Garment bands including polymer compositions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9854861-B2
Application number	US-99003209-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 1, 2009
Priority date	May 1, 2008
Publication date	Jan 2, 2018
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018

Abstract

Articles comprising garments with at least one opening layers are included. The articles may include an elastic polymer composition such as a film, a melt or an aqueous dispersion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An article comprising a garment having at least one opening;
said opening comprising an elastomeric polymer composition wherein said polymer composition comprises more than one polyurethaneurea layer wherein each polyurethaneurea layer has a different weight average molecular weight, wherein polyurethaneurea layer includes at least one layer of polyurethaneurea having a lower weight average molecular weight from 35,000 to 90,000 and at least one layer of polyurethaneurea having a higher weight average molecular weight from 100,000 to 130,000, further wherein said elastomeric polymer composition comprises a film, dispersion or combinations thereof cast from aqueous polyurethaneurea and said layer of polyurethaneurea having a lower weight average molecular weight contacts said garment.

2. The article of claim 1 , wherein said elastomeric polymer composition has at least a two layer configuration including one layer of lower molecular weight and one layer of higher molecular weight or said more than elastomeric polymer composition has at least a three layer configuration having at least one layer of higher molecular weight between two layers having a lower molecular weight.

3. The article of claim 1 , wherein said elastomeric polymer composition comprises a film cast from an aqueous polyurethaneurea dispersion.

4. The article of claim 1 , wherein said garment comprises hosiery.

5. The article of claim 1 , wherein said polyurethaneurea composition is attached to a body-contacting surface of said opening of said garment.

6. The article of claim 1 , wherein garment layers are formed by folding a single piece of fabric.

7. The article of claim 1 , wherein the elastomeric polyurethaneurea composition extends throughout the entire area of the opening.

8. The article of claim 1 , wherein the elastomeric polyurethaneurea composition extends to a portion of the area of the opening.

9. The article of claim 1 , wherein said elastomeric polyurethaneurea composition comprises a porous film.

10. The article of claim 1 , wherein said elastomeric polyurethaneurea composition comprises a perforated film.

11. The article of claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive between said elastic polyurethaneurea composition and said garment.

12. The article of claim 11 , wherein the adhesive comprises a discontinuous application.

13. The article of claim 12 , wherein said discontinuous application is selected from the group consisting of dots, vertical lines, horizontal lines, diagonal lines, a grid, and combinations thereof.

14. The article of claim 11 , wherein said adhesive is selected from the group consisting of a hot melt adhesive, a cyanoacrylate, an epoxy, polyvinyl acetate, a plastisol, a thermoplastic, silicone, a polyurethaneurea aqueous dispersion, and combinations thereof.

15. The article of claim 1 , wherein said edgeband includes a woven fabric cut on the bias.

16. The article of claim 1 , wherein said garment is selected from the group consisting of tops, bottoms, hosiery, seamless garments, headwear, underwear, and gloves.

17. The article of claim 1 , wherein said opening is an edgeband.

18. The article of claim 17 , wherein said edgeband is selected from the group consisting of an armband, a cuff, a collar, a waistband, a legband, and a headband.

19. The article of claim 17 , wherein said edgeband is a waistband.

20. The article of claim 17 , wherein said elastomeric polymer composition is included within an edgeband.

21. The article of claim 20 , wherein said edgeband includes two or more garment layers and said elastomeric polymer composition is located between said garment layers.

Assignees

• Covelli Carmen A
• Farmer Douglas K
• Rose Becky J
• Weeks Gregory P
• Invista North America Sarl

Inventors

• Covelli Carmen A
• Farmer Douglas K
• Rose Becky J
• Weeks Gregory P

Classifications

• A41F9/00 Primary

  Belts, girdles, or waistbands for trousers or skirts · CPC title

• A41D27/02 Primary

  Linings · CPC title