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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.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventor:
Debra Laney, Tularosa, NM (US);
Assignee:
Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A41D 1/00 (2018.01); A41D 1/06 (2006.01); D06L 4/00 (2017.01); D06L 4/18 (2017.01); D06L 4/27 (2017.01); D06L 4/29 (2017.01); D06L 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06L 3/04 (2013.01); A41D 1/00 (2013.01); A41D 1/06 (2013.01); D06L 4/00 (2017.01); D06L 4/18 (2017.01); D06L 4/27 (2017.01); D06L 4/29 (2017.01);
Abstract
A mist of water and air and ozone gas is used in the finishing of fabrics of jeans and other apparel to achieve a faded, worn, or washed appearance and finish. Jeans or other apparel items are processed in a chamber of a finishing machine. Water and air mist that includes drops of liquid water are sprayed into the chamber. Ozone is separately introduced into the chamber. After processing, the jeans or other apparel will have a stonewashed or acid-washed appearance.