUMAN NECESSITIES; LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS; OUTERWEAR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; RELATED EQUIPMENT; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; TRANSPORTING; WEARING APPAREL; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

PCT No. PCT/AU85/00122 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 7, 1986 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 7, 1986 PCT Filed Jun. 6, 1985 PCT Pub. No. WO86/00272 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 16, 1986.A seam for a wetsuit, involving overlock stitching (23) of the edges (21,22) to be joined and the subsequent introduction of the material (25) having suitable elasticity/recovery properties, such as a polymer, into the well or groove (24) of the seam. Examples of suitable materials are polyurethane, natural rubber latex, silicone and Hypalon. The method of forming the seam involves overlock stitching of the seam for a portion of the wetsuit, positioning the portion on a jig and injecting the material into the well or groove of the seam, and allowing the material to dry or cure before removing the wetsuit portion from the jig.