Abstract: An article of apparel may include a textile element that defines a crease. The textile element may be knitted to have a first course and a second course that are adjacent to each other in some areas of the textile element and spaced from each other by a raised course in other areas of the textile element. The crease extends along the third course and has a length that is substantially equal to a length of the third course. In manufacturing the textile element, the raised course may be formed between portions of the first course and the second course through a knitting process, such as a flat knitting process.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a liner and a surgical collar wherein the liner is formed of a blank of soft, pliable absorbent material shaped to conform to the interior surface of the surgical collar and having opposed reversible folded pockets formed along the opposed ends of the blank for receiving the edges of the surgical collar and a reversible foldable edge flange for overlying the upper peripheral portion of the surgical collar so as to render the collar more comfortable to the wearer. The liner may be formed as a unitary member, or in several parts, depending upon the specific construction of the surgical collar.

Abstract: A multi-ply shirt collar formed of two creased outer plies of fabric having a thermoplastic resin deposited on the inner surfaces and an improved method of fabricating the collar are provided. The edges of the fabric with resin are folded in over an interlining piece having a dimension corresponding substantially to the final collar and subjected to heat and pressure to fuse the fabric to the shape of the collar. A complimentary creased fabric/interlining intermediate or creased fabric is placed in back-to-back alignment and edge stitch along the folded edges to form the shirt collar.

Abstract: A multi-ply garment component formed of two creased outer plies of fabric having a thermoplastic resin deposited on the inner surfaces and an improved method of fabricating the component are provided. The edges of the fabric with resin are folded in over an interlining piece having a dimension corresponding substantially to the final component and subjected to heat and pressure to fuse the fabric to the shape of the component. A complimentary creased fabric/interlining intermediate or creased fabric is placed in back-to-back alignment and edge stitched along the folded edges to form the component.

Abstract: For attaching a ready-made piece of material, for avoiding open selvedges on the finished article of clothing, initially an insert (E) is joined to an outer and a lower layer of material (01,02) and presewn by a seam (2). Material (01) is then folded upwards and the other material (02) downwards. Simultaneously, an adhesive thread (A, B) is supplied to each of the folded selvedges (20), the two folds then being fixed by means of pressure and heat. The ready-made piece of material is now turned and stitched by a seam (3). The selvedge of a further piece of material (H) is now inserted between the fixed folds and is fastened by a seam (5). This simplifies and accelerates attachment and in addition sewing cotton is saved. This production procedure can be used in the laundry and clothes production industries.

Abstract: A method for assembling pants from two substantially identical fabric panels using flat plane seams for joining the two panels. The pants are assembled according to the sequential steps of first positioning one of the panels in a plane, then overlaying the other of the panels on the first panel. Then the crotch seam regions of the first panel are joined to the corresponding overlying crotch seam regions of the second panel to form two flat plane segments of the crotch seam. Then, the leg portion of one of the panels is folded 180 degrees about a first fold axis which passes through the junction points of the contiguous inseam and crotch regions of the panel. Thereafter, the panels are folded 180 degrees about a second fold axis passing between the first and second sides, so that the inseam regions of each panel are mutually adjacent. Finally, the adjacent inseam regions are joined thereby forming the flat plane inseam, and also joining the two segments of the crotch seam to form the flat plane crotch seam.

Abstract: A turn-over area having two folds is formed in a part constituted by a collar outside and an insert and is held together by seams. Fold formation is facilitated by making the insert in the turn-over area in which the strip, which is usually adhered to the collar outside has unstiffened strips in the area of the folds and another strip for the turn-over area. The first-mentioned strips can be replaced by cuts or perforations. The portion formed in this way can be pre-sewn, turned and stitched to the collar underside, in the same way as a one-piece collar. Despite the fact that the working and material expenditure is only a little greater than in a one-piece collar, the appearance is that of a two-piece collar, which is taken as an indication of the quality of the article of clothing.

Abstract: A fusible inter-lining for washable garments comprising at least one textile sheet-like structure which does not soften or melt at temperatures below 200.degree. C. and a heat-sealable film consisting essentially of 50 to 75% by weight of a thermoplastic elastomer and 25 to 50% by weight of at least one modifier selected from the group consisting of homopolymers and copolymers of lower olefins; thermoplastic polymers of aromatic vinyl compounds selected from homopolymers of styrene, .alpha.-methylstyrene or vinyltoluene and copolymers of the said monomers with one another; and plasticizing hydrocarbon oils.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for constructing a garment collar which includes upper and lower facing strips of a predetermined shape each having a finished and unfinished surface and a lining of the same predetermined shape which has one fusible surface. The facing strips and lining are stacked in alignment so that the lower facing strip is on the bottom with its finished surface facing upward, the upper facing strip is in the middle with its finished surface facing downward, and the fusible lining is on top with its fusible surface facing upward. Next, this stack is stitched around three peripheral edges and is turned inside out so that the lining is disposed between the two facing strips with the finished surfaces of the facing strips directed outward and the fusible surface of the lining facing the unfinished (inner) surface of the lower facing strip. The reversed collar is then again sewn about its periphery and is compressed in a press which provides heat to at least the lower facing strip.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flat cut textile piece possessing variable stiffness over its surface, which comprises fabricating cut textile pieces from a dimensionally stable web-like flat structure. There is applied to the cut textile pieces, in accordance with a predetermined pattern and in a predetermined quantity, a preparation containing at least one substance forming a film at the prevailing processing temperature. This film possesses a Shore hardness A of at least 50 at a temperature of about 20.degree. C. and at a temperature of about 100.degree. C. possesses at most 80 percent of the hardness value measured at 20.degree. C. This film does not melt at a temperature below about 180.degree. C. Then the cut pieces are dried. The flat cut textile pieces produced according to the invention are preferably used as inserts for various clothes or garments, such as collars and cuffs.

Abstract: The method of knitting collars on circular knitting machines including preparing a sketch on graph paper showing the collar configuration stitches, preparing information cards for a circular knitting machine to knit collars in accordance with the instructions contained on the information cards, knitting a tubular fabric including a plurality of circular layers in vertical juxtaposition wherein each layer contains a plurality of individual collars, separating the layers and cutting the knit fabric to sever the collars and then sewing the sides of the collars to produce a plurality of collars suitable for attaching to a shirt or sweater garment.

Abstract: An article of apparel having an improved collar and/or lapel structure, as well as the method of making same, and the patterns for making same. A collar made from a unitary pattern piece is provided for a garment, the collar being double-layered and having a seam extending from each tip thereof to a base thereof between edges forming each tip. Such a seam acts as a stay, and prevents the tip from curling, and also provides a desirable look. Right and left lapels are each constructed from unitary pattern pieces separate from the collar and garment body portion, and each lapel tip includes a seam formed on the underside of a double-layer portion of the lapel, extending from the tip toward a terminal edge of the lapel underside, disposed between the edges forming the tip. The terminal edge of each lapel underside is attached to a terminal edge of the body portion, or a yoke portion thereof. Join seams may be employed.

Abstract: A temporary interlining composing a fabric base material and a continuous layer of a foamed adhesive provided on at least one of the surfaces thereof, which is prepared by coating said fabric base material uniformly and continuously with a foamed creamy aqueous solution of an adhesive and drying said solution, said foamed creamy aqueous solution having a viscosity of about 10,000 to about 200,000 c.p.s. at 50.degree. C. and the adhesive being soluble in water and becoming sticky on moistening. Said interlining, when heat and pressure are applied while and after being moistened, adheres to a dress material on the surface of said interlining; however, the adhesive can be washed off in a single washing operation.