Multimaterial stitching skins preparation
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1. A method for joining pieces of flexible skin, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a first piece of flexible skin and a second piece of flexible skin to be joined;
treating a non-visible surface of at least one border edge of at least one of the first piece of flexible skin and the second piece of flexible skin to be joined using a leveling treatment to provide a treated edge of the first piece of flexible skin and the second piece of flexible skin to be joined having at least one of a substantially equal thickness and a substantially similar flexibility;
joining the first piece of flexible skin and the second piece of flexible skin along a first folded edge formed on the first piece of flexible skin and a second folded edge formed on the second piece of flexible skin, one of the first folded edge and the second folded edge including at least a portion of the treated edge;
disposing at least one of a folded back part of the first folded edge against the non-visible surface of the first piece of flexible skin and a folded back part of the second folded edge against the non-visible surface of the second piece of flexible skin; and
joining at least one of the folded back part of the first folded edge to the non-visible surface of the first piece of flexible skin and the folded back part of the second folded edge to the non-visible surface of the second piece of flexible skin.
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Abstract
The subject matter of the present invention is a method for joining at least two portions or sections of clothing or covering materials in the form of pieces of flexible skins, the materials of the two pieces of skin having a similar or different thickness and/or rigidity or folding stiffness, the join being formed between and along two edges folded opposite one another and in contact end to end of said pieces of skin, so as to form a joining line.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for joining pieces of flexible skin, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a first piece of flexible skin and a second piece of flexible skin to be joined; treating a non-visible surface of at least one border edge of at least one of the first piece of flexible skin and the second piece of flexible skin to be joined using a leveling treatment to provide a treated edge of the first piece of flexible skin and the second piece of flexible skin to be joined having at least one of a substantially equal thickness and a substantially similar flexibility; joining the first piece of flexible skin and the second piece of flexible skin along a first folded edge formed on the first piece of flexible skin and a second folded edge formed on the second piece of flexible skin, one of the first folded edge and the second folded edge including at least a portion of the treated edge; disposing at least one of a folded back part of the first folded edge against the non-visible surface of the first piece of flexible skin and a folded back part of the second folded edge against the non-visible surface of the second piece of flexible skin; and joining at least one of the folded back part of the first folded edge to the non-visible surface of the first piece of flexible skin and the folded back part of the second folded edge to the non-visible surface of the second piece of flexible skin. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for joining pieces of flexible skin, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a first piece of flexible skin and a second piece of flexible skin to be joined; treating a non-visible surface of at least one border edge of the first piece of flexible skin and the second piece of flexible skin to be joined using a leveling treatment to provide a treated edge of the first piece of flexible skin and the second piece of flexible skin to be joined having at least one of a substantially equal thickness and a substantially similar flexibility, wherein the leveling treatment for the border edge of the first piece of flexible skin is different from the leveling treatment for the border edge of the second piece of flexible skin; and joining the first piece of flexible skin and the second piece of flexible skin along a first folded edge formed on the first piece of flexible skin and a second folded edge formed on the second piece of flexible skin to form a joining line, one of the first folded edge and the second folded edge including at least a portion of the treated edge, wherein the joining step is one of stitching, adhesion, and welding. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A covering material for an inside of an automobile comprising:
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a first piece of flexible skin; and a second piece of flexible skin joined with the first piece of flexible skin along a first folded edge formed on the first piece of flexible skin and a second folded edge formed on the second piece of flexible skin, wherein a non-visible surface of at least one border edge of at least one of the first piece of flexible skin and the second piece of flexible skin includes a treated edge to facilitate the first piece of flexible skin and the second piece of flexible skin having at least one of a substantially equal thickness and a substantially similar flexibility, one of the first folded edge and the second folded edge including at least a portion of the treated edge, wherein at least one of a folded back part of the first folded edge is joined to the non-visible surface of the first piece of flexible skin and a folded back part of the second folded edge is joined to the non-visible surface of the second piece of flexible skin. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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