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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 9012003 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2013

Reinforced fabric seam

Applicant:

Patagonia, Inc., Ventura, CA (US);

Inventor:

Randy Harward, Ojai, CA (US);

Assignee:

Patagonia, Inc., Ventura, CA (US);

Attorney:

Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Brent O'Hern

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A41D 27/24 (2006.01); A41H 43/04 (2006.01); B29C 65/08 (2006.01); B29C 65/50 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); D06H 5/00 (2006.01); D06M 10/02 (2006.01); D06M 17/00 (2006.01); D06M 17/04 (2006.01); D06M 23/18 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A41D 27/24 (2013.01); A41D 27/245 (2013.01); A41H 43/04 (2013.01); B29C 65/08 (2013.01); B29C 65/5021 (2013.01); B29C 65/5042 (2013.01); B29C 66/1142 (2013.01); B29C 66/43 (2013.01); B29C 66/729 (2013.01); B29K 2313/00 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); D06H 5/00 (2013.01); D06M 10/02 (2013.01); D06M 17/00 (2013.01); D06M 17/04 (2013.01); D06M 23/18 (2013.01); B29C 65/5028 (2013.01); B29C 65/48 (2013.01); B29C 65/4815 (2013.01); B29C 65/483 (2013.01); B29C 65/4835 (2013.01);
Abstract

A composite seam system including a narrow weld bead joining two panels of fabric and a seam tape applied thereon. The applied seam tape comprises a top layer, a reinforcing layer and an adhesive layer melted through the reinforcing layer and connecting the top layer to the fabric panels over the weld bead. The narrow weld bead and the small seam allowance of the fabric panels it joins allows the seam tape to be secured over the weld bead to the fabric panels while lying in a flat plane. The use of a narrow reinforcing layer of woven polyester, nylon or non-woven ultra-fine fibrous material in the seam tape allows the seam tape to be flexible enough to move with the fabric it joins, reducing the incidence of tape edge abrasion.

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