Relief Patents (Class 112/475.22)
  • Patent number: 8939100
    Abstract: A process for the production of a textile product includes placing a flat motif template on a textile substrate, sewing the motif template onto the textile substrate in such a way that a perforation defining a desired motif in the motif template is produced, removing the part of the motif template, that is outside the motif defined by the perforation, and permanently fixing the remaining part, having the motif, of the motif template to the textile substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Inventor: Harald Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 8522702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to sharp three-dimensional embroidery that can express a three-dimensional design in detail with a sharp three-dimensional effect and save time for cleaning a sheet residue by completely covering a sheet, and a manufacturing method thereof. Three-dimensional embroidery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: at least two sheets layered on the upper surface of a fabric panel; at least two layers of embroidery being layered on the at least two sheets; and a covering member covering the at least two sheets and the at least two layers of embroidery with a predetermined design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Yupoong, Inc.
    Inventor: Byoung-Woo Cho
  • Patent number: 8468963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to sharp three-dimensional embroidery that can express a three-dimensional design in detail with a sharp three-dimensional effect and save time for cleaning a sheet residue by completely covering a sheet, and a manufacturing method thereof. Three-dimensional embroidery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: at least two sheets layered on the upper surface of a fabric panel; at least two layers of embroidery being layered on the at least two sheets; and a covering member covering the at least two sheets and the at least two layers of embroidery with a predetermined design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Yupoong, Inc.
    Inventor: Byoung-Woo Cho
  • Patent number: 8006633
    Abstract: An embroidered electrode (10) consists of embroidered elements (12, 13, 14) of electrically conductive thread sewn on a backing material (11). Within a given element the orientation of stitching is selected to be parallel to the direction in which the element extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Genevieve Bennett, Philip A. H. Clarke, Warren B. Valentine
  • Publication number: 20110041741
    Abstract: A colored embroidered pattern is formed on a fabric by positioning a stabilizer prior to the embroidery process on the top surface of the fabric. The stabilizer extends beyond at least a portion of the embroidered pattern such that it blocks sublimating dyes from binding to the fabric during the sublimation process. Excess stabilizer is then removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventor: Avi Cohen
  • Publication number: 20090038522
    Abstract: A handicraft clip is provided for forming a pleat in a cloth. The clip includes a relatively wide base plate and a narrower fastening plate connected to the base plate via a connecting hinge portion having a reduced thickness for allowing pivotal movement of the fastening plate relative to the base plate. The base plate is formed with a generally elliptical through-hole, while the fastening plate is provided with a locking protrusion to be fitted into the through-hole of the base plate when the base plate and the fastening plate are superposed on each other. The fastening plate includes a cloth holding portion of -a generally constant width. The cloth holding portion is formed with a slit for insertion of a cloth. The slit extends from the distal end of the cloth holding portion toward the locking protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: CLOVER MFG CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroko Ota
  • Patent number: 7421961
    Abstract: The use of monofilament line to form a grid in the cross stitch fabric corresponding to the grid in a cross stitch pattern to facilitate the cross stitching process, after which the monofilament line can be easily removed by pulling from either end. The monofilament line has the distinct advantage of being resistant to piercing by the needle and cross stitch thread during the cross stitching process, and thus not being woven into the design as guide thread would do.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Inventors: Nancy Sue Hardwig, Ronald B. Hardwig
  • Patent number: 7255761
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composite comprising at least one heat shrinkable adhesive layer stitch-bonded with yarns, which shrink less than the adhesive layer or do not shrink, when the adhesive layer is exposed to heat. The stitch-bonded yarns form loops upstanding from the shrunk adhesive layer and the loops create a textured surface on the composite, and the composite is substantially inelastic after the adhesive layer is shrunk. The composite may further comprise at least one fibrous layer stitch-bonded to the shrinkable adhesive layer, and the fibrous layer is less shrinkable than the adhesive layer or is substantially non-shrinkable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: DZS, LLC
    Inventor: Dimitri Peter Zafiroglu
  • Patent number: 7011034
    Abstract: An embroidered patch and manufacturing method thereof is disclosed. The method is performed by providing a filler, embroidering the desired embroidering figure on the filler to entirely wrap up an embroidering portion of the filler. During embroidering, a periphery of the embroidering portion being perforated by the needles of the embroidering machine and a plurality of sewing threads. The embroidering portion is then pulled to remove a leftover portion, resulting in the embroidered patch without any cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Yupoong, Inc.
