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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11208761 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2017

Clothing with enhanced response characteristics for laser finishing

Applicant:

Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Susanne St. Onge-Simpson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jennifer Benefiel, San Francisco, CA (US);

James Barton Sights, San Francisco, CA (US);

Berke Aydemir, Istanbul, TR;

Assignee:

Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:

Aka Chan LLP

Primary Examiner:

Shawn Mckinnon

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A41D 31/00 (2019.01); A41H 3/08 (2006.01); A41D 27/08 (2006.01); D06P 5/15 (2006.01); A41H 3/00 (2006.01); D06C 23/02 (2006.01); D03D 1/00 (2006.01); D06P 3/60 (2006.01); D06P 1/22 (2006.01); D04H 1/02 (2006.01); D03D 13/00 (2006.01); D06B 11/00 (2006.01); D06P 5/20 (2006.01); D03D 15/54 (2021.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06P 5/15 (2013.01); A41D 27/08 (2013.01); A41D 31/00 (2013.01); A41H 3/007 (2013.01); A41H 3/08 (2013.01); B23K 26/0006 (2013.01); D03D 1/00 (2013.01); D03D 13/004 (2013.01); D03D 15/54 (2021.01); D04H 1/02 (2013.01); D06B 11/0096 (2013.01); D06C 23/02 (2013.01); D06P 1/228 (2013.01); D06P 3/6025 (2013.01); D06P 5/2011 (2013.01); D05D 2305/08 (2013.01); D05D 2305/24 (2013.01); D10B 2201/02 (2013.01); D10B 2501/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fabric has enhanced response characteristics for laser finishing. The fabric can be denim for denim apparel such as jeans. Software and lasers are used to finish apparel made of the fabric to produce a desired wear or distressing pattern or other design. The fabric allows for relatively fast color change in response to the laser, color changes in hue from indigo blue to white, many grayscale levels, and maintains strength and stretch properties. A method used to make the fabric includes spinning, dyeing, and weaving yarns in such a way to obtain the desired enhanced response characteristics for laser finishing.

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