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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1997
Joseph Richard Alberts, Menasha, WI (US);
Edward Anthony Drezdzon, II, Appleton, WI (US);
Donald Merlin Fries, late of Combined Locks, WI (US);
Richard Mark Konetzke, Menasha, WI (US);
Thomas Theodore Kvitek, Menasha, WI (US);
Michael Joseph Muhlebach, Menasha, WI (US);
Michael Joseph Nelson, Neenah, WI (US);
Gerald Leigh Rabe, Appleton, WI (US);
Brendon Frank Ribble, Menasha, WI (US);
James Frederick Roth, Appleton, WI (US);
Jon Mark Wittmann, Combined Locks, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a continuous process for the manufacture of a shorts garment from four single layer webs of fabric, each web having two side edges. Two of the four webs are aligned in a side by side orientation. The side edges of the two webs are bonded together, defining a first composite web. The remaining two webs are aligned in a side by side orientation. The side edges of the two remaining webs are bonded together, defining a second composite web. The first and second composite webs are aligned together in a face to face orientation, defining an arrangement having two layers of fabric and two top side edges and two bottom side edges. The composite webs are intermittently bonded in an alternating orientation near the center of the webs. The interior portion of fabric is removed, defining a cavity. One pair of side edges are folded and bonded together. The other pair of side edges are folded and bonded together. The web of fabric is cut into discrete garment-sized pieces of fabric, each piece having at least two side seams, an inseam, two tubular leg structures and a waist opening.