Apparel – Bathing garments
Patent
1997-02-03
1998-07-14
Chapman, Jeanette E.
Apparel
Bathing garments
2267, 441 88, 441106, 441115, 441120, A41D 700, B36C 908
Patent
active
057784515
ABSTRACT:
A buoyant swim garment has inner and outer layers of fabric and, intermediate the inner and outer layers a buoyant flexible sheet material. The sheet material has spaced V-shaped grooves with sides meeting in a line at an apex, the grooves extending in a height-wise dimension of the garment to define panels. The periphery of the material has a bevel with a thin, pliant outer edge. Stitching extends through the apex of the V-shaped grooves and the inner and outer layers of fabric. In manufacturing the garment, the V-shaped grooves are skived, and the periphery of the sheet material is also skived to form the bevel. In one embodiment, the grooves face the inner layer of fabric, and the beveled periphery faces the outer layer.
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