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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1989
Michael J Hodges, High Wycombe, GB;
Detexomat Machinery Limited, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Abstract
Pantyhose garments are mounted on a card for purpose of display or sale, the card being inserted into one leg of the pantyhose and parts of the pantyhose unsupported by the card are folded and disposed to one side of the card-supported part of the leg. Exemplary machinery for so assembling the pantyhose and card comprises a boarding machine which has a flat support with two support limbs for the pantyhose legs; a dispenser places a card on one of the limbs and the pantyhose is pulled waistband first onto the support and thereafter is pulled from the support toes first; the card slips from the limb as the pantyhose is pulled off the support and is retained inside the pantyhose leg which is stretched flat upon the card therein. Subsequently the pantyhose is folded as foresaid.