Apparel apparatus – Folding
Patent
1999-07-08
2000-05-02
Mohanty, Bibhu
Apparel apparatus
Folding
223 38, A41M 3300
Patent
active
06056170&
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention concerns a device to facilitate the uniform folding of shirts and tee-shirts ironed domestically.
At present there is no device available off the shelf to facilitate the folding of shirts and tee-shirts when ironed domestically, and these garments are therefore folded in a random and personalised manner.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,988,251 concerns a device for folding shirts comprising two plates articulated together, one of which has a cavity and the other a front groove to prevent crushing the collar and to align the buttons with the neck of the shirt when folding. Patent EP 46 2074 concerns a device for folding shirts, enabling them to be transported without damage in suitcases, and including a plate and a frame articulated to the plate and provided with small detents to prevent the shirt moving, the closing of the articulated frame onto the plate therefore gripping the garment previously placed on the latter, may, with a shearing effect, damage the shirts by being cut. The above two inventions do not meet the expectations of consumers, which are simplicity of use, speed and effectiveness.
The invention remedies this want of a simple and effective accessory and the device in accordance with the invention speeds up shaping and enables the shape of folded shirts to be made uniform at a moderate price.
The invention concerns a device for folding shirts and tee-shirts when ironed domestically. The invention consists in a main part, of the solid template type, of quasi-rectangular shape, a few millimeters thick, enabling a shirt to be folded by placing the template on the ironed garment, laid flat on an ironing board, for example, the sides and bottom of the garment being folded one by one over the device. The device is then removed by sliding it out through the top part of the folded garment. The device has a low-friction surface state or surface coating, for example based on silicone, so that it does not adhere to textile materials, and is provided on its top shorter side with a fixed inclined projection forming a handle. The angle .alpha. of the projection relative to the plane axis of the template 1 is in the range from 50 to 60.degree. and provides a free space to the rear of the neck of the shirt 5 and facilitates holding it.
The upper part of the template has a shape matching the slope of the shoulders of a shirt when laid flat, the side a-3 and the side b-3 being slightly inclined to the horizontal ab in opposite directions, and the main part is slightly conical in the downward direction; the lower part is a few millimeters narrower than the upper part which facilitates removing the template when the garment has been folded, and all edges are rounded to prevent all risk of snagging on the fabric and also to facilitate extracting the template from the garment. The device can be made from various dense materials selected from materials such as wood, particle board, metal, dense plastics materials, glass or transparent plastics materials.
The non-stick surface is achieved either by polishing in the case of materials such as wood or by a coating with a low coefficient of friction.
The projection 2, holding means, incorporated in the central part, or over all or part, of the top side of the template matching the shoulders a-3-b can include a hole for hanging up the device and can additionally incorporate a substantially horizontal step.
The solid surface of the template provides a support for advertising or other material.
FIG. 1a is a plan view of the invention.
FIG. 1b is a front view of one particular embodiment of the template.
FIG. 2a is a side view of the template.
FIG. 2b is a side view of the template on top of a shirt to be folded.
FIG. 2c is a side view of a different embodiment.
FIG. 3a is a front view of the device on the item to be folded.
FIG. 3b shows the shirt or tee-shirt folded onto the device.
FIG. 1a is an overall plan view of the invention.
The main part 1 or thin and quasi-rectangular template is joined to a fixed projection 2 serving as a handle by a joining area 3.
The p
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