A continuous, high-speed method for producing a pant-style garment having a pair of elasticized leg openings
CA 2253384 A1 · Owner: The Procter & Gamble Company · Inventors: Linman, Elmer Kelly; Bridges, Russell Pearce
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A method for producing a pant-style garment from a substrate having a plurality of tensioned garters. A garter is any continuous loop of elastic material or a laminate of elastic bands and one or more flexible backing sheets. In one embodiment a substrate is joined to one or more mandrels having tensioned garters fitted thereon. Substrate material is removed from within the loop of the garter, thereby forming apertures in the substrate. The substrate is folded along its longitudinal centerline such that its longitudinal edges meet. The substrate is subsequently joined along lines of joinder, and the substrate is cut into individual pant-style garments. In preferable embodiments, a …
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- Filed May 7, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 7, 2017.
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