A yarn or thread may include a plurality of substantially aligned filaments, with at least ninety-five percent of a material of the filaments being a thermoplastic polymer material. Various woven textiles and knitted textiles may be formed from the yarn or thread. The woven textiles or knitted textiles may be thermal bonded to other elements to form seams. A strand that is at least partially formed from a thermoplastic polymer material may extend through the seam, and the strand may be thermal bonded at the seam. The woven textiles or knitted textiles may be shaped or molded, incorporated into products, and recycled to form other products.

Provided is a method of manufacturing outdoor clothing requiring no seam tape and having an enhanced waterproof function in which a waterproof function is further improved. The method includes: preparing an outer fabric in which surface contact portions of a first outer fabric and a second outer fabric are bonded to a bottom surface of the first outer fabric; preparing a structure in which a first adhesive layer, a membrane, and a second adhesive layer are sequentially disposed on an upper surface of the inner fabric; and bonding the structure and the outer fabric.

A medical gown (100) configured for controlled doffing away from a user is disclosed herein. The medical gown may include a neck opening (150) and a tear guide (160) extending downwardly from the neck opening along a rear side (104) of the medical gown. The tear guide may extend between the neck opening and a nearest lower edge (144) of the rear side of the medical gown. The nearest lower edge may comprise an upper end of a flap opening of the rear side of the medical gown. The flap opening (140) may be defined between first and second flaps of the rear side of the medical gown. The tear guide may comprise a heat weld defined in the rear side of the medical gown.

Disclosed herein are improved methods for bonding textiles using an adhesive composition.

A yarn or thread may include a plurality of substantially aligned filaments, with at least ninety-five percent of a material of the filaments being a thermoplastic polymer material. Various woven textiles and knitted textiles may be formed from the yarn or thread. The woven textiles or knitted textiles may be thermal bonded to other elements to form seams. A strand that is at least partially formed from a thermoplastic polymer material may extend through the seam, and the strand may be thermal bonded at the seam. The woven textiles or knitted textiles may be shaped or molded, incorporated into products, and recycled to form other products.

Garment having seam-less elastic band or synthetic band, and system and method for producing such garment. A method of producing a seam-less elastic band (105) comprises: providing an un-folded elongated elastic strip (101); folding at the elongated elastic strip (101) at a folding point (102) to create a first strip portion (102-103) overlapping on top of a second strip portion (103-104) of the elongated elastic strip (101), wherein the first strip portion (102-103) and the second strip portion (103-104) meet at a meeting point (104); performing an ultrasonic operation at the meeting point (104) on said first and second strip portion to create the seam-less elastic band (105) detached from a remainder of the elongated elastic band (101). The ultrasonic operations comprise one or more operations, ultrasonic cutting, ultrasonic welding, ultrasonic bonding, or other suitable ultrasonic operations.

Disclosed is a water vapor permeable upper body garment (10) having a front side and a back side, said upper body garment (10) having the configuration of a single shell garment formed by an outer shell laminate, said outer shell laminate formed at least partly by a stretchable functional laminate; said stretchable functional laminate comprising a first functional film layer and a first textile layer attached to the first functional film layer, said stretchable laminate having a stretch force at 20% elongation of less than 1 N per cm of width; said stretchable functional laminate covering at least an upper central portion on the back side (12) of the upper body garment (10).

A gown (500) includes a first component (100) defining a front body covering portion (102), a first sleeve portion (104), a second sleeve portion (105), and at least a first tie (106). A second component (200), which can be rotated 180 degrees about a central axis relative to the first component, defines a rear body covering portion (202), a third sleeve portion (204), a fourth sleeve portion (205), and at least a second tie (206). The first component is then thermally bonded to the second component by four seams (401,402,403,404).

A waterproof invisible barrier seam is formed between two fabric laminates, an outer shell fabric laminate and an inner lining fabric laminate. The seam includes an invisible seam tape that forms a hydrostatic barrier within the seam. The design of the seam allows the formation of an effective hydrostatic barrier along the seams of a soft shell garment, while retaining flexibility, stretch, aesthetic appearance, and reversibility.

A yarn or thread may include a plurality of substantially aligned filaments, with at least ninety-five percent of a material of the filaments being a thermoplastic polymer material. Various woven textiles and knitted textiles may be formed from the yarn or thread. The woven textiles or knitted textiles may be thermal bonded to other elements to form seams. A strand that is at least partially formed from a thermoplastic polymer material may extend through the seam, and the strand may be thermal bonded at the seam. The woven textiles or knitted textiles may be shaped or molded, incorporated into products, and recycled to form other products.