    Inventor: Byoung-Woo Cho
  • Patent number: 6925947
    Abstract: A multilayer protruding embroidery process including the steps of laying and affixing a first filler on an embroidery background element; entirely wrapping up an embroidery portion of the first filler and the embroidering background element with a plurality of first sewing threads. Laying and affixing a second filler on the first and entirely wrapping up an embroidery portion including a side periphery of the second filler and background with a plurality of second embroidery threads. Fully cutting off and removing the leftover of the second embroidery portion and the first embroidery portion respectively, wherein said second portion is and outer portion of the second filler surrounding said embroidery portion, and the first embroidery portion is an outer portion of the first filler surrounding the first embroidery portion and thus a multilayer protruding embroidery is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Inventors: Chien-Lu Lin, Ming-Chin Chou
  • Patent number: 6860214
    Abstract: A raised embroidery process includes placing a piece of filler on an embroidering background fabric; partially supplementary embroidering by threads of appropriate colors on the short sides and wherever necessary of the embroidering pattern, thereby sewing part of the filler and the corresponding embroidery background fabric together, i.e. affixing the filler on the background fabric; stitching by various appropriate colors along the pre-determined embroidery paths to cover and wrap the whole raised embroidering pattern, including the filler and the embroidering background fabric; removing the outer portion of the filler surrounding the embroidering portion from the embroidering portion, and passing the whole background fabric with the wrapped filler through an oven conveyor at a pre-set temperature to shrink the filler; tucking in the filler stub exposed out of inter-threads by a sharp stick to make the side edges of raised embroidering pattern more aesthetic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Inventor: Tai Kuang Wang
  • Publication number: 20040226497
    Abstract: A multilayer protruding embroidery process which is specially adapted for mass production includes the following steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Chien-Lu Lin, Ming-Chin Chou
  • Patent number: 6649000
    Abstract: An emblem for embroidery stitching directly to a substrate is disclosed which provides an emblem which can be readily embroidered. The emblem includes a fabric layer with a thermoplastic adhesive coating one side of the fabric layer and a pressure sensitive adhesive coating the thermoplastic adhesive to provide an emblem which can temporarily adhere to a substrate. The emblem can thus be temporarily secured during embroidery and prevent distortion of the emblem. Following embroidery, the emblem is heat-sealed to a substrate and the thermoplastic adhesive coating penetrates through the pressure sensitive adhesive for attachment of the emblem to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Stahls' Inc.
    Inventor: Ted A. Stahl
  • Patent number: 6467420
    Abstract: A method for forming an embroidery pattern which comprises embroidering a cloth (1) for embroider by the use of an ordinary embroidery yam as a needle thread (2) and, as a bobbin thread (5), a yam obtained by twisting together an ordinary yarn used usually and a yam formed with a material capable of thermal fusion splicing or a yam obtained by covering an ordinary yam with a material capable of thermal fusion splicing, then heating them to fuse the material capable of thermal fusion splicing in the bobbin thread (5) and splice the ordinary yam of the bobbin thread and the needle thread (2) appearing on the back of the above cloth (1) to the back of the above cloth (1), and cutting each needle thread (2) appearing on the front surface of the cloth (1) at an intermediate portion thereof, thereby fluffing the needle thread (2) out; and a cloth having an embroidery pattern formed by the method or a method similar to that.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Inventor: Teruaki Komatsu
  • Patent number: 6423165
    Abstract: A method for forming convexities and/or concavities on cloths for a garment at almost entire portions of the garment or any desired portion of the garment without any substantial limitation from a design point of view. The method for forming a garment having convexities and/or concavities which can expand and contract in both the weft and wrap directions like a knitted fabric. Cloths including thermoplastic fiber are cut into parts of the garment, the parts are sewn in a shape of the garment. The garment is overlaid on a thermo-shrinkable cloth. They are sewn together with stitches of water-soluble threads. The sewn cloths are heated under dry heat and without applying any pressure to the cloths so as to permit the thermo-shrinkable cloth to shrink and form convexities and/or concavities on the cloths of the garment. The water-soluble threads are solved and removed, and the cloths of the garment are separated from the thermo-shrinkable cloth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Inventor: Yoshiki Hishinuma
  • Patent number: 6321672
    Abstract: A three dimensional embroidered pattern is sewn into a fabric using polyester monochromatic thread that is selected to take up a dye applied thereto. After the pattern is sewn into the fabric, a pattern comprised of sublimatable dyes is applied to a sheet substrate. The sheet substrate bearing the dye pattern is registered to contact the embroidered pattern and heated under pressure. The dyes comprising the pattern on the sheet substrate sublime and condense in the thread comprising the embroidered pattern adjacent thereto. When the sheet substrate is separated from the embroidery, a three dimensional colored pattern remains on the embroidery thread comprising the pattern. The visual appearance of the polychromatic pattern obtained when the dyes on the sheet substrate sublime and condense on the embroidered fabric is different than the pattern achieved when using variously colored threads to embroider the pattern on the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Inventor: James Edward Dudek, II
  • Patent number: 6263817
    Abstract: The present invention provides an embroidery auxiliary member that is superimposed on a base fabric, embroidered together with the base fabric by embroidery yarn, and thereafter removed. The embroidery auxiliary member is made of a tetrachloroethylene soluble material and includes a spacer and a support sheet. The spacer is utilized for forming a hollow three-dimensional embroidery pattern using embroidery yarn and has a predetermined thickness. The support sheet is utilized for supporting the base fabric during an embroidering operation. A method of embroidering by using the spacer comprises the steps of placing the spacer on the base fabric, sewing the base fabric through the spacer using the embroidering yarn, and dissolving the spacer with tetrachloroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Tokai Kogyo Mishin Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ikuo Tajima, Shunzo Nanba