Inventors:
William Wenkman - Madison WI, US
International Classification:
A41D 27/08
Abstract:
New methods of providing embroidered indicia on patches which are mounted to articles of manufacture. After the patch is mounted to a substrate which is a functional element of the article of manufacture, the patch is embroidered to provide the embroidered indicia. Embroidering on the patch after the patch is mounted to the substrate passes the embroidering threads through both the patch and the substrate, such that the embroidery threads provide at least supplemental, optionally primary, attachment of the patch to the substrate. The substrate, thus the corresponding product, can be, without limitation, a piece of wearing apparel, namely a garment. Any product which is susceptible of receiving an embroidered patch is susceptible of benefiting from the methods of the invention, along with the corresponding resultant inventive products.