FABRIC HAVING A THERMOPLASTIC FUSIBLE YARN, PROCESS OF MAKING A FABRIC CONTAINING A THERMOPLASTIC FUSIBLE YARN, AND FABRIC ARTICLE FORMED WITH A FABRIC CONTAINING A THERMOPLASTIC FUSIBLE YARN
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1. A method of making a fabric article having a first fabric containing thermoplastic fusible yarn and a second fabric, the method comprising:
- (a) knitting, weaving or otherwise inserting one or more thermoplastic fusible yarns with one or more non-thermoplastic yarns to form the first fabric; and
(b) affixing the first fabric to the second fabric by;
(1) contacting a portion of the first fabric having thermoplastic fusible yarns with a region of the second fabric to which the first fabric is to he affixed;
(2) applying, to at least the contacting portion, heat sufficient to melt and/or fuse the thermoplastic fusible yarns in the first fabric, so as to affix the first fabric with the second fabric to form the fabric article.
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A fabric that contains a thermoplastic fusible yarn and a process of making a fabric containing a thermoplastic fusible yarn are provided. A fabric article is formed with the fabric containing a thermoplastic fusible yarn.
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1. A method of making a fabric article having a first fabric containing thermoplastic fusible yarn and a second fabric, the method comprising:
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(a) knitting, weaving or otherwise inserting one or more thermoplastic fusible yarns with one or more non-thermoplastic yarns to form the first fabric; and (b) affixing the first fabric to the second fabric by; (1) contacting a portion of the first fabric having thermoplastic fusible yarns with a region of the second fabric to which the first fabric is to he affixed; (2) applying, to at least the contacting portion, heat sufficient to melt and/or fuse the thermoplastic fusible yarns in the first fabric, so as to affix the first fabric with the second fabric to form the fabric article. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A fabric article formed with a first fabric containing thermoplastic fusible yarn and a second fabric, comprising:
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a first fabric inter-knit or interwoven with one or more thermoplastic fusible yarns together with one or more non-thermoplastic yarns; a second fabric, the first fabric and the second fabric being affixed to one another without a stitched seam, by a contact between a melted portion of the first fabric having thermoplastic fusible yarns and the second fabric to form the fabric article. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A fabric containing a thermoplastic fusible yarn, comprising:
one or more thermoplastic fusible yarns interknit, interwoven or otherwise inserted with one or more non-thermoplastic yarns to form the fabric. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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