A gown (100) includes a front body covering portion (101), a rear body covering portion (102), a first sleeve (103), and a second sleeve (104). The front body covering portion can be thermally bonded to the rear body covering portion at a first shoulder seam (207) and a second shoulder seam (208). The first sleeve can be thermally bonded to the front body covering portion and the rear body covering portion along a first continuous sleeve attachment seam (308), while the second sleeve is thermally bonded to the front body covering portion and the rear body covering portion along a second continuous sleeve attachment seam (408). The first sleeve, the front body covering portion, and the rear body covering portion can share a continuous thermally bonded seam (502) extending from a base (503) of the gown to a termination location (504) on the first sleeve.

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 system for producing a continuous stream of elements of garments stream includes: a first fusing press to fuse the combination at a first temperature to form a first fused combination from a combination formed by a continuous fusible substrate on a continuous first substrate; at least one folder positioned to take the first fused combination from the first fusing press and to form a folded fused combination; and a second fusing press positioned to take the folded fused combination from the at least one folder and to form the continuous stream of elements of garments by pressing the folded fused combination at a second temperature. The second temperature is lower than the first temperature, and the continuous stream of elements of garments comprises multiple individual elements of multiple garments.

Aspects herein provide for a method of manufacturing a vented insulated garment using non-woven polymer sheets and garments produced therefrom. The method generally comprises providing a non-woven polymer sheet having one or more voided portions, positioning the sheet between two textile layers, and bonding the textile layers together at areas corresponding to the voided portions in the non-woven polymer sheet to form a seam. The seam may be optionally perforated.

A protective garment is disclosed that is reusable and can be relaundered over 70 times. The garment is made from a single layer barrier fabric. Any seams on the protective fabric are covered with a seam tape. The seam tape can include an adhesive layer, a cover layer, and an optional film layer positioned between the cover layer and the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer can be a crosslinkable polyester polymer.

The present invention relates to a method for bonding shoe textiles or industrial textiles to each other, the method including the steps of: melting an adhesive resin to apply the adhesive resin to the surface of a partial coating roller having a desired pattern engraved thereon, the adhesive resin being any one selected from the group consisting of urethane resin, an EVA resin, a nylon resin, and a polyester resin; transferring the melted adhesive resin applied to the partial coating roller to the textile; and bonding the textile to which the melted adhesive resin is transferred to another textile.

A system for forming a waterproof seam between to sewn materials. The seam is formed using an adhesive coated thread. A thin strip of adhesive is placed between the two materials at the seam line. As the coated thread is sewn into the seam heat and pressure are simultaneously applied, melting the adhesive coating thereby filling the needle punctures. The melted adhesive coating will also flow into the areas between the needle punctures and between the materials. The heat and pressure applied to the coated thread will also melt the adhesive strip, causing additional adhesive to flow into the needle punctures and the areas between needle punctures.

A process for fabricating a three-dimensional, multi-layered fabric product with a moisture barrier is provided. A partially seamed inner lining fabric assembly having at least a two-dimensional shape is laminated with a membrane barrier film having flaps left un-laminated to cover at least one seam. The inner lining fabric assembly is further seamed and flaps of the of the membrane barrier film overlapped into contact with each other and sealed to provide a continuous moisture barrier. A process for fabricating a stretchable section of a garment with a moisture barrier is also provided. At least a section of a garment is formed from fibers arranged in a pattern having a direction of stretch in one direction and a three-dimensional surface texture such that a portion of the fibers protrude above another portion of the fibers. The stretchable section is stretched in the direction of stretch. Segments of a membrane barrier film are adhered to an outer edge of the protruding portion of the fibers while the section is stretched in the direction of stretch, leaving intermediate segments of the barrier film free from adherence to the section. In this way, the intermediate segments of the membrane barrier film include slack that folds up to form ruches when the section is in a relaxed state.

According to an aspect, there is provided a snug-fit garment covering at least a portion of a wearer's body and methods of making same. The garment includes a double-layered sleeve having a width and length. The double-layered sleeve including an inner sleeve layer and an outer sleeve layer. The outer sleeve layer at least partially overlaps with the inner sleeve layer. At least one of the outer sleeve layer and the inner sleeve layer is compressive. A space is defined between the inner and outer sleeve layers. The garment also includes one or more permanent or detachable attachments between the inner and outer sleeve layers for securing the outer sleeve layer over the inner sleeve layer thereby preserving the space between the inner and outer sleeve layers. The space includes at least one pocket for storing an object.

A process of constructing an air tight and water tight seam, comprising cutting a sheet of selected material into two or more panels, sealing the panels at respective selected edges using an ultrasonic machine to form a scam, overlaying the seam with a tape made of the same selected material, and scaling the tape and seam using a radio frequency (RF) welding machine.